Non-maintained special school
Uxbridge · UB8 3NW · Hillingdon
Ages 7–19
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenOfsted: Not judgedURN 102462
Meadow High School
Community special school · Uxbridge · UB8 3QU
Ages 11–19 · 305 pupils · Hillingdon
Ofsted
Not judged
Overall absence
14.1%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-02-25
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence14.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)38.3%
Unauthorised7.5%
- Authorised absence
- 6.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 8.9%
- Enrolments in measure
- 180
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill98%
305 pupils · 312 places
- Pupils on roll
- 305
- Boys / girls
- 230 / 75
- School capacity
- 312
- Capacity fill
- 305 / 312 (98%)
- Free school meals
- 49.3%
- FSM pupils
- 110
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community special school
Age range
Ages 11–19
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Community special school
- Headteacher
- Mr Graham Cunningham
Location
- Address
- Royal Lane, Hillingdon
- Postcode
- UB8 3QU
- Town
- Uxbridge
- County
- Middlesex
- Local authority
- Hillingdon
- District
- Hillingdon
- Constituency
- Uxbridge and South Ruislip
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
SEN & specialist provision
As recorded in GIAS — provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community special school, Ages 11–19, in Uxbridge, Hillingdon, 305 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, special school. Free school meals: 49.3%. SEN provision includes: VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment….
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Graham Cunningham
- Telephone
- 01895443310