The BRIT School is the UK’s first and leading free performing and creative arts school for 1,400 young people aged 14 to 19.
The school – an exempt charity based in Croydon – invests in the future of the UK’s cultural wealth by nurturing young artistic talent from all backgrounds and teaching the skills needed by the rapidly-growing creative industries.
We believe that young people of all backgrounds should be able to develop their creative talent and craft and make a powerful contribution to society. BRIT stands for the British Record Industry Trust.
Without the generosity of the record industry and funding from the BRIT Awards, the School would never have been built and its superb facilities would never have been installed.
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The BRIT School is committed to providing a broad and balanced education that values the essential knowledge, skills and understanding within National Curriculum subjects as well as offering specialist training in the fields of broadcast media, digital design, community arts, music, technical and performing arts.
In all, 97 per cent of students go on to higher education, training or employment on leaving school.
This year The BRIT School turns 30 and celebrates more than 10,000 students including Adele, Amy Winehouse, Jessie J, Katie Melua, Leona Lewis, Rex Orange County, Jade Bird, Freya Ridings and Kate Nash.
In total, students from the school have been responsible for selling more than 160 million albums, billions of streams, won 12 BRIT Awards, 19 Grammys, two BAFTAS, two Oscars, a Laurence Olivier Award, a UK Theatre Award and a London Evening Standard Award. Acclaimed band black midi and artists Georgia, King Krule, Kate Tempest and Loyle Carner have all been nominated for the prestigious Mercury Music Prize.
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In addition, students including Cush Jumbo (The Good Wife), Ashley Thomas (24: Legacy) and Tom Holland (Spiderman) are among the many who have achieved enormous acclaim on stage and in film.
Dancers from the school are part of many of the world’s leading modern dance companies including Akram Khan, Pina Bausch Wuppertal and Matthew Bourne.
The school has graduates working at many prestigious organisations including Apple, BBC, ITV, Warner Music, Sony, Britannia Row, White Light, PRG, Royal Albert Hall, Facebook, TikTok, Ralph Lauren, National Theatre and Sky, as well as running their own businesses across the globe.
It has two intakes – Key Stage 4 (aged 14-16) and Post 16 (aged 16-18) .
You can apply now for 2022 by visiting
www.brit.croydon.sch.uk
THE BRIT SCHOOL
60 The Crescent, Croydon CR0 2HN
Tel: 020 8665 5242
www.brit.croydon.sch.uk @TheBRITSchool
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