Laindon Road, Billericay, Essex CM12 9LD
10 reasons to choose Quilters Junior School
Top line
Quilters Junior School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 71. It is one of the best state primary schools in Billericay and one of the 4 best independent or state primaries within 3 miles.
School fundamentals
Quilters Junior School is a state junior school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 7 and 11 years. It is a foundation school. The school is federated with one other junior school and three infant schools in the Quilters Federation. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2017) inspection.
Average class size
Quilters Junior School has two classes per year, and an average class size of 32 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Quilters Junior School ranks in the top 8% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 25% of schools.
The Quilters Junior School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. Core subjects are taught separately, but foundation subjects, such as geography and history, are taught as half-termly topics with cross-curricular links to other subjects. Construction School and Pop Up Café are two 6-weekly enterprise skill projects for Year 6. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a residential trip for Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with specialist teaching for sport.
Sport at Quilters Junior School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. School Games Mark Gold Award.
The Arts at Quilters Junior School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
School hours are from 8.40/8.45am to 3.15pm though after school clubs can extend the day.
Find another school near Quilters Junior School
St John’s Preparatory School, Billericay (0.9 miles); Woodlands School at Hutton Manor (2.3 miles); Brentwood Preparatory School (5.3 miles).
Noak Bridge Primary School (2.6 miles); St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School, Brentwood (3.5 miles); Stock Church of England Primary School (3.5 miles).
St John’s School, Billericay (0.9 miles); Brentwood School (5.5 miles); New Hall School (12 miles).
Mayflower High School (1.5 miles); St Martin’s School Brentwood (3.8 miles); Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School (5.8 miles).