Harris Academy Billericay

Ofsted judged Harris Academy Billericay's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in May 2018 (last graded inspection), and an ungraded inspection in February 2024 confirmed it, on Ofsted's own scale.

Harris Academy Billericay has 1,729 pupils on roll.

In 2025-26 (DfE’s provisional figures), its average Attainment 8 score was 47.3: DfE’s measure of pupils’ results across eight GCSE-level subjects. In 2024-25, A-level students averaged 36.62 points per A-level entry. Trends and the detail behind each figure are on the Results tab.

Harris Academy Billericay admits pupils aged 11 to 18.

Harris Academy Billericay is located in Billericay, CM12 9LH, Essex.

Harris Academy Billericay is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.

On offer day for 2026-27 (Year 7), the furthest place offered at Harris Academy Billericay was 4.65 miles from the school. The last place went under criterion 6, and we can’t tell whether that criterion ranks every family by distance, so this distance may apply only to the children it covers.

When Harris Academy Billericay has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Children in local authority care, and children who left care through adoption, a child arrangements order or a special guardianship order, including those adopted from state care abroad; 2. Children (including stepchildren at the same address) of staff with two years' service or more when applying, or recruited to a post with a demonstrable skills shortage; 3. Children living in the school's priority admission area — A guide map is on the school's website, or use Essex County Council's catchment finder, and 3 further criteria. The school offers 280 places at this entry point. Tie-break: Within any criterion, the home nearest the school goes first, by straight-line distance.

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 78% of pupils at Harris Academy Billericay are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.