Mrs Eleanor Hart
Head teacher
Leads the school with a steady, open door and has taught in primary classrooms for over twenty years.
About Blue Seal
A calm, friendly school built around children
Blue Seal Primary has been part of Hartley Green since 2006. We are small enough to know every child by name and steady enough to give families a school they can trust for the whole of primary.
- Cheerful pupils
- 350
- Cheerful pupils
- Kind teachers
- 20
- Kind teachers
- Class ratio
- 1:13
- Class ratio
- Years of school
- 18
- Years of school
Our story
Our story
Blue Seal opened in 2006 with two classes, one shared hall, and a simple idea: that a primary school should feel calm, kind, and full of things worth doing.
Year by year the school grew. We added a library, a garden, and a forest space down the lane, but the idea stayed the same. Reading and number sit at the heart of every week, and there is always time to play, make, and be outside.
Today we look after 350 children from Reception to Year 6. Many of our families come back with younger brothers and sisters, which is the kind of trust we are proudest of.
Our approach
What we stand for
- 01
Calm and caring
A gentle, ordered day helps children settle, focus, and feel ready to try new things.
- 02
Outside often
Time in nature is part of the timetable, not a treat. It steadies minds and sparks ideas.
- 03
Confidence to try
We celebrate effort over getting it right first time, so children are never afraid to have a go.
Our people
Meet the team
Mr Daniel Okafor
Deputy head and Year 6 lead
Looks after the Upper School and the gentle handover to secondary, and runs the lunchtime book club.
Miss Priya Sharma
Early Years lead
Welcomes every new Reception class and makes sure the first year of school feels warm and safe.
Along the way
A few milestones
- 2006
Blue Seal opens
Two classes, one hall, and a big idea about a kinder kind of primary school.
- 2011
The library opens
A quiet reading room of our own, open every lunchtime for the whole school.
- 2016
The garden grows
Raised beds, a weather station, and our first crop of school-grown vegetables.
- 2021
Forest days begin
Weekly outdoor learning in the woods down the lane became part of the timetable.
Visit us
We would love to meet you
Pop in for a tour and meet the teachers who will look after your child. Call or email us to arrange a visit.