Meadow High School
Royal Lane, Hillingdon, Uxbridge, UB8 3QU
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Graham Cunningham
- SEN provision
- VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Uxbridge and South Ruislip
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 312
- Pupils on roll
- 305
- URN
- 102462
- Local authority
- Hillingdon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01895443310
About this school
Meadow High School is a community special school in Uxbridge. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 305 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Meadow High School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 39 | 18 | 36 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | 0.3 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | 0.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Meadow High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 14.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 254 |
| 2023/24 | 262 |
| 2024/25 | 285 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 47.29%
- English as an additional language
- 22.1%
- Overall absence
- 11.14%
- Persistent absence
- 30.77%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Pield Heath House RC School0.2 miles
Special schools · Uxbridge
-
Moorcroft School0.3 miles
Academies · Uxbridge
-
The PRIDE Academy0.5 miles
Free Schools · West Drayton
-
The Skills Hub0.5 miles
Free Schools · West Drayton
-
Brunel University0.7 miles
Universities · Uxbridge
Other schools in Uxbridge
- Moorcroft School Academies
- Pentland Field School Free Schools
- Pield Heath House RC School Special schools
- Colham Manor Primary School Primary
- Cowley St Laurence CofE Primary School Primary
- Denham Village School Primary
- Glebe Primary School Primary
- Hermitage Primary School Primary
- Highfield Primary School Primary
- Hillingdon Primary School Primary
- John Locke Academy Primary
- Oak Farm Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Meadow High School teach?
- Meadow High School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in Uxbridge.
- Who is the headteacher of Meadow High School?
- The headteacher of Meadow High School is Mr Graham Cunningham, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Meadow High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Meadow High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Meadow High School?
- Meadow High School has 305 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Meadow High School full?
- Meadow High School has capacity for 312 pupils and 305 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Meadow High School a faith school?
- No. Meadow High School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Meadow High School have?
- The schools register lists Meadow High School's special educational needs provision as: VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Meadow High School's absence rate?
- Meadow High School's overall absence rate is 11.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Meadow High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Meadow High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.