Mellow Lane School
Mellow Lane School was a comprehensive school, located in Hayes, Hillingdon, in the London Borough of Hillingdon, Middlesex. It closed in 2011 and reopened in August of that year, as Hewens College.
Mellow Lane School | |
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Address | |
Hewens Road , , UB4 8JP | |
Coordinates | 51.5285°N 0.4395°W |
Information | |
Type | Comprehensive school |
Motto | Perseverando Vinces |
Established | 1938 |
Status | Closed |
Closed | 2011 |
Local authority | Hillingdon |
Ofsted | Reports |
Gender | Mixed |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Houses | Dower, Manor, Park, Round |
History
The school was opened in 1938. At that time the school housed two departments, run as separate entities: the Mellow Lane Senior Boys School and the Mellow Lane Senior Girls School.[1]
In 1948, Mellow Lane was established as a co-educational comprehensive school.[2] It was a Grant-Maintained School between 1st April 1992 and 31st August 1999 and became a Foundation Secondary Comprehensive School on 1st September 1999.[3]
The architects of the building were Curtis and Burchett.[4] The building was extended in 1949 and 1963.[5]
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. The houses were named after local manor houses.
Notable alumni
- Parmjit Dhanda (born 1971) — MP for Gloucester[6]
- Anne-Marie Duff (born 1970) — British actress[7]
- Dame Cleo Laine DBE (born 1927) — jazz and pop singer[8]
- Steve Priest (born 1948) — bass guitarist, member of the group The Sweet
- Robert Ridge (born 1951) — scientist, emeritus professor, Japan[9]
- John Sissons (born 1945) — footballer
- Rhoys Wiggins (born 1987) — Welsh international footballer
References
- 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
- 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
- Mellow Lane Official Website, archive, The School. Retrieved on 6 March 2020
- http://www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/mellow-lane.html Modernist and Art Deco buildings of the Metro-Land area and era
- 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
- "Parmjit Dhanda", Biteback Publishing. Retrieved on 6 March 2020
- "Anne-Marie Duff - Bio, Kids, Family, Facts About James McAvoy's Ex-Wife", Answers Africa. Retrieved on 7 March 2020
- Interview Jonathan Sale, "Passed/Failed CLEO LAINE", The Independent, 10 June 1998.
- http://bobridge.uk