Meet The Team

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

Management

Bem Asare

Managing Director

Founder and director of B.A Academy, passionate about improving the next generations education. Bem has been managing the company for over 6 years and is excited to expand to more schools and bring more opportunities to young people.

Martyn Box

Business Development Associate & Head Coach

Martyn is a qualified Level 2 football coach and he intends to complete his UEFA B course when the opportunity comes around. Martyn already has some coaching experience under his belt, managing a number of different teams ranging between 8-16. Martyn also used to play football for Brighton Academy from the age of 9 to 16 where he then went on to sign his first professional contract at Barnet Fc aged 16.

Teachers & Coaches

Brighton

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.

Katie

Katie is a passionate and bubbly individual who currently works as a teaching assistant in an infant school. She also holds a unique qualification which is a level 4 diploma in teaching Street Dance with over 10 years of experience coaching a competition crew and teaching classes at Brighton’s ‘Streetfunk’. Katie has competed in Street Dance competitions all around the world including the world championship held in Las Vegas.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tor

Tor is a kind and organised coach who has a great passion for sports. He has played for many football clubs through his years and has recently started endurance cycling. Tor is studying for his A-levels at the moment and has completed sports coaching as part of the sport & exercise science course. Tor is coaching football and gymnastics at BA Academy.

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.

More about us

Our mission, team, and testimonials are what make us the leading provider of extra-curricular activities for students.

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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