Houlton School
Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · Warwickshire
Signal Drive, RUGBY, CV23 1ED
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 27/02/2024
Application demand
87%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.0%
20.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
895
Capacity used
Has space90%
1,000 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
87%
1st preference success rate
147 of 169 families who put it first got an offer
182
Places offered
587
Total applications
3.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 169 | 147 | ● 87% |
| 2nd preference | 187 | 32 | ● 17% |
| 3rd preference | 141 | 3 | ● 2% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 90 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 587 | 182 | 31% |
1st preference success by year
Warwickshire lets families list 6 preferences. 67 applications came from outside the council area (27 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Paul Brockwell
- Address
- Signal Drive, Houlton, RUGBY, CV23 1ED
- Phone
- 01788593300
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Ward / constituency
- Hillmorton · Rugby
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 143707
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 20% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 14% | — | — |
| SEN support | 13% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: TRANSFORMING LIVES EDUCATIONAL TRUST
895 pupils · 1,000 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
27 February 2024
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 741 pupils
Attendance
92.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
20.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
4.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.7%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils in cohort | 0 | — |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Warwickshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.