Houlton School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 27 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Warwickshire
Unique reference
143707
Address
Signal Drive, Houlton, CV23 1ED

Pupils

Number of Pupils
541 (39% of total capacity)
Boys
49.4%
Girls
50.6%
First language not English
14.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.6%
Persistent absence
17.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 69.9%
Other White 10%
Mixed 6.2%
African 4.1%
Indian 3.7%
Chinese 1.5%
Other Asian 1.3%
Other Black 1.1%
Irish 0.7%
Other 0.7%
Pakistani 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Houlton School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
171
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
192
2nd preference
189
3rd preference
133
From another Local Authority
67
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
141
2nd preference
24
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
16
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes30.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
182
99
83
Year 8
182
85
97
Year 9
177
83
94
Year 2023-2024

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