Hartismere School

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

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 At Hartismere our curriculum and wider work: 

In our work we develop the ‘building blocks of character’ (intellectual, moral, civic and performance virtues) necessary to help develop ‘flourishing individuals and society’. 

Intellectual virtues

Moral virtues

Civic virtues

Performance virtues

Character traits needed for right action and the pursuit of knowledge and understandingCharacter traits that enable us to act well in situations that require an ethical responseCharacter traits that are necessary for engaged, responsible citizenship, contributing to the common goodCharacter traits that have an instrumental value in enabling the intellectual, moral and civic virtues
autonomy, critical thinking, curiosity, judgement, reasoning, reflection, resourcefulnesscompassion, courage, gratitude, honesty, humility, integrity, justice, respectcitizenship, civility, community awareness, neighbourliness, service, volunteeringconfidence, determination, motivation, perseverance, resilience, teamwork

Flourishing individuals and society

These virtues are:

Documents

CEIAG (Careers Education, Information, Advice & Guidance) Including: Careers Fair - 14 March 2024 Careers Information for Parents Careers Information for Pupils Careers Information for Teachers Information for Employers

Service & Leadership Including: National Citizenship Service (NCS) Duke of Edinburgh's Award

Pastoral Programme Including: Tutor Time (Life Lessons) House Weeks

SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social & Cultural) Learning Including: National SMSC Quality Mark - Gold

RSHE (Relationships, Sex and Health Education)

Higher Education

Apprenticeships

In this section...

Science

Sixth Form course information

All Programmes of Study

Sport and PE

English

Creative and Performing Arts

Humanities

Technology and Food Studies

Languages

Social Sciences

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Energy

Apprenticeships

Coding Challenges for GCSE and A Level Computer Science

Key Stage 4 Practical lessons

Careers Fair - 14 March 2024

Sixth Form

Binary addition 1

Week beginning 12 Feb 2024: 'Life Lessons'

Public Services

Useful Websites

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Welcome to Hartismere!

School Aims, Values and Ethos

Week beginning 6 Mar 2023

unifrog

Week beginning 28 November 2022: 'Life Lessons'

Week beginning 23 Jan 2023: 'Life Lessons'

A levels: pre-reading and research materials

Completing the Award

Week beginning 30 Jan 2023: 'Life Lessons'

House Weeks

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

Learnit Physics Unit 7: Magnets

Admissions and Application Forms :: Main School and Sixth Form

Teacher of Health & Social Care

Parents Evening :: Year 8

Subject Lead - Health & Social Care

School Policies

Teacher of Sociology

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Parent Information Student Information Notices Staff Information Personal Development SMSC Leadership Pastoral Curriculum Sport Feedback Photos Design Hitchcock RSHE Mrs Davy Education A Levels Photography Sociology My Hartismere Business Studies Biology Information Private Study

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