Houlton School
Free schools all-through school in RUGBY (Warwickshire).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Houlton School is a secondary school located in RUGBY, Warwickshire. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11 to 18 and currently has 710 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 1,000. It is part of the TRANSFORMING LIVES EDUCATIONAL TRUST. The school is led by Mr Paul Brockwell.
Enrichment
20 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Band
- Chess
- Cooking
- Dance
- Debating
- Drama
- Duke of Edinburgh
- Fencing
- Football
- Gardening
- Gymnastics
- Hockey
- Photography
- Rugby
- Sewing
- Stem
and 4 more
Awards
3 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
- Music MarkMusic
- Stonewall School ChampionLGBT+ inclusion
Key facts
- URN
- 143707
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 4 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Constituency
- Rugby
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2021
Governing body (9 current, 2 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johanne Thomas Confirmed same person Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Peter Waitland | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Paul Brockwell | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2025 |
| Mrs Lorna Pountney | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2025 |
| Elizabeth Cheney | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Patricia Keating | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Matt Raffy | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Lisa French | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Ms Joanne Wood | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Lewis Gooch | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Paul Starkey Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · term ended 2025 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record