Sunnymede Primary School
The Meadoway, Billericay, CM11 2HL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mrs Ronnie Branch
- Constituency
- Basildon and Billericay
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 389
- URN
- 114910
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01277651364
About this school
Sunnymede Primary School is a foundation primary school in Billericay. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 389 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Sunnymede Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 58 | 56 | 62 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 69% | 70% | 69% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 19% | 27% | 18% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 89% | 84% |
| Expected standard in maths | 84% | 86% | 81% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 91% | 89% | 85% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 108.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 108.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.80 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Sunnymede Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Essex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 69% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 69% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 229 |
| 2023/24 | 404 |
| 2024/25 | 405 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sunnymede Primary School compares
Sunnymede Primary School ranked 159th of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 69% | 3.8% | 11.6% | 389 | — |
| South Green Infant School | — | 5.3% | 16.9% | 172 | 0.8 miles |
| South Green Junior School | 46% | 4.8% | 17.7% | 222 | 0.8 miles |
| Quilters Infant School | — | 3.2% | 5% | 181 | 0.9 miles |
| Quilters Junior School | 85% | 3.6% | 6% | 262 | 0.9 miles |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School | 96% | 3.4% | 5.8% | 419 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 11.6%
- English as an additional language
- 7.9%
- Overall absence
- 3.77%
- Persistent absence
- 6.52%
Location
Nearby schools
-
South Green Infant School0.8 miles
Primary · Billericay
-
South Green Junior School0.8 miles
Primary · Billericay
-
Quilters Infant School0.9 miles
Primary · Billericay
-
Quilters Junior School0.9 miles
Primary · Billericay
-
St Peter's Catholic Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Billericay
Other schools in Billericay
Sunnymede Primary School ranks 5th of the 7 ranked primary schools in Billericay.
- Brightside Primary School Primary
- Buttsbury Primary School Primary
- Crays Hill Primary School Primary
- Downham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Quilters Infant School Primary
- Quilters Junior School Primary
- South Green Infant School Primary
- South Green Junior School Primary
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Mayflower High School Secondary
- The Billericay School Secondary
- Ramsden Hall Academy Academies
Common questions
- What ages does Sunnymede Primary School teach?
- Sunnymede Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Billericay.
- Who is the headteacher of Sunnymede Primary School?
- The headteacher of Sunnymede Primary School is Mrs Ronnie Branch, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Sunnymede Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sunnymede Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Sunnymede Primary School?
- Sunnymede Primary School has 389 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Sunnymede Primary School full?
- Sunnymede Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 389 on roll (93%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Sunnymede Primary School a faith school?
- No. Sunnymede Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Sunnymede Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Sunnymede Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Sunnymede Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 69% in 2022/23 and 69% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Sunnymede Primary School compare with other schools in Essex?
- Sunnymede Primary School ranked 159th of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Sunnymede Primary School's absence rate?
- Sunnymede Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Sunnymede Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sunnymede Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.