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BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology[1]

Independent · ages 14–19

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Headline results

A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
48.5 2025/26[3]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
49.5% 2025/26[3]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
9.6% 2025/26[3]
Progress 8
-0.36 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]

IGCSEs don't count towards Attainment 8, so it understates many independent schools.

Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 50.1[6] 54.3%[6]
2023/24 48[4] 52.6%[4] -0.36[4]
2022/23 54.8[7] 57%[7] +0.06[7]
2021/22 55.6[8] 59%[8] -0.07[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[2]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
1.7% 2024/25[2]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C+[10] 0%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 0%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 0%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 0%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
84% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
3% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
8% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 97%[15] 87%[15] 3%[15] 4%[15] 0%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 89%[16] 0%[16] 8%[16] 1%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 83%[17] 2%[17] 9%[17] 0%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 86%[18] 4%[18] 5%[18] 0%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
79% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
41% 2022/23[19]
Education
53% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[19]
Employment
24% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 85%[20] 51%[20] 61%[20] 1%[20] 23%[20]
2020/21 83%[21] 45%[21] 58%[21] 1%[21] 24%[21]
2019/20 72%[22] 41%[22] 54%[22] 17%[22]
2018/19 82%[23] 36%[23] 50%[23] 2%[23] 31%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
67% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
22% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
3% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2018/19[26]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 59%[27] 19%[27]
2019/20 58%[25] 9%[25] 3%[25]
2018/19 53%[26] 8%[26] 4%[26] 0%[26]
2017/18 45%[28] 6%[28] 3%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

For independent schools the DfE publishes destinations after 16–18 study only: no destinations after GCSEs and no university progression figures (top third, Russell Group, Oxbridge).

Ofsted

Latest inspection
19 Nov 2024[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
12 Jan 2025[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
14 Jun 2023[30] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
24 Jan 2018[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
City technology college[1]
Ages
14–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1450[1]
Local authority
Croydon[1]
Website
http://www.brit.croydon.sch.uk/[1]
Nursery classes
No Nursery Classes[32]
Special classes
No Special Classes[32]
District
Croydon[33]
Postcode
CR0 2HN[1]
URN
101849[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1447 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
3.9% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
22.5% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
2.6% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
16.7% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
60.3%[35]
Mixed
21.5%[35]
Asian
2.8%[35]
Black
14.5%[35]
Any other ethnic group
0.7%[35]
Unclassified
0.1%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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