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Alternative provision school · Free schools alternative provision · ages 5 to 19 · Mixed

Falling Lane, Yiewsley, West Drayton, UB7 8AB

  • Pupils48
  • Ages5 to 19
  • Latest Ofsted9 Dec 2025
  • FundingState-funded
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Ofsted inspections

Shown exactly as Ofsted published them, each with its own date. This school has a new report card and an older inspection: Ofsted says “the new grades can’t be compared to the old ones”.

Report card · 9 Dec 2025

Category of concern: Special measures. What this means.

  • InclusionUrgent improvement
  • Curriculum and teachingUrgent improvement
  • AchievementNeeds attention
  • Attendance and behaviourUrgent improvement
  • Personal development and well-beingUrgent improvement
  • Leadership and governanceUrgent improvement
  • SafeguardingNot met

Report card grades run from Exceptional to Urgent improvement (five steps, left to right). Ofsted says “expected standard” means the school is doing everything it should — “It’s a high standard”. What the grades mean.

S8 No Formal Designation Visit · report published 5 Mar 2026

Graded inspection (no overall grade) · 4 Mar 2025

No overall grade: from September 2024 to November 2025 Ofsted gave sub-grades only (recorded as “Not judged”).

  • Quality of educationGood
  • Behaviour and attitudesGood
  • Personal developmentGood
  • Leadership and managementGood
  • Safeguarding is effectiveYes

Grades run from Outstanding to Inadequate (four steps, left to right).

S5 Inspection · report published 14 May 2025

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Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.

Results

No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.

Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.

Pupils and attendance

Pupils
48 (capacity 120)
19 girls, 29 boys
Eligible for free school meals
44.2% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)

Pupils with SEN support

Special educational needs, without an education, health and care (EHC) plan.

2024/25

This school
32%

Pupils with an EHC plan

An education, health and care plan sets out the support a child must get.

2024/25

This school
4%

Eligible for free school meals at any time in the last 6 years

2024/25

This school
67.5%

First language not English

This is not a measure of how well pupils speak English.

2024/25

This school
30%

Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.

About the school

Type
Free schools alternative provision (Free Schools)
Trust
ORCHARD HILL COLLEGE ACADEMY TRUST
Sponsor
Orchard Hill College
Boys, girls or mixed
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Opened
1 January 2023
Local authority
Hillingdon
Parliamentary constituency
Uxbridge and South Ruislip
URN
149033 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)

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