| Mellow Lane School | |
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| Address | |
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Hewens Road ,, UB4 8JP England | |
| Coordinates | 51°31′43″N0°26′22″W / 51.5285°N 0.4395°W /51.5285; -0.4395 |
| 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 |
Mellow Lane School was acomprehensive school, located inHayes, in theLondon Borough of Hillingdon,Middlesex. It closed in 2011 and reopened in August of that year, asHewens College.
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]
There were four houses during much of the school's existence:Dower, which was red;Manor, which was blue;Park, which was green; andRound, which was yellow. These were named after local manor houses.