Preliminary: First Cover/Contents Mock-up

Using the plans I have created, images [here] and [here] I have created a rough guide to how I would like the magazine to look.
So far, I have decided on the fonts (Lucida Sans and Lucida Bright) and the layout. I am still to decide on the cover image and some of the front cover text and finalise the colour scheme but I am happy enough with what I've created to use it as an example.
Here is a print-screen of the mock-up I have created:

Layout
I used my plans for the layout but had to alter them slightly to fit with certain things.
For the front cover, depending on the image, the position of the main title, pull quote and coverlines changes. Here, the coverlines have been moved downwards but with other photos it is flush right and in the top corner.
I had to add an extra section to the contents page because what I had originally planned made the page look bare and sparse. I added extra information about the main article but kept the rest of the layout as I had planned.

Mock-up with guidelines:

In this print-screen, you can see where I have changed the layout and what I have kept the same as I planned.

Colour Scheme
One of my main aims concerning the house style was that the font would be quite conservative and traditional, reflecting the school's academia, but the colour scheme would be bright and 'young' so the audience would not be bored looking at the page. Hopefully, I have achieved this.
The current colour scheme is green, yellow, greys and black/white, which I like because it is vibrant, which connotes energy and excitement to life at school. Alternatives I was considering were varying blues and greens, like the school colours and dark pink and teal to appeal to the audience.
Previews of the possible colour schemes:

Images
The images shown in these previews are not final - especially on the contents page. They are images I quickly found to suit the articles featured and are only there as a guide. For one, I need to check the rules to see whether the student must take every photo featured themselves, because the photo of Ellie Goulding is only from Google. The other photos are my own, but not taken for the purpose of the magazine so I am not sure whether the images I have used will be acceptable. I will be checking this with my teacher.
Other
I haven't decided on the pull quote text. It was 'my journalism dream' temporarily but I thought it was too cheesey and a bit pretentious for a school magazine.