SecondaryIndependent · City technology college

BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology

60 The Crescent, Selhurst, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 2HN ·

Ofsted:Outstanding in all areas· 2024

At a glance

An independent secondary school for ages 14–19 in Croydon. Ofsted inspection (November 2024): Outstanding in all areas (no overall grade was given). Results aren't compared with the England average for independent schools, as many take qualifications the DfE's measures don't count.

Ages: 14–19
Pupils: 1,445
Gender: Mixed
Sixth form: Yes
Admissions: Non-selective
Local authority: Croydon
Headteacher: Mr Stuart Worden
Opened: Oct 1991

School website 02086655242 Explore the area

Inspection

Ofsted (framework in use until November 2025)

Read reports

Graded inspection 19 Nov 2024

Inspections from September 2024 did not give an overall grade, only the separate judgements below.

Quality of education: Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
Personal development: Outstanding
Leadership and management: Outstanding
Sixth form: Outstanding

Safeguarding effective: Yes

Latest ungraded inspection (15 Jun 2023): School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next

Inspection reports describe the school on the day. Read the full report and visit the school before deciding.

Exam results

Department for Education performance tables

GCSE results, 2024/25 · 197 pupils

Attainment 8

50.1

England 46.1

Grade 5+ Eng & maths

54.3%

England 45.4%

Grade 4+ Eng & maths

75.1%

England 64.8%

Progress 8

-0.36

2023/24 · CI -0.57 to -0.15

This school

50.1

Croydon

44.5

England

46.1

Attainment 8 over time

Many independent schools take qualifications (such as IGCSEs) that don't count in DfE performance measures, so these figures can significantly understate their results. Ask the school for its own results.

Progress 8 isn't published for 2024/25 because those pupils had no KS2 test results (tests were cancelled in 2020). Exams were not held in 2019/20 or 2020/21.

Admissions

Demand for places and how places are allocated

Search for your address on the map to see straight-line distances to schools.

Independent schools run their own admissions (often with entrance assessments), so they are not part of council application data.

Catchment area

We don't have an official catchment boundary for this school. Many schools don't have one, and few councils publish boundaries as open data. We don't estimate catchments. Check the school's admissions policy or the council's admissions booklet.

Last distance offered

Not published nationally. Many councils publish the furthest distance offered for each school in their annual allocation reports. Past distances vary year to year with demand and sibling numbers, so they are not a guarantee.

How places are allocated: you apply through your home council. When a school has more applicants than places, it applies its published oversubscription criteria in order. These usually start with looked-after children, then siblings, then catchment or distance; faith schools may prioritise church attendance. Children with an EHC plan naming the school are admitted first. Apply on GOV.UK

Pupils

School census 2024/25

Pupils

1,447

Capacity

1,450

100% full

Girls / boys

66/34

Mixed

Eligible for free school meals (last 6 years)16.7%
English as an additional language3.9%
SEN support22.5%
Education, Health and Care plan2.6%
The black tick shows the median for state-funded secondary schools in England.