The Skills Hub (TSH) is a co-educational Alternative Provision (AP) that caters for students in the London Borough of Hillingdon who cannot attend mainstream school for a variety of reasons, predominantly permanent exclusion.
This section provides key information including how the school spends the funding it receives, its policies and procedures, how students perform in exams and assessment, inspection information and the schools self-evaluation.
The Skills Hub provides full-time education for children as an interim arrangement while appropriate substantive placements are being secured or a child is deemed ready to return to their mainstream school
Parents and carers are the most important people in the lives of our students. In order for our work to be successful, we depend very much on their co-operation.
Suzanna is the Head of Training Partnerships, Research & Policy at OHC&AT. She has 14 years’ experience of working in education, in roles spanning research, compliance, governance, safeguarding and staff development. She has also served as a parent governor at a mainstream primary school.
Prior to her retirement in December 2021, Isobel was the Personalised Learning Manager and Designated Safeguarding Lead at The Skills Hub. She has over 23 years’ experience of working in education, over 15 of these at a senior management level. She has also served as a Local Authority governor at a local primary school, with a special interest in behaviour management and parent support.
Michael is the Curricular Lead for Nightingale Community Academy. Prior to working in education, Michael was a child protection officer for the State of Indiana.
Tom has been teaching for 18 years, in mainstream schools for 11 years and then at The PRIDE Academy for nearly 7 years. Tom set up and ran a construction qualification at level 1& 2, and also teaches Design Technology.