BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
Outstanding
Nov 19 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
14 - 19 y.o.
Type
Independent schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Croydon
Unique reference
101849
Address
60 The Crescent, Selhurst, CR0 2HN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1447 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
35.3%
Girls
64.7%
First language not English
3.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
14%
Persistent absence
12.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
22.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 49.2%
Mixed 21.5%
Other White 9.5%
Caribbean 5.9%
African 4.6%
Other Black 4.5%
Irish 1.2%
Other Asian 1.2%
Other 0.9%
Indian 0.7%
Pakistani 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 9%
Local authority average 52%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 54%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50
Local authority average 44.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.91
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award25
MultimediaTechnical Award23
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE21
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE25
BiologyGCSE26
Business Studies:SingleGCSE62
ChemistryGCSE26
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE1
DanceGCSE34
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 10
199
71
128
Year 11
197
66
131
Year 12
507
170
337
Year 13
516
190
326
Year 14
28
14
14
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
90.9%
85.5%
Further education
8.0%
33.2%
36.9%
School sixth form
84.0%
49.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
3.0%
7.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.1%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
67.0%
67.5%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
22.0%
14.9%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.1%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022