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Open days for September 2024 Entry

Tuesday 10th October 2023: Open Evening for Year 10 entry (5.30pm onwards)
Thursday 12th October 2023: Open Evening for Year 12 entry (5.30pm onwards)


Applications for September 2024


Aptitude workshops

16 to 19 Bursaries

In September 2011 the Government introduced a Bursary Fund providing support to young people from less advantaged backgrounds, living in England, to meet the cost of participating in Post 16 education and training.

If you are living in care, a care leaver, receiving income support or are disabled in receipt of Employment Support Allowance and also in receipt of Disability Living Allowance you will be eligible to receive a Bursary of £1,200 a year

Alumni

Award winning former students

Mahalia Burkmar- Nominated for Female Solo Artist - Brit Awards 2020

Mahalia Burkmar, who studied on the Dance pathway at BOA from 2014 - 2016 has recently released her new single 'Sober'. Mahalia is signed to Asylum Records and is currently touring the UK and Europe.

Mahalia graduated BOA with D*D*D* in 2016.



Harry Kirton - Plays the role of Finn Shelby in ‘Peaky Blinders’, which won the award for ‘Best drama’ at the NTA 2020.




Kuba Sprenger - Played the role of 'Ike Alterman'. Link to IMDB https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10837896/


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JOSHUA GANNON

JOSHUA GANNON

Joshua was a student on the Musical Theatre pathway at BOA from 2012-2014. Upon completion of his studies at BOA Joshua was awarded the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Scholarship to study Musical Theatre at the Guildford School of Acting.

In 2014, 8 students from the BOA Musical Theatre and Acting pathways also successfully gained places to train at the Guilford School of Acting.

Joshua has performed in:
Motel in Fiddler on the Roof (West End & Menier Chocolate Factory); Curly in Oklahoma! (Gordon Craig Theatre); Paul McCartney in Cilla (UK Tour, Bill Kenwright Ltd); Lesser Weasel and Cover Mole in The Wind in the Willows (London Palladium); Adam in Invision (Rehearsed reading, Cornay Denman Productions

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Alumni

Mahalia Burkmar

Mahalia Burkmar, who studied on the Dance pathway at BOA from 2014 - 2016 has recently released her new single 'Sober'. Mahalia is signed to Asylum Records and is currently touring the UK and Europe.

We wish Mahalia all the best and be sure to show your support by visiting her website and checking out her new music video below!

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PRIYA SIDHU

Priya Sidhu graduated on the Broadcast course in 2018. Priya went on to be the youngest successful applicant in history to be accepted into the National Film & TV School. Following studying Production Management at the NFTS she now works as a producers assistant, production secretary and more in the film & TV Industry. Recent credits include Motherland for BBC3 and Havoc for Netflix. We can't wait to see how her careers grows even further.

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WILLIAM GLADSTONE

Will began his apprenticeship with ITV in September 2016 after leaving BOA’s Broadcast pathway with a D*D*D* grade. As this was the only apprenticeship available at ITV, the competition was high but William’s experience and knowledge of the broadcast industry allowed him to succeed and he began working at the London studios.

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Aoife Kenny

Aoife graduated from BOA in 2017 and from Laine Theatre Arts in 2010. She has recently been in the professional production of Chess on Drury Lane.

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Hana Ichijo

Hana graduated BOA in 2018 and from Arts Ed in 2021.

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