Mellow Lane School Explained

Mellow Lane School
Coordinates:51.5285°N -0.4395°W
Established:1938
Status:Closed
Closed:2011
Type:Comprehensive school
Address:Hewens Road
City:Hayes
County:Greater London
Country:England
Postcode:UB4 8JP
Local Authority:Hillingdon
Ofsted:no
Gender:Mixed
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:18
Houses:Dower, Manor, Park, Round
Motto:Perseverando Vinces

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.[1]

In 1948, Mellow Lane was established as a co-educational comprehensive school.[2] It was then one of only two experimental comprehensives in the UK permitted by the UK Government.[3] 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.[4]

The architects of the building were Curtis and Burchett.[5] The building was extended in 1949 and 1963.[6]

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Web site: Early days when 'all things were possible'.
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20050314224252/http://www.mellow-lane.hillingdon.sch.uk/school.htm Mellow Lane Official Website
  5. http://www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/mellow-lane.html Modernist and Art Deco buildings of the Metro-Land area and era
  6. 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
  7. https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/authors/parmit-dhanda "Parmjit Dhanda"
  8. https://answersafrica.com/anne-marie-duff-bio-kids-family-facts-james-mcavoy-ex-wife.html "Anne-Marie Duff - Bio, Kids, Family, Facts About James McAvoy's Ex-Wife"
  9. Interview Jonathan Sale, "Passed/Failed CLEO LAINE", The Independent, 10 June 1998.

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