The Skills Hub
Free schools alternative provision · Ages 5–19 · West Drayton, Hillingdon
The Skills Hub is an alternative provision school in West Drayton, Hillingdon for ages 5–19 (free schools alternative provision).
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Key facts
- Address
- Falling Lane, Yiewsley, West Drayton, UB7 8AB
- Type
- Free schools alternative provision
- Ages
- 5–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hillingdon
- Pupils on roll
- 48 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 5.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 9 December 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are mostly happy to attend this school.”
- “They like that the school provides breakfast and that there are adults they can talk to if they have any problems.”
- “This helps them to feel valued.”
To improve
- “Leaders have not ensured that the safeguarding arrangements in the school are robust.”
- “Furthermore, pupils have not routinely been taught important information about how to keep themselves safe.”
- “As such, pupils have been vulnerable to risk and may not have been safe.”
Safeguarding: Not effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 March 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Straight-line distance, in Hillingdon.
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