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