BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology
City technology college · Mixed · Croydon
60 The Crescent, Croydon, CR0 2HN
69
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 19/11/2024
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
94.2%
14.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,445
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
1,450 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Details
- Type
- City technology college
- Age range
- 14–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Stuart Worden
- Address
- 60 The Crescent, Selhurst, Croydon, CR0 2HN
- Phone
- 02086655242
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Ward / constituency
- Selhurst · Croydon West
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 101849
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 15% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 3% | — | — |
| SEN support | 21% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,445 pupils · 1,450 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
19 November 2024
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessSixth form Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding - 23
15 June 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 398 pupils
Attendance
94.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
5.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
14.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
1.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.6%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 48.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.36 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 53% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 76% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.79 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 33.79 | — | — |
Average grade: C+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 50.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 54.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 75.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 8.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.92 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 197 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 34.55 | 35 |
| Average grade | C+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 1.7% | 17% |
| A-level students | 111 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 197 | 16% | 57% | 77% | |
| English Language | 197 | 35% | 69% | 86% | |
| English Literature | 197 | 31% | 75% | 84% | |
| Combined Science | 171 | 9% | 36% | 63% | |
| Social Studies | 78 | 29% | 63% | 76% | |
| Art and Design | 72 | 25% | 64% | 88% | |
| History | 70 | 34% | 69% | 73% | |
| Business | 62 | 8% | 44% | 52% | |
| Drama | 49 | 31% | 76% | 88% | |
| Film Studies | 48 | 40% | 77% | 90% | |
| Dance | 34 | 44% | 85% | 94% | |
| Spanish | 33 | 42% | 79% | 88% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 23 | 22% | 43% | 57% | |
| History | 17 | 0% | 12% | 41% | |
| Mathematics | 16 | 13% | 31% | 38% | |
| History of Art | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| French | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Physics | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Japanese | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 16323: BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 51% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 100% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 61% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.