The Billericay School

The Billericay School
The school's windmill logo is based upon Billericay Post Mill, which stood on Bell Hill for 200 years before collapsing in a storm in November 1928.[2]
Address
Map
School Road

Non-denominational[6]

Billericay
,
Essex
,
CM12 9LH

England
Coordinates51°37′06″N 0°25′11″E / 51.61822°N 0.41967°E / 51.61822; 0.41967
Information
TypeAcademy[1]
MottoCaring about success[3]
Established1938[4] (predecessor institution 1878)[5]
SpecialistMathematics and Computing
Department for Education URN136861 Tables
OfstedReports
Chair of GovernorsColin Breathwick[8]
HeadteacherPatrick Berry[7]
Staff125 teaching,[9] 104 non-teaching[10]
GenderMixed[12] (girls:777, boys:918)[13]
Age11[14] to 18[14]
Enrolment1,713[11]
HousesScott, Keller, Edison, Curie and Newton.[15]
Colour(s)Black and Gold   
Websitehttps://www.billericayschool.com/

The Billericay School[16] is an academy secondary school and sixth form college[17] located in Billericay, England.[18] The school is led by headmaster Patrick Berry and has an enrolment of 1713. As part of the Billericay Education Consortium the school forms part of a grouping considered to provide the best teacher training in the country according to the Good Teacher Training Guide.[19] According to Ofsted the school is "an over-subscribed Mathematics and Computing specialist school mainly serving the town of Billericay but also drawing students from Basildon and nearby areas".[20] In its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2018, the school was graded as 'good'.[21]

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  10. ^ "Billericay School Website - Support Staff". Archived from the original on 20 August 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  11. ^ England (21 April 2022). "EduBase - The Billericay School". Education.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  12. ^ "UK Gov School Information". Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  13. ^ "Not found - Gazette". Gazette-news.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
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  15. ^ "Billericay School Prospectus" (PDF). Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  16. ^ "Home / The Billericay School - A Specialist Maths & Computer School". Billericay.essex.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 13 October 2006. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
  17. ^ "Sixth Form / The Billericay School". Billericay.essex.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 27 July 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
  18. ^ "Contact Us / The Billericay School". Billericay.essex.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 28 July 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
  19. ^ "Billericay Consortium 'top' for teacher training". BBC News Online. 11 August 2011. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.
  20. ^ Ofsted, The Billericay School, Inspection Report, 5 March 2008, p3.
  21. ^ "The Billericay School". Ofsted. Retrieved 11 August 2015.