Established c. 15th century Chair of Governors Mrs M Ravenhill Phone +44 1379 870315 | Type Academy DfE number 935/4036 Number of students 928 | |
Headmaster Mr J McAtear MA MPhil MEd MSc Location Castleton Way
Eye
Suffolk
IP23 7BL
England Address Hartismere School, Castleton Way, Eye IP23 7BL, UK Motto Discamus ut serviamus (We learn that we might serve) Similar Diss High School, Thomas Mills High School, Archbishop Sancroft, Stowupla High School, Stowmark High School Profiles | ||
Hartismere school yr11 leavers assembly 2015
Hartismere is a state funded co-educational day school for scholars aged 11–18 in Eye, a town in High Suffolk. The headmaster is James McAtear who joined the School in 2006.
Contents
- Hartismere school yr11 leavers assembly 2015
- History
- Academy Status
- The Hartismere Family of Schools
- Ofsted Inspections
- The Hartismere Hundred
- Headmasters
- Notable former pupils
- References
In 2009 the school changed its status to become a Foundation School, the first in Suffolk. In September 2010 the school became Suffolk's first Academy. During its most recent inspection it was awarded an Outstanding school grade by Ofsted. The school has specialisms in Mathematics, Music, Science and Sport and in 2013 it was awarded Leading Edge status.
History
The site of the current School was excavated in 2008 revealing continuous habitation dating back to Neolithic times. Enclosures included a full stone age burial, significant quantities of Roman coinage and a Saxon smithing area. The school has been gathering materials to set up a museum of local history. Planned exhibits will include Stone Age, Bronze Age, Celtic, Romano-British, Anglo-Saxon, Medieval and early modern materials. It also aims to tell the story of Eye airfield and the role of the school during World War II.
The school was founded in the 15th century. Its original form predates the grammar school which was founded c. 1495. A variety of sites have been occupied by the School which has existed as a National School, a County School and was joined by a Secondary Modern in 1935. The Grammar School was closed in the late 1960s. The school became a Comprehensive and became known as Hartismere shortly thereafter.
Academy Status
Hartismere High School became Suffolk's first Foundation School in 2009. This meant that its Governing Body took ownership of the land and buildings of the school and became the employer of its own staff and its own admissions authority. Following this it became the first school in Suffolk to attain converter Academy on 1 September 2010. It became one of the first secondary schools to do so in England on the same day. At that point only schools graded outstanding by Ofsted were permitted to do so.
The Hartismere Family of Schools
Hartismere School was given Sponsor Academy status on September 1, 2010, the first in England to receive this status. However, it was only in 2016 that the multi-Academy Trust was set up. The became known as the Hartismere Family of Schools. On May 1, 2016 Benjamin Britten Music Academy and Centre of Excellence in mathematics became part of the Hartismere Family of Schools.
Ofsted Inspections
Hartismere High School was regarded as a Satisfactory School by Ofsted prior to its 2006 inspection. During that year it was graded as Good before two successive Inspections, the first in 2010 and the second in 2014 graded the school as Outstanding.
The Hartismere Hundred
The School motto of serving is seen by its staff and children as embodied in The Hartismere Hundred. This is the system by which the school supports one hundred charities annually and seeks to raise at least £100000 rotationally. It harks back to the geographical Hartismere Hundred of the Doomsday Book. Scholars are introduced to this form of service in the first year of Lower School through supporting Guide Dogs for the Blind.