The school moved to The Castlefield School site in 1992. The Hardye’s School site was subsequently sold in 1995 and developed into housing. On Friday 12 December 2008, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall visited the school to officially open the newly constructed library and sports hall. On 1 August 2011, the Thomas Hardye School officially gained academy status under the UK Government scheme. The school provides government funded education for children from Year 9 to Year 11, and takes them through GCSE and BTEC courses. It also has an integrated sixth form which sees many of its pupils later attending some of the UK's top universities every year. This takes pupils through A-Levels and AVCEs. Many additional courses including International Baccalaureate are also available, with many pupils finding that the courses are becoming more popular among their prospective universities with some offers being recently lowered. Until the end of 2010, the school's headteacher was Dr. Iain Melvin O.B.E, who had served for 22 years. The current headteacher is Michael Foley who started at the school in September 2011. The school is situated on the western edge of Dorchester, next to the new Dorchester Sports Centre  The school has the largest integrated sixth form in the United Kingdom which shares teachers, resources and facilities with the 'lower school'. From 2008 to 2015 it offered the International Baccalaureate (IB). The school has a partnership with local land-based college Kingston Maurward, offering practical alternatives to traditional A-levels. The school currently has a CCF (Combined Cadet Force) that has been running for the last 100 years. The CCF has an Army contingent as well as an RAF section. They train regularly and compete on a national level. The Army contingent is cap-badged the Rifles and was formerly Devonshire and Dorset Regiment. The school inevitably produces many future officers. Also attached is a Drum Corps that performs annually at the Remembrance day parade, and regularly at other events such as school music performances and many other external events. Aaron Cook (who represented Great Britain at the 2008 Olympics in taekwondo, losing in the bronze medal bout in the -80 kg class) also attended the school for years 9-10 but never completed his full education in order to concentrate fully on his Olympic dreams and preparations. He held gold titles for European Junior Championships, World Junior Championships and European Championships. The Sixth Form's Model United Nations club regularly attend BISMUN (Bath) and BGSMUN (Bristol), as well as hosting its own in the summer.