Houlton School

Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–18 · RUGBY, Warwickshire

Last distance offered · Year 7 2026

2.85 miles

Published by Warwickshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026

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Houlton School is a secondary school in RUGBY, Warwickshire for ages 11–18 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 February 2024. Warwickshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.

Houlton School catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Year 7 2026	2.85 mi
Year 7 2025	🔒 With a pass
Year 7 2024	🔒 With a pass
Year 7 2023	🔒 With a pass
Year 7 2022	🔒 With a pass
Year 7 2021	🔒 With a pass

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 2.85 miles away, the 10th shortest of 32 Warwickshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
For Year 7 in 2026 there were 179 first-choice applications for 172 offers: 149 offers went to first-choice families, and 30 first-choice families were not offered a place.
For Year 7 in 2026, 90 of the 630 applications (14%) came from families living outside Warwickshire, and 18 offers went to them.
There are 21.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 17.6 across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Warwickshire.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Warwickshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Signal Drive, Houlton, RUGBY, CV23 1ED
Type: Free schools
Phase: Secondary
Ages: 11–18
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Council: Warwickshire
Pupils on roll: 895 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 19.7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.2

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Good Inspected 27 February 2024

Strengths

“Houlton school is aspirational for all its pupils, including those pupils with special needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
“It wants all pupils to achieve well academically and be ready for life in the wider world.”
“Many pupils rise to the challenges set by the school.”

To improve

“However, some pupils feel that the behaviour policy is not fairly and consistently applied.”
“Some parents and carers are also concerned about this aspect of the school’s work.”
“However, this is not universally so.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 April 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Year 7 entry: 179 first-preference applications, 172 offers in total, 149 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby secondary schools

Straight-line distance, in Warwickshire.

Ashlawn School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
Lawrence Sheriff School 2.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Rugby Free Secondary School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Harris Church of England Academy 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
Rugby High School 4.2 mi Good Last distance published
Bilton School 4.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Southam College 11.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published