Design a new logo for Newbury Hall School

Newbury Hall School

We are a boarding school for international students aged from 14 to 17. We teach in small classes to students of all abilities, and we believe that effort is more important than intelligence in achieving success.

The attached image is our current logo, however this isn't set in stone, modern versions would be very interesting, but need to maintain a dignified or classical feel.

Feel free to ignore the current logo as we're very interested in new ideas.

Remember the target audience will be the parents of the children, as well as the educational agents who often act as an intermediary between the school and the parents.

While we are looking for a classical theme we are expanding our web presence with our current website at:
http://www.newburyhall.com
We will soon be implementing a new design that will look similar to this mockup:
http://i.imgur.com/yHnJx.jpg

Our target audience is mainly from Russia, China, Germany, France, Japan, Turkey, or the Arab world.

We're looking for a logo that is primarily traditional and instills confidence in our ability to teach.
We're NOT looking for something cartoony or cheesy, we want to avoid 'web 2.0' style logos that are likely to go out of fashion quickly.

An example of what we like:
http://www.rafnews.co.uk/schools/16…onLogo.jpg

You MUST be able to provide optimised versions for large, small and medium print sizes (if necessary adapted to look professional at each size) as well as versions for black, white and dark+light blue background colours.