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...

Hartismere Leadership Training

Welcome to Hartismere!

History and Old Hartisians

School Plan and Map

Communication with the School

The school environment

Hartismere School and Sixth Form College Prospectuses

Vacancies

Video tour of the school

See also...

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

About Hartismere

Hartismere :: 1950s

Teacher of Mathematics

Staff :: Past and Present

Staff Photographs

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

Alumni :: Messages from old Hartisians

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Week beginning 6 Feb 2023: 'Life Lessons'

Week beginning 27 Feb 2023: 'Life Lessons'

Week beginning 24 April 2023: 'Life Lessons'

Careers Fair - 14 March 2024

Useful Websites

Week beginning 23 Jan 2023: 'Life Lessons'

Information for Employers

Careers & Futures Programme Feedback - Parents

Absence Request Form

Week beginning 27 Mar 2023: 'Life Lessons'

New...

5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns

Pupil Premium Strategy Statement

Teacher of Mathematics (possibility to combine with a head of year post)

I Belong: encouraging girls into computer science programme

What happens to your examination script?

Hartismere Art & Photography Exhibition 2025

Examination Rules, Guidance and Support

Pan's Labyrinth - The Pale Man article

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Statutory Information Student Information Parent Information Staff Information Notices Headmaster Computer Science Ofsted Careers Curriculum Assessment Short Film Work Experience Jobs Professional Old Hartisians Jcq Script Nhs Gallery NPQSL

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