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Big Creative Academy welcomes new students to our state of the art £21m building. Designed to transform lives with an outstanding creative, health and wellbeing education offer, we are excited to be providing young creatives with this amazing space to develop their talents and begin their creative careers.

With a 200-seat theatre, industry standard equipment, a dance studio, health and fitness suite, music and media and art studios, Big Creative Academy provides an exciting and innovative space to learn and develop talents.

Building on our relationships with high profile employers, and industry ambassadors we have launched a bespoke careers and progression hub, Cafe Works, ensuring all students are progressing on higher education or to exciting careers in the creative industries.

We have now launched our Fashion Futures studio, providing a bespoke studio space for students with a passion for clothes design, styling and textiles. With extended work placements and access to fashion industry experts, this new space will ensure the next generation of fashion designers has access to industry standard studio spaces that allow them to develop their talents and have their clothes on the catwalk.

Our learners and their strength of character is always celebrated by Big Creative Academy and we value their ambition. We drive it forward with a focus on wellbeing and character education, delivered through a dedicated programme and a series of workshops which truly transforms lives. We celebrate diversity and champion identity and continue to work as a best practice school for LGBTQ+. We’re proud to have won the 2021 Sixth Form Associations’ Social Mobility award, providing a place for everybody to learn and immerse themselves in a creative environment.

Our teaching team are all industry professionals, bringing creative credibility into the classroom. It’s this focus on creativity – combined with the industry skills that you will develop on your course designed by University of the Arts, London – that will set you apart from your competitors.

So many of our former students now have incredible careers in the creative arts. Come and start your creative journey with us, we look forward to welcoming you.

Sacha Corcoran MBE
Principal – Big Creative Academy

Big Creative Academy Principal Sacha Corcoran
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Big Creative Academy Campus

A visionary building

The wait is over! Big Creative Academy’s new visionary building is now open.

Work has been completed on a £21m investment funded by the Department for Education on our Clifton Avenue campus, which includes specialist studios for the creative arts.

The vision we have for Big Creative Academy has come alive. It’s more important than ever that our young people are trained to have technical, industry-standard skills they can take into the real world and to provide a space for communities to come together. We look forward to welcoming you all.

Sacha Corcoran MBEPrincipal - Big Creative Academy