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!

The school environment

Video tour of the school

Communication with the School

History and Old Hartisians

Hartismere School and Sixth Form College Prospectuses

School Plan and Map

Vacancies

See also...

Hartismere :: 1950s

Staff :: Past and Present

About Hartismere

Staff Photographs

Hartismere High School 1999

Alumni :: Messages from old Hartisians

Explore...

Forms

Staff

Duke of Edinburgh's Award Activity Logs

Vertigo video essay - cinematic influence

CEIAG (Careers Education, Information, Advice & Guidance)

Bronze Qualifying Expedition September 2025

House Weeks

Local Governing Body Information

Personal Development

Hartismere 200

New...

Increase in Fees for Instrumental/Vocal lessons from September 2026

June 2026 Year 12 Mocks

Hartismere School & Sixth Form College

Hartismere Family Data Protection Policy and Privacy Notice

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

E-Safety

Stranger Things, The First Shadow. The Phoenix Theatre, Friday 11th September.

Summer 2026 Examinations

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Statutory Information Student Information Parent Information Staff Information Notices Applications Meetings Vertigo Hartismere Trips Gallery Remote GCSE Year 11 Revision Parentpay 200 NPQML Buildings Computer Science Videos GCE A Level

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