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The '''BRIT School'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The BRIT School - GOV.UK |url=https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/101849 |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref> is a British performing and creative arts school located in [[Selhurst]], Croydon, England, with a mandate to provide education and vocational training for the performing arts, music, music technology, theatre, musical theatre, dance, applied theatre, production arts and the creative arts film and media production
Opened on 22 October 1991 under the [[City Technology College|CTC]] programme, the school is funded by the British Government with support from the [[British Record Industry Trust]] (BRIT) and other charity partners and donations and maintains an [[independent school]] status from the [[local education authority]].
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For over 30 years, the BRIT School has been the beneficiary of funding from the British record industry, with a substantial annual contribution from the proceeds of the [[Brit Awards]], administered via the record industry's charity, the BRIT Trust.<ref name="BPI">[http://www.bpi.co.uk/press-area/news-amp3b-press-release/article/the-brit-school-celebrates-twenty-years-of-success.aspx The BRIT School Celebrates Twenty Years of Success, 22 September 2011] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119140346/http://www.bpi.co.uk/press-area/news-amp3b-press-release/article/the-brit-school-celebrates-twenty-years-of-success.aspx |date=19 January 2012 }} BPI. Retrieved 5 February 2012</ref>
In 2012, the school expanded acquiring part of the former [[Selhurst High School]] building next door. Three new courses, Production Arts, Interactive Digital Design and Community Arts Practise (now Applied Theatre) were introduced to coincide with this. There are currently
==Educational focus==
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==Entry requirements==
Entry to any of the school's courses is initially by application. If applicants meet the initial entry criteria, they may then be invited to interview or
A 2011 [[BBC News]] article discussed whether students who are accepted by the school get an unfair advantage in creative arts industries over those who did not.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15617811|title=Do Brit School graduates have an unfair advantage?|access-date=21 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410073904/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15617811|archive-date=10 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
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==Notable alumni==
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* [[Ace and Vis]] (TV/radio presenters)
* [[Adele]] (singer-songwriter)
* [[Amy Winehouse]] (singer-songwriter)
* [[Ashley Madekwe]] (actor)
* [[Archie Madekwe]] (actor)
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* [[Dan Gillespie Sells]] of the band [[The Feeling]]
* [[Dane Bowers]] (singer-songwriter and former member of [[Another Level (group)|Another Level]])
* [[Deelee Dubé]] (jazz vocalist, songwriter, and poet)
* [[Ella Eyre]] (singer-songwriter)
* [[Eman Kellam]] (presenter
* [[Emily Head]] (actor)
* [[FKA Twigs]] (singer-songwriter and dancer)
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* [[Percelle Ascott]] (actor)
* [[Polly Scattergood]] (singer)
* [[Rachel Chinouriri]] (singer)
* [[Raye]] (singer-songwriter)
* [[Rex Orange County]] (singer-songwriter/producer)
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* [[Twist and Pulse]] (performers)
* [[Will Bayley]] (Paralympian)
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==References==
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