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Blackpool Sixth Academy of Creative Arts (ACA) is a hub for aspiring performers, musicians, media artists, and visual artists. We challenge students to think like professionals from day one, empowering them to find their voice, create, inspire, and achieve their full potential.
Our Mission
Empowering individuals to achieve their full potential.
We cultivate a lifelong love of learning and a passion for the arts. ACA identifies key industry skill gaps and trains students to fill them, preparing them for careers in the creative industries.
Create • Inspire • Achieve
- Create: A culture that treats you like a professional first, student second; develop craft through productions, showcases, and collaborations.
- Inspire: Practical workshops with prestigious training establishments and professional performers to open pathways and raise ambitions.
- Achieve: Empowering artists with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to thrive as creative professionals and shape the future of the arts.
World-Class Creative Facilities
Our students learn in inspiring, industry-standard spaces:
- The Frame: A purpose-built gallery and exhibition space showcasing the very best of student visual art and design.
- Theatre: A 300-seat performance venue with professional lighting and sound, used for plays, musicals, and showcases.
- Dance Studio: Mirrored, with a ballet barre and fully sprung floor, supporting professional-level training.
- Drama Studios: Two black box studios equipped with lighting rigs for rehearsals and intimate performances.
- Media and Editing Suites: Fully equipped with industry-standard software and hardware for film, TV, and digital media.
- Visual Arts Studios: Specialist spaces for painting, drawing, textiles, digital graphics, and photography.
- Music Rooms: Purpose-designed for rehearsals, recording, and live performance practice.
These spaces allow students to create, perform, exhibit, and collaborate just as professionals do in the industry.
ACA offers:
- Industry-standard facilities and expert staff
- Joint trips and events, such as New York visits and Creative Careers days
- Cross-course projects, e.g. dancers and musical theatre students performing in productions filmed by Film & TV students and supported by Music and Music Technology students
- Creative collaborations, such as photographers or graphic designers producing event publicity, or performance students modelling for Fashion Shows
- Real-world experience that develops professional skills for employment or university progression
These experiences combine to create a rich, career-focused creative environment.
pass rate IN PERFORMING ARTS, MUSIC AND MEDIA
2025 RESULTS
TOP 10% in the country for grades - BTEC Performing Arts
ALPS DATA 2025
pass rate IN VISUAL ARTS
2025 RESULTS
HIGH GRADES (A*,A, B) IN A LEVEL FINE ART
ALPS DATA 2025
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