Schools in Billericay
Billericay is a market town in the Borough of Basildon, Essex, with 13 schools including Mayflower High School and The Billericay School as its two secondaries. Four schools are currently oversubscribed, and with four receiving a Good or Outstanding Ofsted grade, popular schools attract strong demand each year. Two faith schools — primarily Church of England — serve local families with a religious preference.
Essex County Council coordinates admissions for maintained schools, with each secondary operating its own published admissions criteria. Families in the Laindon, Stock Road and Norsey areas of Billericay should verify which secondary catchment their postcode is linked to, as the two schools serve broadly defined and occasionally overlapping zones that can produce unexpected outcomes in oversubscribed years.
School demand in Billericay
Across the 12 schools in Billericay with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 98%. 4 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
2 schools in Billericay have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
7 of the schools in Billericay are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Essex, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
5 of the schools in Billericay have a current Ofsted rating, of which 4 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Billericay: 3 oversubscribed (10)
Quilters Junior School
Primary · Foundation school
Billericay · CM12 9LD
Quilters Infant School
Primary · Foundation school
Billericay · CM12 9LD
Sunnymede Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Billericay · CM11 2HL
South Green Junior School
Primary · Foundation school
Billericay · CM12 9RJ
South Green Infant School
Primary · Foundation school
Billericay · CM11 2TG
Brightside Primary School
Primary · Community school
Billericay · CM12 0LE
Buttsbury Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Billericay · CM12 0QR
Crays Hill Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Billericay · CM11 2UZ
St Peter's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Billericay · CM11 2UB
Downham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Billericay · CM11 1NU
Secondary Schools in Billericay (2)
Other Schools in Billericay (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Billericay are set by Essex and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.