Academy converter · Essex

Crays Hill Primary School

4–11Ages
82Pupils
PrimaryPhase
145772URN

London Road, Crays Hill, Billericay, CM11 2UZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

4.0per place

1.6 above Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

4 applications for 1 places

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

17%met the expected standard

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 13 September 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

4.0applications per place, Reception

1.6 above Essex median (2.4) 1.8 above England median (2.2)

4 applications · 1 places offered · 1 named it first

2026 4.0; Essex median median 2.4
2025 2.0; Essex median median 2.4
2024 2.0; Essex median median 2.4
2023 1.0; Essex median median 2.4
2022 2.0; Essex median median 2.4
2021 0.3; Essex median median 2.3
2020 0.0; Essex median median 2.4
2018 1.0; Essex median median 2.5; as the previous school
2017 0.3; Essex median median 2.6; as the previous school
2016 0.5; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
2015 0.8; Essex median median 2.7; as the previous school
2014 1.0; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Essex median in 1 of 7 years.

This school
Essex median

Dashed bars: as Crays Hill Primary School (URN 114810), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	1	4	4.0	1	1.00
Sep 2025	1	2	2.0	1	1.00
Sep 2024	1	2	2.0	1	1.00
Sep 2023	1	1	1.0	1	1.00
Sep 2022	1	2	2.0	0	0.00
Sep 2021	9	3	0.3	1	0.11
Sep 2020	2	0	0.0	0	0.00
Sep 2019	0	1		0
Sep 2018 *	4	4	1.0	3	0.75
Sep 2017 *	4	1	0.3	1	0.25
Sep 2016 *	13	6	0.5	5	0.38
Sep 2015 *	6	5	0.8	5	0.83
Sep 2014 *	6	6	1.0	6	1.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 11% · Writing 17% · Maths 11% → all three 17% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard17%386th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard11%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard0%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 95 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard17%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard11%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard0%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 95 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Essex median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	17%	0%	95	95
2023/24	10%	0%	101	95
2022/23	0%	0%	97	89

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Crays Hill Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2022

4.0applications per place 17%met the SATs standard
Grange Primary School
1.9 km · Essex

Good2023

2.5applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
Wickford Primary School
2.6 km · Essex

Good2023

2.6applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
Whitmore Primary School and Nursery
2.7 km · Essex

Standards maintained2025

1.7applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
North Crescent Primary School
2.8 km · Essex

Good2024

2.4applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
St Peter's Catholic Primary School
2.9 km · Essex

Outstanding2024

2.2applications per place 96%met the SATs standard
Downham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
2.9 km · Essex

Remains Good2021

2.0applications per place
The Willows Primary School
3.1 km · Essex

Standards maintained2025

1.8applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Oakfield Primary School
3.2 km · Essex

Good2024

2.3applications per place 63%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 145772 · 881/2251
Trust: Berlesduna Academy Trust
Capacity: 105 pupils · 82 on roll
Free school meals: 85.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 May 2018
Replaced: Crays Hill Primary School (URN 114810)
Address: London Road, Crays Hill, Billericay, CM11 2UZ
Local authority: Essex · Basildon

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources