Houlton School is a brand-new, 11-18 secondary academy that will open its doors to Year 7 students for the first time in September 2021. We are situated on the new Houlton development on the eastern edge of Rugby, occupying the historic site of the former Rugby Radio Station – part of Rugby’s heritage.
At Houlton School your child can expect to receive a world class education delivered by exceptional teachers within brand new, state-of-the-art facilities.
A member of the Transforming Lives Educational Trust (TLET), Houlton School has been established by the same team as our other highly successful, oversubscribed academy, Ashlawn School. Therefore, you can be assured that your child’s education is in the best possible hands with us.
“To be the founding Principal of a school so resolutely focused on serving its immediate community was an opportunity too enticing to pass up. I feel incredibly privileged to have been entrusted with leading Houlton and welcoming Rugby’s children to our brand new Houlton family.”
Owing to the impact of coronavirus, all secondary schools in Rugby will not be able to hold face-to-face open evenings for Year 6 pupils considering entry to Year 7 in September 2021. For the same reason, it will not be possible to offer tours of our schools to groups of any size. Instead, all schools will release online materials during the autumn term through their websites. To help you find out more about our school, we have prepared two videos so you can meet our Principal Designate and find out more about our exciting community in our FAQs film.
Mr Michael McCulley has been appointed as Houlton School’s inaugural Principal.
Mr McCulley, who has a wealth of experience working in Good and Outstanding schools, has taken up post and is looking forward to working in an area that has a real personal importance to him.
Work has officially commenced on the transformation of Rugby Radio Station’s Grade II-listed building into the town’s newest secondary school, Houlton School.
The beginning of the significant construction programme will see the conversion of the former global radio transmission building into a new secondary school in the heart of the new community of Houlton.
Plans for Rugby’s newest secondary school have received praise after they were revealed to the public this week.
Houlton School will open in 2021 in the Grade II listed Rugby Radio Station building, which was the hub of global communications in the 1920s and surrounded by the iconic 820ft radio masts.