The Thomas Hardye School
Queen's Avenue, Dorchester, DT1 2ET
2,014 pupils · 94% of 2,138 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 13–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- WESSEX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 19.1%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 4 February 2025, published 12 March 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 49.8 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 49.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 71.1% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 58.1% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Nearby alternatives
- Dorset Studio School 3.7 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Wey Valley Academy 7.4 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Budmouth Academy Weymouth 11.1 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
- All Saints' Church of England Academy 12.5 km · Requires improvement (2023) · previous system
- The Sir John Colfox Academy 21.2 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Beaminster School 23.5 km · Good (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.