Hartismere School

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

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Welcome to Hartismere!

It is a special privilege to serve as Executive Headmaster at Hartismere. Each and every day I see a level of commitment from staff that I have never encountered in another school during the course of my career. 

Our parents are amongst the most supportive I have had the privilege to know and our scholars are both a pleasure to teach and a credit to their families. They deserve the high standards they achieve in examinations and they make the atmosphere caring and warm. 

I look forward to working with you as a new student or parent of the school. 

Welcome to Hartismere.

Dr James McAtear  MSc MA MEd MPhil PGCE NPQH PSQI NLE FCCT
Executive Headmaster Hartismere
CEO Hartismere Family of Schools

James McAtear is a Designated National Leader in Education. He has served as a Lead Inspector with Ofsted throughout England over a number of years. He has served as Headmaster in several schools leading Hartismere School in becoming England’s first Academy and to successive Outstanding Ofsted judgements in every category. He was appointed a Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching in 2018. 

In this section...

Video tour of the school

Hartismere School and Sixth Form College Prospectuses

Communication with the School

The school environment

School Plan and Map

School Aims, Values and Ethos

Vacancies

Hartismere Leadership Training

History and Old Hartisians

See also...

About Hartismere

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

Alumni :: Messages from old Hartisians

Teacher of Science

Hartismere :: 1950s

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

Staff :: Past and Present

Teacher of Mathematics

Staff Photographs

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Useful Websites

Careers & Futures Programme Feedback - Parents

Week beginning 27 Mar 2023: 'Life Lessons'

Hartismere Family Privacy Notice

Bronze Expedition Letter 2024

Personal Development

Apprenticeships

Application for Remission from Charges/School Uniform Support

Week beginning 6 Feb 2023: 'Life Lessons'

Hartismere Careers on Instagram

New...

Teacher of Health & Social Care

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

Teacher of Sociology

School Policies

Useful Careers Websites

Our curriculum

Parents Evening :: Year 8

Subject Lead - Health & Social Care

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Headmaster Welcome Parent Information Student Information Term Dates Highereducation Events Cultural Drama Community Jobs NPQH Staff Duke Of Edinburgh RSHE Professional Learning Support Brochure Curriculum Bullying

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