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...

History and Old Hartisians

Hartismere School and Sixth Form College Prospectuses

Welcome to Hartismere!

The school environment

Video tour of the school

School Plan and Map

Vacancies

Communication with the School

Hartismere Leadership Training

See also...

Alumni :: Messages from old Hartisians

Staff Photographs

Staff :: Past and Present

Hartismere :: 1950s

About Hartismere

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Public Services

National Citizenship Service (NCS)

SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social & Cultural) Learning

House Weeks

Hartismere Family Privacy Notice

Energy

Pastoral Programme

Charities

Careers & Futures Programme Feedback - Parents

Careers Information for Teachers

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University and careers; destinations & retention

GCSE CS: 1.5 Networks - TCP/IP Layers and Protocols

Local Governing Body Information

E-Safety

Hartismere Bursary Criteria

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Academic challenge and independence; attainment

Hartismere Sixth Form College

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Statutory Information Student Information Parent Information Staff Information Notices Apprenticeships Site School Nurse Parentpay Clubs And Activities A Level NPQTL GCSE Safeguarding GCSE CS Shop Communication Forms Uniform Careers Policy

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