Independent secondary school in Croydon
BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology
60 The Crescent, Selhurst, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 2HN
Ofsted
Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 19 November 2024.
Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.
Exam results
Independent schools are not comparable in the performance tables. Most enter pupils for international GCSEs, which are not approved qualifications for these measures, so any Attainment 8 figure would be calculated from a fraction of what pupils actually sit. We do not publish one rather than publish a misleading number.
- Average A level grade (2024/25)
- C+
A level entries are recorded consistently across school types, so this figure is shown.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 1445
- Places
- 1450
- How full
- Nearly full — 1445 of 1450 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 950 / 495
- Overall absence
- 6%
- Persistently absent
- 15%
secondary schools average 8.6%
secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
Free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN figures come from the state school census, which independent schools do not report into. Their records return structural zeros rather than measurements, so they are not shown here.
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
- In education, work or training
- 97%
- Stayed in education
- 96%
- Started an apprenticeship
- 0%
- Stayed at this school's sixth form
- 84%
- No sustained destination
- 2%
- Pupils in the cohort
- 195
England 91.4%
England 85.4%
England 3.5%
England 5.8%
After sixth form
- Went to university
- 41%
- In education, work or training
- 79%
- Started an apprenticeship
- 1%
- Students in the cohort
- 496
England 50%
England 84.3%
England 6.5%
Going on to university 2021/22 leavers
Went to a top third university
The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.
- Went on to a degree
- 67%
- Students in the cohort
- 475
England 65.3%
These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.
A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Croydon 013E, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 31%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 17%
- Households owning their home
- 35%
- Households in social housing
- 38%
- Households with no car
- 46%
- Adults economically inactive
- 32%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- City technology college
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- Ages 14–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Headteacher
- Principal: Stuart Worden
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Ward
- Selhurst
- Constituency
- Croydon West
- URN
- 101849
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aya College (Educational Provision)Other independent school | No grade | — | 0.1 mi |
| St Mary's Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school | No grade | 36.5 | 0.7 mi |
| Ark Blake AcademyFree schools | Good 2023 | 45.6 | 0.7 mi |
| Al-Khair SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 0.8 mi |
| Al-Khair Secondary GirlsOther independent school | No grade | — | 0.8 mi |
| Harris Invictus Academy CroydonFree schools | Outstanding 2023 | 45 | 0.9 mi |
| Harris Academy South NorwoodAcademy sponsor led | Good 2022 | 48.2 | 1 mi |
| Oasis Academy ArenaAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 37.6 | 1.3 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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