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Statutory Information

The Secretary of State for Education has, from September 2012, instructed all schools to display certain items of information on their websites. Some of this information is duplicated in other areas of this website, but in summary, the information required is shown below.

Name and Address

The Thomas Hardye School
Queens Avenue
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 2ET

Additional contact information

Ofsted

Our most recent whole school inspection was carried out in March 2015, when Thomas Hardye School was judged to be outstanding.

An inspection of the school’s literacy and numeracy provision was undertaken in February 2009, when provision was also judged to be outstanding.

2015 Ofsted Report


Curriculum

Full information regarding the curriculum on offer to students is available in the Curriculum area of this website, including a summary of courses and other information relevant to each subject area.

Further details of our Curricula can be found in the School Prospectus and the Sixth Form prospectus available on our Prospectus Page

Key Stage 4 Results 2022-23

  School Local Authority England
Progress 8 +0.27    
Attainment 8 Score 48.9 44.1 46.2
Grade 5 or above in English and Maths GCSE 49% 40% 45%
EBacc average point score 4.32 3.81 4.05
Entering EBacc 57% 35% 39%
Staying in education or entering employment 96% 94% 94%

Advanced level qualifications (level 3) 2022-2023

  School Local Authority England
Average Result (A Level) 38.76 (B) 36.95 (B-) 38.87 (B)
% of students completing their main study programme 96.3% 95% 95.1%
Average result (broad vocational qualifications) Merit+ 29.47 Dist- 30.05 Dist- 31.98
Students progressing to education or employment (2020 leavers) 81.3% 87.5% 91.7%

School Performance Tables

Department for Education’s (DfE) school performance tables for Thomas Hardye

This details the summary of results at Key Stage 4 (GCSE or equivalent) and Key Stage 5 (A Level or equivalent).

Supplemental Funding Agreement

Careers programme

Details concerning our careers programme are available on our Futures page.