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

Video tour of the school

Welcome to Hartismere!

Vacancies

History and Old Hartisians

The school environment

Hartismere School and Sixth Form College Prospectuses

School Plan and Map

Communication with the School

See also...

Staff Photographs

Teacher of Science

Alumni :: Messages from old Hartisians

About Hartismere

Hartismere :: 1950s

Teacher of Mathematics

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

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

Staff :: Past and Present

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Apprenticeships

Useful Websites

Professional Services

Charities

Careerometer

Week beginning 21 Nov 2022: 'Life Lessons'

Hartismere Ofsted Report 2014 :  Consecutively  'Outstanding'

Medicine, Health & Social Care

Week beginning 5 Feb 2024: 'Life Lessons'

Week beginning 4 Sep 2023: 'Life Lessons'

New...

Y11 GCSE Drama picnic & Balloon Stomp 2023

Summer 2025 Results

Year 11 GCSE Drama Picnic & Balloon Stomp 2025

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

Key Stage 4 Practical lessons

Year 11 GCSE Drama Picnic & Balloon Stomp 2021

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

Key Stage 3 practical sessions information - updated for February 2025

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Statutory Information Student Information Parent Information Staff Information Notices Science Npq Leadership Picnic Website Brochure Forms Year 9 Recipes Nutrition Jobs Professional Staff Map College Ofsted

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