The Thomas Hardye School
Secondary schoolThe Thomas Hardye School is a secondary school in Dorset, for pupils aged 13 to 18. It had 2,014 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 4 February 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at The Thomas Hardye School was 47.8, against 43.3 in Dorset and 46.2 in England.
50.8% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Dorset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 47.8 | 43.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50.8% | 40.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70.3% | 61.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 435 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Dorchester Middle SchoolSecondary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)370 m
- The Prince of Wales SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade430 m
- Damers First SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, February 20251 km
- Sunninghill Preparatory SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.5 km
- St Osmund's Church of England Middle SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), July 2022. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.6 km
- St Mary's Catholic First School, DorchesterPrimary. School remains Good, January 20231.7 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Dorset
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).