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| Queens Avenue, DT1 2ET, UK Dorchester +44 (0)1305 266064
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| ABOUT US
The school is Voluntary Aided and students benefit from financial support through The Thomas Hardye Foundation. Thomas Hardye founded the first free school in Dorchester in 1569, and his life is commemorated on a wall plaque in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester.
As the school for the town and area, it now has some 2,400 students, including a Sixth Form of about 880 students, the largest in the UK. We are exceptionally well-resourced, and offer immense opportunities for students. The Thomas Hardye Leisure Centre is on site, and along with our newly completed dry sports hall we can offer excellent sports facilities including two swimming pools to complement our large sports fields.
The school has been awarded the Charter Mark, Schools Curriculum Award, European Curriculum Award, Investors in People, Arts Mark Gold, Education Extra Award, and two School Achievement Awards. We believe these awards reflect the quality of learning and care the school provides.
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| - To ensure that all students receive the best education we can provide, regardless of social, financial, religious or racial background and irrespective of ability
- To ensure that students achieve the qualifications, skills and attitudes needed in a changing world.
- To provide a caring, successful school community where all are valued and respected for their own sake and where every individual's contribution is encouraged and given recognition.
- To provide a stimulating environment which shows students that learning is exciting and a valuable life-long activity.
- To encourage and help all students to develop talents, skills and interests, and to have an understanding of moral and spiritual values.
- To involve all members of the community, especially parents, in the life of the school and in the education of their children.
- To establish strong links with other stages of education, especially our partner Middle Schools.
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| We aim to ensure that all our students develop into confident, caring adults who are open to change, and receptive and generous to others. We are committed to genuine equality of access and opportunity so that everyone can achieve his or her full potential.
A disciplined and well-organised school based on fairness, free expression and participation is vital to these aims. The students' relationships with their tutor and the Personal, Social, and Health Education programmes play an important part in the creation of this positive ethos.
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| We have a reputation for providing the very best post-16 education. We offer a structured and supportive environment where students flourish and develop the independent learning skills and responsibility to be successful in their chosen careers, training and Higher Education.
We place great emphasis on academic achievement but also encourage students to broaden their experiences, to involve themselves in the community and to enjoy learning in its broadest context.
If you want to know more about the Sixth Form please contact the Sixth Form office. In the meantime, we hope this information gives you a flavour of things to come.
Over 85 Courses
The great attraction of the Sixth Form is the quality and quantity of courses available. The Thomas Hardye Sixth Form offers more than 85 courses including AS and A2 Levels, BTEC First, and CACHE, Diplomas and Certificates as well as GCSEs. The School is also a recognised centre for the highly regarded International Baccalaureate.
You should find the combination of courses that exactly fits your interests, abilities and ambitions. With so much to choose from, you may need some advice. Make sure that you find out about courses that interest you, discuss the opportunities at home over the next few months and check the advice on the pages Choosing Your Courses.
A Fresh Way to Study
In the Sixth Form you will study subjects in depth. You will be more responsible for your learning and creativity, for the direction of your studies and for planning your private study. You will find in most courses that much of the work is done in your own study time.
You will also find that the students around you are well motivated and that as you go on, the emphasis is more towards working with your teachers than on working for them.
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