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...

Hartismere School and Sixth Form College Prospectuses

History and Old Hartisians

School Plan and Map

Video tour of the school

The school environment

Communication with the School

Hartismere Leadership Training

Welcome to Hartismere!

Vacancies

See also...

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

Hartismere :: 1950s

Teacher of Mathematics (with specific year group responsibilities for key stage 5)

About Hartismere

Teacher of Mathematics

Staff Photographs

Alumni :: Messages from old Hartisians

Staff :: Past and Present

Teacher of Science

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Week beginning 30 Jan 2023: 'Life Lessons'

National SMSC Quality Mark - Gold

Service & Leadership

Medicine, Health & Social Care

Week beginning 11 Sep 2023: 'Life Lessons'

Apprenticeships

Careers & Futures Programme Feedback - Parents

Week beginning 24 April 2023: 'Life Lessons'

Careerometer

Ofsted Report February 2010

New...

Teacher of Health & Social Care

Teacher of Sociology

Online safety newsletters

Friends of Hartismere School - Car Boot Sale

Local Governing Body Information

Friends of Hartismere School

Useful Careers Websites

Do the Right Thing Scene Analysis

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Statutory Information Student Information Parent Information Staff Information Notices Headmaster NPQTD NPQBC Governance Admissions Information Science Plan SEND Forms GCSE Environment Npq Bullying Technical Internet Safety

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