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Falling Lane, West Drayton, UB7 8AB
48 pupils · 40% of 120 capacity
- Type
- Free schools alternative provision
- Ages
- 5–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- ORCHARD HILL COLLEGE ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Hillingdon
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 44.2%
Ofsted
Urgent improvement (2025) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
⚠ Safeguarding was judged Not met at the latest inspection. Read the full report before anything else.
| 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 |
Inspected 9 December 2025, published 5 March 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
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Nearby alternatives
- The PRIDE Academy 0 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Meadow High School 0.8 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Moorcroft School 0.9 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Pield Heath House RC School 1.2 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Hillingdon Manor School 1.6 km · No Ofsted rating
- Brunel University 1.7 km · No Ofsted rating
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.