Good, and the county's inspection record backs that up. More than eight in ten graded schools are good or better. The village has its own primary and a secondary on the doorstep. A primary school is a short walk for most homes. The hard part is getting a place at the one you picked.
Ofsted has graded 122 schools and other settings across West Sussex, and 103 of them are good or better, a little over five in every six. Eleven are outstanding, 17 require improvement and two are inadequate. These counts cover the whole county, not Billingshurst alone, so they tell you what kind of education authority you're buying into rather than grading any single school gate. Another 125 settings in the county hold no published grade yet and aren't counted either way. The county record is solid rather than spectacular, and the handful of weaker schools are a minority any parent can plan around.
Buying near a school gets you nearer the front of the queue, not through the door. Admissions follow the published rules, which are neutral on paper and ruthless in practice, and a sibling rule or a distance tie-break can move a family down the list in the spring it matters. Check the admissions criteria for the specific school and year before you set your heart on a house for its address. Estate agents describing a home as being "in catchment" are describing a hope, not a contract.
Billingshurst Primary Academy is the school carrying the village's name, and the obvious first stop for families in the middle of Billingshurst. The nearest secondary is where most local children end up once primary is done. The surrounding villages covered by this page have their own primaries, including Loxwood Primary School, Wisborough Green Primary School and Plaistow and Kirdford Primary School, which suit families who want a smaller school and don't mind a short drive for everything else. Ingfield Manor School is also in the area. None of these names comes with a guaranteed place, and none of their individual grades is given here, so look each one up on Ofsted's own register before you book viewings around it.
Distance works in Billingshurst's favour. The Department for Transport's 2019 modelling puts the nearest primary about 15 minutes' walk or seven minutes by car from the average home, and the nearest secondary about 28 minutes on foot, 25 by public transport or 11 by car. A primary within walking distance means the school run can be done without the car, which in a village where half the workers drive is a small luxury. Secondary is a longer walk, and teenagers tend to treat a half-hour walk as either exercise or a human-rights issue depending on the weather.
Schools are one of Billingshurst's real strengths. The county's record is strong, the options are close, and families who read the admissions rules before they buy tend to get what they came for.