Hartismere School

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

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 At Hartismere our curriculum and wider work: 

In our work we develop the ‘building blocks of character’ (intellectual, moral, civic and performance virtues) necessary to help develop ‘flourishing individuals and society’. 

Intellectual virtues

Moral virtues

Civic virtues

Performance virtues

Character traits needed for right action and the pursuit of knowledge and understandingCharacter traits that enable us to act well in situations that require an ethical responseCharacter traits that are necessary for engaged, responsible citizenship, contributing to the common goodCharacter traits that have an instrumental value in enabling the intellectual, moral and civic virtues
autonomy, critical thinking, curiosity, judgement, reasoning, reflection, resourcefulnesscompassion, courage, gratitude, honesty, humility, integrity, justice, respectcitizenship, civility, community awareness, neighbourliness, service, volunteeringconfidence, determination, motivation, perseverance, resilience, teamwork

Flourishing individuals and society

These virtues are:

Documents

CEIAG (Careers Education, Information, Advice & Guidance) Including: Careers Fair - 14 March 2024 Careers Information for Parents Careers Information for Pupils Careers Information for Teachers Information for Employers

Service & Leadership Including: National Citizenship Service (NCS) Duke of Edinburgh's Award

Pastoral Programme Including: Tutor Time (Life Lessons) House Weeks

SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social & Cultural) Learning Including: National SMSC Quality Mark - Gold

RSHE (Relationships, Sex and Health Education)

Higher Education

Apprenticeships

In this section...

Sixth Form course information

English

Computer Science

Business and Media

Science

Humanities

Social Sciences

All Programmes of Study

Creative and Performing Arts

Languages

See also...

'Green' Careers that benefit the environment

Operating Department Practitioner (ODP)

Programming software

A Level Computer Science

The Parent Perspective - Careers Podcast

Careers Fair - 14 March 2024

Careers Information for Pupils

Binary addition 1

Y6 Primary Transition - Transport of the Future

Our curriculum

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Bronze Qualifying Expedition September 2025

Careers Information for Parents

DofE Kit List

Help & Support

Avatar Maker

Staff Photographs

Skillsometer

Vertigo video essay - cinematic influence

Science podcast

Forms

New...

Vacancies

January 2026 Examinations

Trip to Athens October 2026

December Mock Examinations

9S5 Cover 23/10/25

Correspondence from the Exams Office

November 2025 GCSE Examinations

WAR HORSE, Norwich Theatre Royal, Thursday 6th November 2025 Places available

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Parent Information Student Information Notices Staff Information Personal Development SMSC Leadership Pastoral Curriculum Sociology Text Year 9 Options Year 10 Cooking November Apprenticeships Examinations Working Athens Creative iMedia Sms iMedia Ofsted GCSE Computing Choices

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