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Admissions Policy
& Procedure
• Application forms must be completed in
accordance with the instructions on the form and
returned to the School.
• Postal applicants must enclose a stamped
addressed envelope and this will be returned to
acknowledge receipt of the application form.
Online applications will receive an automatic
email con rmation of receipt.
• When the form is received applicants submitting
incomplete applications will be sent a letter/email
informing them their application is incomplete
and requesting the information that is still required.
The application will not be processed until this
information is supplied.
• Applicants who do not submit a complete
application in time to be processed by the relevant
deadline might nd that all places in their chosen
specialism have been allocated. Experience has
shown that this will almost certainly be the case for
Dance, Music, Musical Theatre and Theatre. The
other courses may have availability after this date.
• If, on receipt of a late application, all places in the
chosen specialism have been allocated, or it appears
from the number of applications already underway
that all places are likely to have been allocated by
the time these applications have been assessed, the
application will be placed on a waiting list without
being assessed. If places become available before
the start of the academic year, applicants on the
waiting list may be invited to continue the procedure
as outlined in 2B) and 2C) overleaf.
• Applicants who have been home tutored and
therefore do not have a school report must
contact their Local Education Authority for an
assessment showing their educational progress.
Without this information the application will not be
processed.
• All applications received by the relevant deadline
will be dealt with entirely on their merits.
In addition, special consideration can be given to
applicants of unusual merit who are out of catchment
area up to a maximum of 10% of the intake; Refer to 3i
for more information.
2B) Procedure following the school’s
receipt of the application form
• All complete application forms received on time
will be reviewed against the criteria in section 1B(i)
and applications which clearly do not ful l these
criteria may be unsuccessful at this stage.
• No applicant with a Statement of Special Educational
Need or an Education Health & Care Plan, nor who
are Looked After children, will be excluded from the
process at this point. This is in recognition that young
people in these situations might require additional
support in order to present themselves most fully.
Having reached the workshop/audition/meeting,
where appropriate support will be available, these
candidates will be assessed against the published
criteria in the same way as other candidates.
• Depending on which specialism has been applied
for, students will be invited to participate in
workshops, auditions or meetings with at least two
members of The BRIT School staff, usually followed
by a structured discussion.
• The applicant will be informed of the format at
least two weeks before the due date and whether
s/he has to prepare anything or bring anything to
the session.
• All applicants for a particular specialism will go
through the same procedure (e.g. all dance
students will have a workshop, all art students a
viewing of work and a meeting).
• The session, whether it is workshop, audition or
meeting, is intended to be with, and for the bene t
of, the applicant. Therefore, parents/guardians are
requested not to participate. However, parents/
guardians of KS4 applicants are expected to
attend the structured discussion which may follow
in case practical issues of travel, accommodation
and attendance need to be discussed. Parents/
guardians of Post 16 applicants are also welcome
to attend this structured discussion.
• The cycle of workshops/auditions/meetings will start
in January 2017 and then continue up to the end
of March 2017. Additional dates may be added
after this, depending upon application numbers.
KS4 workshops and meetings will take place over a
