Hartismere School

Est. 1451. An outstanding coeducational secondary school & sixth form college and England's first academy

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Welcome to Hartismere!

It is a special privilege to serve as Executive Headmaster at Hartismere. Each and every day I see a level of commitment from staff that I have never encountered in another school during the course of my career. 

Our parents are amongst the most supportive I have had the privilege to know and our scholars are both a pleasure to teach and a credit to their families. They deserve the high standards they achieve in examinations and they make the atmosphere caring and warm. 

I look forward to working with you as a new student or parent of the school. 

Welcome to Hartismere.

Dr James McAtear  MSc MA MEd MPhil PGCE NPQH PSQI NLE FCCT
Executive Headmaster Hartismere
CEO Hartismere Family of Schools

James McAtear is a Designated National Leader in Education. He has served as a Lead Inspector with Ofsted throughout England over a number of years. He has served as Headmaster in several schools leading Hartismere School in becoming England’s first Academy and to successive Outstanding Ofsted judgements in every category. He was appointed a Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching in 2018. 

In this section...

School Aims, Values and Ethos

Vacancies

The school environment

Hartismere School and Sixth Form College Prospectuses

School Plan and Map

Communication with the School

Hartismere Leadership Training

Video tour of the school

History and Old Hartisians

See also...

About Hartismere

Staff Photographs

Hartismere :: 1950s

Subject Lead - Sociology

Teacher of Mathematics

Alumni :: Messages from old Hartisians

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

Staff :: Past and Present

Teacher of Sociology & Psychology

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Bronze DofE Enrolment Letter 2024-2025

Year 8 Curriculum Spring term 2025

Personal Development

Careers Information for Parents

Free School Meals

Bronze Qualifying Expedition September 2024

Ofsted Report February 2010

Bronze Expedition Letter 2024

Ticks!!

Duke of Edinburgh Portal

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Online safety newsletters

The importance of scene transitions

Parents Evening :: Year 9

Superimposition in film

The Lost Boys - the vampires attack

Admissions and Application Forms :: Main School and Sixth Form

School Policies

Understanding Fallen Angels - To be a Lost Soul

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