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Free schools alternative provision · Mixed · Hillingdon
Falling Lane, West Drayton, UB7 8AB
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 04/03/2025
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
48
Capacity used
Has space40%
120 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Free schools alternative provision
- Age range
- 5–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Craig Van-de-Velde
- Address
- Falling Lane, Yiewsley, West Drayton, UB7 8AB
- Phone
- 01895447102
- Local authority
- Hillingdon
- Ward / constituency
- Yiewsley · Uxbridge and South Ruislip
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 149033
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 44% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 20% | — | — |
| SEN support | 20% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ORCHARD HILL COLLEGE ACADEMY TRUST
48 pupils · 120 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
09 December 2025
S8 No Formal Designation Visit · report card
SMInclusion Urgent improvement Achievement Needs attention Safeguarding standards Not met Curriculum and teaching Urgent improvement Attendance and behaviour Urgent improvement Leadership and governance Urgent improvement Early years Not applicable Personal development and wellbeing Urgent improvement Post-16 provision Not applicable - 25
04 March 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.