UK Schools
The Thomas Hardye School
The Thomas Hardye School is a mixed secondary academy in Dorchester, Dorset Council, teaching 2,014 pupils aged 13 to 18. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in February 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 49.8 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for The Thomas Hardye School.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for The Thomas Hardye School.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Autumn Term Starts Wednesday 3 September 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Monday 27 October 2025 - Friday 31 October 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term Ends Friday 19 December 2025 Term
- Spring Term Starts Tuesday 6 January 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Monday 16 February 2026 - Friday 20 February 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term Ends Friday 27 March 2026 Term
- Summer Term Starts Tuesday 14 April 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term Monday 25 May 2026 - Friday 29 May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Ends Friday 17 July 2026 Term
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare The Thomas Hardye School with Dorset Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 49.8 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 34.81 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 33% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 96% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 89% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for The Thomas Hardye School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to The Thomas Hardye School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.