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Admissions Policy
& Procedure
1) Policy
1A) Admission: practical requirements
i) Age (all ages are as at 1 September in the year
admitted): Students are admitted at:
• 14 years of age for Year 10/ Key Stage 4 (KS4) (after
Key Stage 3 (KS3))
• 16 years of age for Year 12/Post 16 courses (after
KS4/GCSE)
• Applicants who are younger than this or who are
two or more years older cannot be considered.
Applicants who are no more than one year older
than this (ie 15 years of age for KS4 or 17 years of age
for Post 16) may apply, and should make clear in
their application why they are applying out of their
expected age group.
• We do not admit students into Years 11 or 13 or
mid-year into any year group.
ii) Numbers: Allocation of places:
• Year 10: approximately 200 students - proceeding
to Year 11
• Year 12: approximately 460 students - proceeding
to Year 13
• Availability of places for Year 12: places for
applicants from other schools will be dependent
on the number of BRIT School Year 11 students
admitted to remain for Post 16 study
iii) Catchment Area:
The catchment area for The BRIT School is available on
our website and referred to on page 29.
The School also has a dispensation to give special
consideration to applicants of unusual merit from
outside the catchment area, subject to restricted
numbers, providing that they meet the admission
criteria 1B) and follow the general guidelines for
accommodation (see section 3)
1B) Admission criteria
i) The School seeks to admit students who:
• aim for a life in the world of arts, entertainment and
communication or related elds
• demonstrate (with evidence) a commitment
to the performing, visual or digital arts and their
associated technologies, either in performance
itself or in associated activities
• demonstrate, during the application procedure, a
real determination to study, practise and succeed
and that they have the drive for the demanding
schedule, details of which are set out in each
departmental section
• demonstrate to the teachers they meet or work
with during the application procedure that they
would bene t from the education The BRIT School
offers. The staff they meet will be assessing:
• the capacity to acquire the necessary skills
and to continue to improve;
• an understanding of the career and further
education choices towards which joining
the School will lead them;
• the relevance of the course to their future
career plans;
• a passion for the art form applied for;
• relevant current and past activities, including
in school;
• levels of concentration and determination.
• if applying for KS4 can show that they are working
with commitment in KS3, and if applying for Post
16 courses, can show that they are working with
commitment in KS4
• if applying for KS4, are considering a four year
commitment to study
NB Passage from KS4 to Post 16 is not automatic.
ii) Equal Opportunities:
The School is committed to equal opportunities and
