Hewens College

Summary

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.

Hewens College
Address
Map
Hewens Road

, ,
UB4 8JP

Coordinates51°31′43″N 0°26′22″W / 51.5285°N 0.4395°W / 51.5285; -0.4395
Information
TypeAcademy
Department for Education URN137078 Tables
OfstedReports
ChairMarie Ashley
Head teacherMarlene Littlefair
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment321

Inspection judgements edit

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 edit

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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Welcome from the Trust". Hewens College. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Hewens College". Ofsted. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  3. ^ Mansell, Warwick (21 March 2017). "Where did all the GCSE pupils go – and why has no one noticed?". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  4. ^ Staufenberg, Jess (10 February 2017). "Schools forced to 'reintegrate' pupils after UTC and studio school closures". Schools Week. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Parmjit Dhanda". Biteback Publishing. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

External links edit

  • Hewens College website
  • Archive pictures and documents on Mellow Lane
  • Mellow Lane Girls Choir in the 1950s