Hewens College
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 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.
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. 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.
Notable former pupils
- Parmjit Dhanda, MP for Gloucester
- Welsh international footballer Rhoys Wiggins
- John Sissons (footballer)
- Anne-Marie Duff, British Actress
References
- ^ "Welcome from the Trust". Hewens College. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ "Hewens College". Ofsted. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ Mansell, Warwick (21 March 2017). "Where did all the GCSE pupils go – and why has no one noticed?". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ Staufenberg, Jess (10 February 2017). "Schools forced to 'reintegrate' pupils after UTC and studio school closures". Schools Week. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ "Parmjit Dhanda". Biteback Publishing. Retrieved 18 September 2017.