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...
Hartismere School and Sixth Form College Prospectuses
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Careers & Apprenticeship Information
Careers Information for Pupils
Bronze DofE Enrolment Letter 2025-2026
SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social & Cultural) Learning
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Hartismere Family :: Policy Documents
Hartismere Staff Sketchbook Club Exhibition
CABARET THE MUSICAL. London. Y9-13. Weds 15th April 2026- Only a few places left
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Statutory Information Student Information Parent Information Staff Information Notices Computer Science Choices Social Activities Year 13 Tour Avatar Videos Assessment Year 10 Admissions Professional Theatre Year 12 Parentpay Old Hartisians After School Clubs
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