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Tuesday 18th October 2011: BRIT Trust Chairman, John Craig OBE, visited the recently opened Birmingham-based digital, creative and performing arts Academy, BOA, to officially open its state-of-the-art recording studio funded by the BRIT Trust.

The £25 million purpose-built Academy is at the forefront of the development of creative and digital arts and has superb facilities for academic, vocational and extra-curricular activities. This unveiling will reveal a £100k recording studio to further enhance the learning experience of its students to which the BRIT Trust researched, developed and funded to ensure a state-of-art facility was available for its first cohort of students.

Partnered with the BRIT School, Birmingham Ormiston Academy (BOA) has worked alongside the professionals involved with the curriculum and philosophy of the BRIT School, its Governing body and its sponsor the BRIT Trust to ensure that both establishments work in complete harmony going forward.

Gaynor Cheshire, BOA Principal, comments: “We are extremely grateful to BRIT Trust for this sizable donation which has helped us realise the dream of providing our students with a first class recording studio. We’re delighted to welcome John Craig to the Academy and look forward to seeing our pupils use the studio as part of their learning experience.”

Background information on Birmingham Ormiston Academy:

BOA is a brand new Academy for the creative, digital and performing arts. Located in the heart of Birmingham, BOA is a regional academy admitting students not only from Birmingham, but also the surrounding metropolitan boroughs and wider West Midlands region including Coventry, Dudley, Solihull, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

BOA is sponsored by Ormiston Trust, Birmingham City University and partnered with Maverick TV and the BRIT School. The academy opened in September 2011 for sixth form years and will include 14-16 year-olds in 2012.

The Academy is located in a brand new £25 million state-of-the-art building, which is located next to Millennium Point, geographically placed in an area at the hub of the digital and creative industries. It has superb facilities for academic, vocational and extra-curricular activities www.boa-academy.co.uk