Harris Academy Billericay, Billericay

In 2025, pupils at Harris Academy Billericay averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.9 in Essex and 46.8 across England.

48% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Essex and 46% in England.

That is in line with 2024, when the score was 49.2.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.02: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2025.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 33.4, against 51.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 18.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 29 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Business.

For September 2026 entry, 207 families put Harris Academy Billericay as their first choice and 1054 named it as one of their preferences, for 277 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places, so in 2026 a family who put it first could expect an offer unless the school's other criteria ruled them out.

Demand has been fairly steady: 243 first choices in 2021, against 207 in 2026.

Across Essex, 83% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 97% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2025, families in Essex lodged 807 appeals against secondary school offers; 645 reached a hearing and 99 succeeded (15.3% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to Harris Academy Billericay are Mayflower High School (1.5 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 47.6); The James Hornsby School (3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.9); St Martin's School Brentwood (3.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.9); and De La Salle School (3.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.8).

Harris Academy Billericay's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Harris Academy Billericay is one of 59 schools run by Harris Federation, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 51.3 in 2023/24, with a Progress 8 score of 0.48 (zero is the national average).

Of the 275 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2022/23, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 39% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 165 students who left the sixth form in 2022/23, 45% went on to university or other higher education, 16% to apprenticeships and 28% into work. 19% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

15.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (the average state school: 24.5%), and 4.6% speak English as an additional language (average: 18.5%), according to the 2025 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (80%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2025, 174 pupils (10.2%) received SEN support and 24 (1.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 15.6% and 3.9% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Harris Academy Billericay employed 107 teachers in 2024, roughly one for every 16 pupils. Their average salary was £49,848.

Its 2026 funding allocation works out at £6,710 per pupil (£9.8 million in total), including £267,675 of pupil premium for disadvantaged pupils.

The nearest railway station is Billericay Rail Station, about 1190 metres away (roughly a 15-minute walk).

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is School (outside), 80 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Harris Academy Billericay stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 8th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 67 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is close to the typical figure around schools in Essex (98).

In 2023/24, Harris Academy Billericay issued 53 suspensions, 3.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 2.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Harris Academy Billericay are Quilters Infant School (0.2 miles), Quilters Junior School (0.2 miles), South Green Junior School (0.5 miles) and South Green Infant School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.