Thomas Hall School
Primary performance (KS2 SATs)
Three-year trends
Last three years of DfE data. How to read trends
Getting a place
Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this
Every child who put Thomas Hall School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.
Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).
Getting a place
Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this
Every child who put Thomas Hall School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.
Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).
Secondary performance (KS4 GCSE)
Thomas Hall School is an all-through school covering ages 4–16, so it has two sets of results. The headline score above reflects its primary (KS2) results, ranked against other primaries; its GCSE (KS4) results — ranked separately against other secondaries — are shown here.
Three-year trends
Last three years of DfE data. How to read trends
Ofsted judgements
School profile
- Age range
- 4–16
- Pupils on roll
- 458
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions
- Non-Selective
Pupil background
Special educational needs
Attendance
Staffing & funding
“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means
What pupils do next
The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.
DfE, KS4 destination measures.
Nearby primary schools
Location
Official sources
About Thomas Hall School
Thomas Hall School is an all-through school in Exeter, Devon, classified by the DfE as a free school. Around 458 pupils aged 4 to 16 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 10.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 34.6, well below the national average of 46. On our composite score, Thomas Hall School ranks around the middle of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.
Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). At Key Stage 4, 25% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. Thomas Hall School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 9 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 14.5%. There are about 15.2 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Thomas Hall School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.