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Hi David.

I have attached a number of images of Ardingly OTC and CCF badges in my collection and also some passages from the main histories of the school (Ardingly 1858-1946 by Perry published 1951 and Ardingly College 1939-1990 by Argent published 1991) that concern the bugle band and military band. Not a great deal of info and hard to find because neither book has an index!

The brass OTC cap badges shown differ in that there are devices in the outer scrolls of the one on the left and the one on the right has a very full set of full stops. The cloth arm badge is that of the 1922 shooting team.
As Alan has said, there is no JTC cap badge known but a cloth JTC title was made around 1945 according to the school journal. I have never seen one though.
The CCF badge is in bimetal and as others have said it was later issued in an anodised aluminium form. The cloth title at the top was that worn on battledress and the one below was the brassard version which arrived with 'woolie pullies' in the late 1970's. The other brassard title seems to have been worn by the Royal Signals section and is in fact a doctored version of the yellow and green one. The central stripe has been embroidered and the the colour changes made by paint! The signals section set themselves apart by wearing the R.Sigs cap badge and stable belt as well as this brassard title it would appear.

Incidentally, Ardingly College seems to be one of the few (if not the only) schools that has a British army regimental device incorporated in it's arms and crest. In Ardingly's case, the Rousillon plume of the Royal Sussex. Permission being granted to use it around 1935.

Hope this helps your research.
Kind regards, Andrew.