Secondary
The Thomas Hardye School
Queen's Avenue, Dorchester, DT1 2ET
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 13 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 2014 of 2138 places
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- WESSEX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
50%
49.8
1st of 5 by our score, among the secondary schools in Dorchester we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 49.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.48 |
| Entered the EBacc | 58% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50% |
| A level average points per entry | 34.81 |
| A level students | 336 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 54% |
| 22/23 | 49% |
| 23/24 | 48% |
| 24/25 | 50% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38.8 |
| 22/23 | 35.7 |
| 23/24 | 35.5 |
| 24/25 | 34.8 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.19 |
| 22/23 | +0.26 |
| 23/24 | +0.30 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 51.5 |
| 22/23 | 48.9 |
| 23/24 | 48.9 |
| 24/25 | 49.8 |
Queen's Avenue, Dorchester, DT1 2ET
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Dorset admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- N St J F Rutherford
- Address
- Queen's Avenue, Dorchester, DT1 2ET
- Telephone
- 01305266064