Admissions Policy
& Procedure
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.
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.
• 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. • 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.
• All applications received by the relevant deadline
will be dealt with entirely on their merits. • 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).
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 fulfil 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
• 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.
• The session, whether it is workshop, audition or
meeting, is intended to be with, and for the benefit
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 2018 and then continue up to the end
of March 2018. Additional dates may be added
after this, depending upon application numbers.
KS4 workshops and meetings will take place over
a fixed two day period on Thursday 1st March 2018
and Friday 2nd March 2018. Please note we will be
unable to see KS4 applicants at any other time.
• The date given for a workshop/meeting cannot be
changed unless it is for a previously arranged hospital
appointment or public exam (not mock). Please
include any dates and supporting documentation
concerning unavailability with your application form.
2C) Procedure following workshop/
audition/meeting
After each workshop/audition/meeting, decisions are
made by a panel of staff, including those who have
met the applicant, with a senior curriculum manager.
The decision to offer a place is based on the criteria
outlined previously; evidence concerning these
criteria will include reports and references from current
schools. Where there are two stages to the process on
the same day with some applicants not progressing
to the second stage, unsuccessful applicants will be
informed orally at the time, with a letter of confirmation
within 14 days. In some cases there is a gap of a few
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