Buttsbury Primary School
Norsey View Drive, Billericay, CM12 0QR
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- BUTTSBURY PRIMARY SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Mrs Ann Robinson
- Constituency
- Basildon and Billericay
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 872
- Pupils on roll
- 863
- URN
- 136734
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01277623217
About this school
Buttsbury Primary School is a primary academy in Billericay. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 863 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 128 | 128 | 126 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 83% | 73% | 79% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 21% | 17% | 25% |
| Expected standard in reading | 91% | 86% | 88% |
| Expected standard in maths | 88% | 87% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 89% | 84% | 85% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 108.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.50 | - | - |
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 Buttsbury 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 | 83% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 73% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 79% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 506 |
| 2023/24 | 512 |
| 2024/25 | 856 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Buttsbury Primary School compares
Buttsbury Primary School ranked 49th of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 86% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 97% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 79% | 3.3% | 5.4% | 863 | — |
| Brightside Primary School | 76% | 4% | 15% | 621 | 0.8 miles |
| Sunnymede Primary School | 69% | 3.8% | 11.6% | 389 | 1.2 miles |
| Quilters Infant School | — | 3.2% | 5% | 181 | 1.5 miles |
| Quilters Junior School | 85% | 3.6% | 6% | 262 | 1.5 miles |
| Stock Church of England Primary School | 70% | 4.7% | 12.4% | 202 | 1.8 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report24 March 2026
- 26 November 2019
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 5.37%
- English as an additional language
- 3.6%
- Overall absence
- 3.25%
- Persistent absence
- 3.66%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Brightside Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Billericay
-
Sunnymede Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Billericay
-
Quilters Infant School1.5 miles
Primary · Billericay
-
Quilters Junior School1.5 miles
Primary · Billericay
-
Stock Church of England Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Ingatestone
Other schools in Billericay
Buttsbury Primary School ranks 3rd of the 7 ranked primary schools in Billericay.
- Brightside 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
- Sunnymede Primary School Primary
- Mayflower High School Secondary
- The Billericay School Secondary
- Ramsden Hall Academy Academies
Common questions
- What year groups does Buttsbury Primary School teach?
- Buttsbury Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Billericay.
- Who is the headteacher of Buttsbury Primary School?
- The headteacher of Buttsbury Primary School is Mrs Ann Robinson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Buttsbury Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Buttsbury 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 big is Buttsbury Primary School?
- Buttsbury Primary School has 863 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Buttsbury Primary School full?
- Buttsbury Primary School has capacity for 872 pupils and 863 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Buttsbury Primary School a faith school?
- No. Buttsbury Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Buttsbury Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Buttsbury Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Buttsbury Primary School?
- Buttsbury Primary School is part of BUTTSBURY PRIMARY SCHOOL. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Buttsbury Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 83% in 2022/23 and 79% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Buttsbury Primary School rank locally?
- Buttsbury Primary School ranked 49th of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 86% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 97% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Buttsbury Primary School's absence rate?
- Buttsbury Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Buttsbury Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Buttsbury 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 15 July 2026.