The Skills Hub
Special / other · West Drayton · UB7 8AB
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 9 December 2025 · report published 5 March 2026
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48 pupils · 40% of 120 capacity
- School type
- Free schools alternative provision
- Age range
- 5–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 44.2% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 30% of pupils
- SEN support
- 32% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 4% of pupils
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Website
- https://theskillshub.org/
- URN
- 149033
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
67% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 33% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 9 December 2025: Needs attention
- 4 March 2025: S5 Inspection
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.