The Skills Hub
Report card: Urgent improvement to needs attention
Falling Lane, Yiewsley, West Drayton, UB7 8ABOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
The Skills Hub is an alternative provision school in Hillingdon for ages 5 to 19. It is one of the 106 schools in Hillingdon. Its latest Ofsted outcome is a report card, from an inspection in December 2025.
Ofsted report card
Inspected 9 December 2025, report published 5 March 2026
Each area is graded from urgent improvement to exceptional, and safeguarding is either met or not met.
- Inclusion
- Urgent improvement
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Urgent improvement
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Urgent improvement
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
- Safeguarding
- Not met
Pupil numbers and mix
48 pupils on roll, with places for 120
Schools near The Skills Hub
| School | Distance | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|
| Fordway Centre | 5 miles | Ofsted: Outstanding |
| Ealing Primary Centre | 6 miles | Ofsted: Good |
| Ealing Alternative Provision | 6 miles | Ofsted: Good |
| The Woodbridge Park Education Service | 7 miles | Ofsted: Good |
| The Jubilee Academy | 7 miles | Ofsted: Outstanding |
School details
- School type
- Free schools alternative provision
- Sector
- Free school
- Trust
- ORCHARD HILL COLLEGE ACADEMY TRUST
- Age range
- 5 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Craig Van-de-Velde
- Phone
- 01895447102
- Address
- Falling Lane, Yiewsley, West Drayton, UB7 8AB
- Local authority
- Hillingdon
- URN
- 149033
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.