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...

The school environment

Hartismere School and Sixth Form College Prospectuses

Vacancies

School Plan and Map

Welcome to Hartismere!

Hartismere Leadership Training

History and Old Hartisians

Video tour of the school

Communication with the School

See also...

About Hartismere

Teacher of English - (Maternity cover)

Staff Photographs

Alumni :: Messages from old Hartisians

Hartismere :: 1950s

Staff :: Past and Present

Hartismere High School 1999

Explore...

RSHE (Relationships, Sex and Health Education)

Absence Request Form

Careers & Futures Programme Feedback - Parents

Bronze DofE Enrolment Letter 2025-2026

Ofsted Report February 2010

CEIAG (Careers Education, Information, Advice & Guidance)

Hartismere Family :: Policy Documents

Science & Innovation

National Citizenship Service (NCS)

'Green' Careers that benefit the environment

New...

Chicago marketing & front of house team

Pan's Labyrinth Analysis

Parents Evening :: Year 12

January 2026 Examinations

Our curriculum

November 2025 GCSE Examinations

E-Safety

December Mock Examinations

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Statutory Information Student Information Parent Information Staff Information Notices Buildings NPQSL NPQBC Sixth Form Trips Health Applications Evening Unifrog Archive Events Pan's Labyrinth Homework Knowledge Booklets Vacancies Sharp Minds

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