Draft Development of Front Cover

This is my draft front cover of a school magazine, I have experimented with size, font style and colour. Also I am trying to work out a clear layout for my cover with the use of guide lines. I am going to change the masthead as I do not think it stands out as much as it should and the bar-code does not look right above the badge. I also still need to add more text in forms of a puff, pug/starburst and some strap lines.