The Billericay School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 29 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Essex
Unique reference
136861
Address
School Road, CM12 9LH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1697 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
53.6%
Girls
46.4%
First language not English
3.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.7%
Persistent absence
24.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81.9%
Mixed 5.1%
Other White 3.7%
African 3.1%
Unclassified 1.8%
Indian 1.2%
Other Black 0.7%
Other 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Other Asian 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.41
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 61%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 52%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.25
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award15
Art & DesignGCSE25
BiologyGCSE59
Business Studies:SingleGCSE48
ChemistryGCSE58
ChineseGCSE11
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE53
Design & TechnologyGCSE62
English LanguageGCSE270
English LiteratureGCSE268
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Billericay School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
281
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
234
2nd preference
274
3rd preference
173
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
225
2nd preference
34
3rd preference
14
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes20.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
284
162
122
Year 8
274
150
124
Year 9
270
135
135
Year 10
276
152
124
Year 11
267
138
129
Year 12
157
89
68
Year 13
169
83
86
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
41.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
47.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
SP
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
57.0%
57.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
19.0%
15.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
14.0%
13.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
10.0%
2.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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