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

Vacancies

Hartismere Leadership Training

Hartismere School and Sixth Form College Prospectuses

The school environment

School Plan and Map

Video tour of the school

History and Old Hartisians

See also...

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

Staff Photographs

Hartismere :: 1950s

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

Alumni :: Messages from old Hartisians

Staff :: Past and Present

Teacher of Mathematics

Teacher of Science

About Hartismere

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Service & Leadership

Apprenticeships, Further Education, Higher Education

Useful Websites

Skillsometer

Higher Education

unifrog

House Weeks

Week beginning 12 Feb 2024: 'Life Lessons'

Week beginning 24 April 2023: 'Life Lessons'

Medicine, Health & Social Care

New...

School Policies

Subject Lead - Health & Social Care

Learnit Physics Unit 7: Magnets

BACK TO THE FUTURE, the musical. Thursday 5th June 2025. Years 7 to 10.

Teacher of Health & Social Care

Parents Evening :: Year 8

Admissions and Application Forms :: Main School and Sixth Form

Teacher of Sociology

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Statutory Information Student Information Parent Information Staff Information Notices Nhs College Year 10 Welcome Science Calendar RSHE Npq Teacher Videos Headmaster NPQSL Buildings Careers Governance NPQTL

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