Thomas Hall School
All-through schoolThomas Hall School is a all-through school in Exeter, for pupils aged 4 to 16. It had 438 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), March 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 19 March 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
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 2024/25, 64% of pupils at Thomas Hall School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 59% in Devon and 62% in England.
7% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Thomas Hall School was 37.4, against 45.5 in Exeter and 46.2 in England.
37.3% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Devon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 64% | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Exeter | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 37.4 | 45.5 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37.3% | 48.4% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 49.2% | 65.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 59 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- 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- Exeter and North Devon Colleges GroupSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.7 km
- Exwick Heights Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), October 2023. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.7 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Exeter
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).