Hartismere School

Est. 1451. An outstanding coeducational secondary school & sixth form college and England's first academy

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School Aims, Values and Ethos

Sharp minds. Big hearts

The aims of our school are simple:
To provide the best quality teaching and learning experience for our students 
To help our students make a real contribution to our Community


School Aims

We want students to experience the best quality of teaching and learning. We want to help them to make a significant contribution to the Community. These are achieved within the context of a firm yet understanding and caring school environment.

Values and Ethos

Education has a very long history in Eye and the surrounding villages. The grammar school was founded in 1451 and there are indications of the presence of a School even before then. 

The school has occupied a number of locations but is now situated in a beautiful rural campus in the middle of the Suffolk Countryside. The modern school is a mixture of older and newer buildings which are low rise and set around a central garden where the pupils spend breaks and lunchtime. 

Hartismere retains a traditional but friendly ethos combining high academic standards and rich extra-curricular opportunities with a caring approach to young people. 

The school’s motto: ‘Discamus ut Serviamus’ suggests our core values and ethos. The children both ‘learn and serve’. They receive a superb academic education which is rounded out by opportunities to give to and to become ever more a part of our Community.

In this section...

Welcome to Hartismere!

Communication with the School

Video tour of the school

Vacancies

School Plan and Map

The school environment

History and Old Hartisians

Hartismere Leadership Training

Hartismere School and Sixth Form College Prospectuses

See also...

Teacher of Mathematics

Winters at Hartismere: extracts from the School Log Book of 1935 -1950

Staff Photographs

Staff :: Past and Present

Hartismere :: 1950s

Alumni :: Messages from old Hartisians

About Hartismere

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Week beginning 24 April 2023: 'Life Lessons'

Careers Fair - 14 March 2024

Week beginning 6 Feb 2023: 'Life Lessons'

Higher Education

SEND Information Report

Careers Information for Pupils

Careers Information for Teachers

Skillsometer

Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships, Further Education, Higher Education

New...

Hartismere Art & Photography Exhibition 2025

Examination Rules, Guidance and Support

Pan's Labyrinth - The Pale Man article

Pupil Premium Strategy Statement

I Belong: encouraging girls into computer science programme

Year 10 British Farming Fortnight

Sixth Form Course Information

5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns

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Statutory Information Student Information Parent Information Staff Information Notices Admissions Recipes YOUNG Test Environment NPQSL Layout Leadership Artists Computer Science College Welcome Personal Development Pupil Premium Mathematics Nutrition

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