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...

School Plan and Map

History and Old Hartisians

Video tour of the school

The school environment

Hartismere School and Sixth Form College Prospectuses

Welcome to Hartismere!

Hartismere Leadership Training

Vacancies

Communication with the School

See also...

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

Part-time Teacher of Photography & Art

Teacher of History (fixed term contract for one term September 2024 -December 2024

Head of Year (with a specialism for teaching History)

Deputy Head of Sixth Form

Staff :: Past and Present

Teacher of History

Teacher of English (Early Career Teacher)

Teacher of History (maternity cover from September 2024)

Hartismere :: 1950s

Explore...

Careers Fair - 14 March 2024

Week beginning 12 Feb 2024: 'Life Lessons'

Week beginning 2 Oct 2023: 'Life Lessons'

Week beginning 11 Dec 2023: 'Life Lessons'

Week beginning 4 Dec 2023: 'Life Lessons'

Week beginning 8 Jan 2024: 'Life Lessons'

Infrastructure

Medicine, Health & Social Care

Week beginning 15 Jan 2024: 'Life Lessons'

Careers & Futures Programme Feedback - Students

New...

Bronze Expedition Letter 2024

Part-time Teacher of girls' PE

How robots are taking over warehouse work

School Policies

National Apprenticeship Week 2024

Artificial intelligence and assessments

Summer 2024 Exam Arrangements

My Examinations

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Statutory Information Student Information Parent Information Staff Information Notices Community SMSC Jobs Computer Science Duke Of Edinburgh Art Map Job Adverts Careersfair Equality House Wee Bullying A Level CS Information Careers Museum

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