Education & childcare

Global Academy is a school like no other. We provide a unique education for students from all backgrounds who want to pursue a career in the media industry.

Global Academy aims to prepare young people for life in the Creative Media Industry. We are a unique school for students in Year 10 - Year 13 and beyond specialising in the fast paced, ever expanding and exciting creative industry. Our vision is to teach young people the practical skills to be ready for life in the sector, linking all education through our specialism of creative media, design and entrepreneurship.

Global Academy enables all students to achieve their full potential. We foster their ambition and encourage them to work hard and aim high. We expect students to achieve high standards of progress in mainstream school subjects, particularly English, Maths and Science, as well as in our vocational specialism of broadcast and digital media across Year 10 - Year 13 and beyond.

Global Academy provides a supportive environment for learning. We believe that happy, confident students achieve more. Creativity is at the heart of everything we do. We encourage students to collaborate and work together in teams to develop the broader skills they will need to succeed in the 21st century.

The technical media facilities at Global Academy are world-class, and our students benefit from our close links to the industry and further education. The vocational curriculum is developed in close partnership with industry and students learn from current, industry-quality briefs, receiving feedback on their work from people who already do the jobs they are aiming for. Students participate in regular and relevant industry visits.

Students will leave Global Academy with the confidence and the technical and creative skills to proceed to further education or move directly into jobs in the creative industries. Almost 2 million people in the UK work in the creative industries, with employment in the sector growing at four times the rate of the UK workforce as a whole. Our expectation is that every single one of our students will reach high quality destinations when they leave us.

Employers across the industry recognise the Global Academy as a centre of excellence for media. Our students will have the skills to become future leaders of the creative industries and inspire the next generation.

Our students run their own Radio and TV stations working alongside the pros at Global. They also create their own events and learn how to pitch and promote their media products to some of the biggest consumer brands in the market. Students create their own showreel of content and develop a host of contacts too, made during work experience or from our weekly guest talks. All this while achieving the academic qualifications needed to progress in life.