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BPI submits bid for new BRIT school

If funding is approved, the school would be on course to open in 2026.
A performance from BRIT school students
A performance from BRIT school students - Courtesy BRIT School

The BPI (British Phonographic Industry), which represents the UK’s recorded music industry, has revealed proposals to launch a specialist creative school in the North of England. The provisionally titled ‘BRIT School North’, would bring the successful model of Croydon’s BRIT School to the city of Bradford.  

The BPI has submitted a bid for funding for the new school via the Department for Education’s free school funding process, Wave-15. The proposed 16-19 would offer students across West Yorkshire a vocational curriculum geared towards music, theatre, digital design and production arts. If approved, the school would be projected to open in 2026.  

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