Meet The Team

B.A. Academy are experienced, enthusiastic and outgoing with well-trained safety certificates to ensure your children are safe and have fun at the same time.

OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM

Bem Asare

General Manager

Max Marshall

Education Outreach Officer

Poppy Worlidge

Operations and Impact Coordinator

Our Teachers & Coaches

Brighton

Peter

Peter has worked for B.A for just over a. year and a half and is one of our most experienced coaches in the south. Peter helps deliver daily PE lessons and after-school clubs. Away from teaching, Peter enjoys playing football and hockey. When not playing sports, he loves watching a wide variety of sports, both live and on TV. Not only do people love his sports, but he also likes playing tabletop games.

Isabelle

Isabella chose performing arts because there is nothing quite like the pure love and connection it ignites, especially with the audience. For her, being on stage feels like sharing a piece of her heart, and seeing that resonate with people in the crowd is beyond special. Whether she’s singing, acting, or dancing, the energy and emotions exchanged create an incredible bond. The shared moments, the laughter, the tears—it’s like a conversation without words. Isabella chose performing arts because it’s a magical way of spreading love, making connections, and leaving a piece of joy in the hearts of those who watch.

Jessica

Jessica currently works as a Teaching Assistant in an infant school and has a bachelor’s degree in Playwork. She is a creative individual and likes to create art in her spare time. She has a passion for working with children and strives to always meet the individual needs of each child.

Cerys

Cerys really enjoys her time working with B.A as she gets to share her love of sport with the children, she enjoys learning and growing as a coach while also supporting the children’s needs.

Caitlin

Caitlin is a trained Musical Theatre performer. She recently portrayed ‘Amber Von Tussle’ in Hairspray the musical.  With a strong sports background, Caitlin combines her athleticism with her passion for performance. She is excited to inspire the next generation of young artists and hopes to share her love for performing with everyone!

Maria

Growing up in Brighton, Maria began training in Cecchetti classical ballet at the Beacon Arts. As a teenager, she competed and participated in many Contemporary dance youth groups including Penny and Jules Youth. After her college education at Sussex Downs College, she went on to further her training at NSCD in Leeds for a foundation year before moving on to completing her Degree in Contemporary Dance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire in London. Whilst studying she worked with choreographers including Alison Curtis – Jones and Zoi Dimitriou. Maria bases her classes on the fundamentals of Ballet and Contemporary whilst giving the space for her students to be expressive and explorative with a large emphasis on and love for music.

Harry

Harry is currently studying at the University of Sussex. His passions are football and running. Harry has enjoyed sharing his love of sports in various coaching roles and is motivated by teaching children new skills and watching their confidence grow.

Mina

Mina is a dancer and trained at the Brighton Academy. Mina has been dancing since the very young age of two and a half and loves anything related to performing arts.

Elliot

Elliot is an avid rugby player with a love for coaching. Wanting to create a fun and exciting environment where kids’ love for sports is fostered safely.

Emily

Emily is a passionate coach who thoroughly enjoys sharing her love for performance and sports whilst helping kids build skills in these areas. She has competed internationally at Dance World Cup as well as attended many national events. Emily hopes to use her experiences to help inspire the younger generations.

Lucy

Lucy is a singing teacher with a Theatre Degree and Musical Theatre Training accredited by London College of Music. She brings her experience and enthusiasm into her sessions with fun, technique building exercises and activities. Lucy loves seeing the children under her care grow in skill and confidence both on and off the stage.

Silvia

Silvia is a Spanish and British biologist with almost a year of experience as a Spanish tutor either online or face-to-face. As a mother of two bilingual children, Silvia loves finding ways for the little ones to be engaged in learning a second or third language.

Clary

Clary has been a Sports Leader at Blatchington Mill Secondary School which has included roles including; organising the Brighton and Hove Primary Schools cross country, working as a demonstrator at BACA multisport days and assisting in afterschool clubs for younger age groups in football, hockey, netball and cross country. Outside of school, Clary has been a regular volunteer at Parkrun performing many roles including result adjudicating, bar code scanning and timing functions as well as working for ‘Street Funk’ as a co-teacher for primary-aged street dancers. Clary has a personal passion for sport including regular tennis training and participation in 10k road races.

Manchester

Hyaat

Growing up with younger cousins and having worked in different nurseries and holiday clubs for the past 8 years. Hyatt is very passionate about working with children and it is something she finds very rewarding. Teaching French and Spanish at B.A has been the perfect role for Hyaat and it is a privilege to be able to develop close bonds with the children while also being part of their language-learning journey.

Nada

Nada has over 9 years of experience teaching French as a foreign language at KS2 and KS3 levels. She is very passionate about modern teaching methods, using interactive games and crafts to make learning French enjoyable and engaging for students. Also a tutor for KS2 and KS3.

Danni

Danni is currently studying Nursing in Manchester; aside from her studies, Danni is passionate about children’s development within sports, ensuring comfortable, fun and engaging netball sessions for all ages with seven years of experience playing herself.

London

Mica

Mica is an outgoing, bubbly character who enjoys picking up various different hobbies including gymnastics, dance, singing and ice skating. She loves working with children as she says the bond you develop with them over time is amazing and can positively impact their life.

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Our Mission

We exist to make a difference.

Meet The Team

Enthusiastic role models and leaders.

Testimonials

Hear from the schools and parents.

Our Mission

We exist to make a difference.

Meet The Team

Enthusiastic role models and leaders.

Testimonials

Hear from the schools and parents.

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