Mellow Lane School was a comprehensive school, located in Hayes, in the London Borough of Hillingdon, Middlesex. It closed in 2011 and reopened in August of that year, as Hewens College.
History
The school was opened in 1938. It housed two departments, run as separate entities: the Mellow Lane Senior Boys' School and the Mellow Lane Senior Girls' School.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03057875480000161 Page 145, S.W.B. Watson (1954) Vocational training in a comprehensive school, The Vocational Aspect of Secondary and Further Education, 6:13, 144-150, DOI: 10.1080/03057875480000161 Retrieved on 6 March 2020
In 1948, Mellow Lane was established as a co-educational comprehensive school.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03057875480000161 Page 146, S.W.B. Watson (1954) Vocational training in a comprehensive school, The Vocational Aspect of Secondary and Further Education, 6:13, 144-150, DOI: 10.1080/03057875480000161 It was then one of only two experimental comprehensives in the UK permitted by the UK Government. It was a grant-maintained school between 1 April 1992 and 31 August 1999, and became a foundation secondary comprehensive school on 1 September 1999.Mellow Lane Official Website, archive, The School. Retrieved on 6 March 2020
The architects of the building were Curtis and Burchett.http://www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/mellow-lane.html Modernist and Art Deco buildings of the Metro-Land area and era The building was extended in 1949 and 1963.https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol4/pp38-39 Diane K Bolton, H P F King, Gillian Wyld and D C Yaxley, 'Hayes: Education', in A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 4, Harmondsworth, Hayes, Norwood With Southall, Hillingdon With Uxbridge, Ickenham, Northolt, Perivale, Ruislip, Edgware, Harrow With Pinner, ed. T F T Baker, J S Cockburn and R B Pugh (London, 1971), pp. 38-39. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol4/pp38-39. Retrieved on 6 March 2020
Houses There were four houses during much of the school's existence: Dower, which was red; Manor, which was blue; Park, which was green; and Round, which was yellow. These were named after local manor houses.
Notable alumni Parmjit Dhanda (born 1971) — MP for Gloucester"Parmjit Dhanda", Biteback Publishing. Retrieved on 6 March 2020 Anne-Marie Duff (born 1970) — British actress"Anne-Marie Duff - Bio, Kids, Family, Facts About James McAvoy's Ex-Wife", Answers Africa. Retrieved on 7 March 2020 Ray Iles (born 1963) — scientist, academic, entrepreneur Dame Cleo Laine DBE (born 1927) — jazz and pop singerInterview Jonathan Sale, "Passed/Failed CLEO LAINE", The Independent, 10 June 1998. Steve Priest (born 1948) — bass guitarist, member of the group The Sweet John Sissons (born 1945) — footballer Rhoys Wiggins (born 1987) — Welsh international footballer Guy Butters (born 1969) – Professional footballer.
References
External links Archived Mellow Lane School official website Ofsted Mellow Lane report Archive pictures and documents on Mellow Lane Mellow Lane Girls Choir in the 1950s