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.
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| Motto | Caring about success |
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| Established | 1938 (predecessor institution 1878) |
| Type | Academy |
| Headteacher | Mr Ahson Mohammed |
| Chair of Governors | Mr Colin Breathwick |
| Location |
School Road Billericay Essex CM12 9LH England 51°37′06″N 0°25′11″E / 51.61822°N 0.41967°ECoordinates: 51°37′06″N 0°25′11″E / 51.61822°N 0.41967°E |
| DfE number | 881/5468 |
| DfE URN | 136861 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Staff | 125 teaching, 104 non-teaching |
| Students | 1,715 |
| Gender |
Mixed (girls:777, boys:918) |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Scott, Keller, Edison, Curie and Newton. |
| Colours | Black and gold |
| Website | The Billericay School |
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The Billericay School is an academy secondary school and sixth form college located in Billericay, England. The school is led by headmaster Ahson Mohammed. and has an enrollment of 1695. 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. 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". In its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2013, the school was graded as 'good'.
As a comprehensive school admission is primarily dictated by residing in/proximity to the catchment area as well as the presence of siblings at the school. However, the school is able to operate some academic selection and 10% of applicants are chosen based on aptitude in ICT which is one of the school's specialisms.
The 2013 admissions document lists a number of criteria to determine priority in the event of over-subscription for places:
Further information relating to admissions can be found on the school's website.
The 2012 Governor's report lists a number of academic achievements at GCSE and A-level.
2009/10 leavers data showed that 73% of A-level leavers go onto another educational destination, 70 students went on to higher education and 9 of these students went on to Russell Group universities.
The school was formally opened in 1938 by admiral Sir Vernon Haggard using a ceremonial silver key handed to him by the first headmaster P.G. White. However, a predecessor institution called Great Burstead Board School opened on 13 February 1878. This school was situated just across from Laindon Road and P.G. White who was Billericay School's first headmaster was appointed head of the senior mixed department here in 1923. The Billericay School was built as by the 1930s the school was struggling to cope with a growing enrollment and plans were drawn up for a new school big enough to cater for Billericay’s growing population.
Costing £22,400 Billericay School opened its doors in 1937 a year before its 'official' opening. Air raid shelters were built almost immediately to protect students from Luftwaffe planes travelling to London on bombing raids during World War II. The school was built upon the site of an Iron Age foundry where prior to the building of the school a cornfield and a farm was located.
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