Hewens College Explained

Hewens College
Coordinates:51.5285°N -0.4395°W
Type:Academy
Head:Marlene Littlefair
Chair:Marie Ashley
Address:Hewens Road
City:Hayes
County:Greater London
Country:England
Postcode:UB4 8JP
Dfeno:312/5407
Urn:137078
Ofsted:yes
Enrolment:321
Gender:Coeducational
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:18

Hewens College (formerly Mellow Lane School) is a secondary school with academy status in Hayes, Hillingdon. It is part of the Rosedale Hewens Academy Trust[1] The school caters for years 7 - 13, teaching KS3, KS4 and A Level.

Inspection judgements

Hewens College was inspected by Ofsted in 2012 and judged as 2 (Good). It was inspected again in 2015 and again judged Good.[2]

The school in the news

In 2017 a Guardian investigation showed that the number of children in the GCSE cohort in 2015 had fallen by 46% from the number in that year group when they entered the school in year 7.[3] Education Datalab reported that, had the GCSE results of the children who left Hewens College been included in the Hewens College results, these would have been 16% lower for pupils achieving five GCSEs at grades A*-C including English and maths.[4]

Notable former pupils

References

  1. Web site: Welcome from the Trust. Hewens College. 18 September 2017.
  2. Web site: Hewens College. Ofsted. 18 September 2017.
  3. News: Mansell. Warwick. Where did all the GCSE pupils go – and why has no one noticed?. 18 September 2017. The Guardian. 21 March 2017.
  4. News: Staufenberg. Jess. Schools forced to ‘reintegrate’ pupils after UTC and studio school closures. 18 September 2017. Schools Week. 10 Feb 2017.
  5. Web site: Parmjit Dhanda. Biteback Publishing. 18 September 2017.

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