Creative education that opens doors for the next generation of
Day One Trust
We are working to build a more valuable, diverse and sustainable creative industry.
ELAM was founded in 2014, followed by London Screen Academy in 2019. Day One Trust brings these two pioneering schools together, and their students consistently go on to outstanding careers. We are expanding our impact through the Creative Educators Network, developing new programmes and partnerships with schools across the UK.
Schools & Programmes
Two Outstanding schools show what is possible. Everything else we do takes that further, into classrooms, staffrooms and industries across the country.
London Screen Academy
A sixth form for 16 to 19 year olds, founded by some of the UK’s most successful film producers.
Key facts
- Founded
- 2019
- Location
- Ladbroke House, 62–66 Highbury Grove, London N5 2AG
- Ages
- 16 to 19
- Students
- 860
- Ofsted
- Outstanding in all areas, May 2023
- Website
- lsa.ac.uk
East London Arts & Music
Music, games design and film, built with Universal Music Group, YouTube, The BRIT Trust and Creative Assembly.
Key facts
- Founded
- 2014
- Location
- Maltings Close, Bromley-by-Bow, London E3 3TA
- Ages
- 16 to 19
- Students
- 300
- Ofsted
- Outstanding, 2017 and 2024
- Website
- elam.co.uk
Creative Educators Network
The UK’s professional community for teachers and school leaders across the creative arts.
Key facts
- Founded
- 2026
- Reach
- UK-wide, across all four nations
- Networks
- Film & TV (established), Games (new), Sound & Music (launching soon)
- Website
- creative-educators.com
Industry Convertor Programme
Paid teacher training for screen industry professionals.
Key facts
- Established
- 2022
- Based at
- London Screen Academy, Highbury
- Format
- Paid training: four days a week teaching at LSA, one with our training provider
- Contact
- enquiries@lsa.ac.uk
Why it matters
The creative industries are one of the UK’s great strengths. Access to creative education is shrinking.
contributed by the UK’s creative industries in 2024, accounting for 5.5% of the UK economy
DCMS Economic Estimates, February 2026 (GOV.UK)jobs in the UK’s creative industries, representing 7.1% of the national workforce
Skills England, October 2026 (GOV.UK)decline in arts subjects’ share of GCSE entries since 2010, despite growing demand for creative skills
Campaign for the Arts, August 2026of schools in England’s most deprived areas had no pupils entered for GCSE Music, compared with 21% in the least deprived areas
Cultural Learning Alliance, May 2026Watch us
Live sessions, performances and films made by our students, from the stage to the edit suite.
ELAM Live · LSA x 180 StudiosEpisode three of the live sessions made by ELAM, LSA and 180 Studios. Students perform, shoot, light, mix and edit the whole thing.
Watch on YouTube ↗Diversion – The Last TimeELAM and LSA · 2026
London Screen Academy · Behind the scenesLSA students design and build a 1970s nightclub set for the Forgetting Disco shoot.
Watch on YouTube ↗Forgetting Disco: building a 1970s nightclub setLSA · Behind the scenes
MSG Sphere London Sessions · #001The first of ELAM’s MSG Sphere London Sessions: Phoebe performs her original song, Young Blood.
Watch on YouTube ↗Phoebe – Young BloodELAM · Original song
London Screen AcademyStep inside London Screen Academy in Highbury and look around in every direction.
Watch on YouTube ↗Take a 360° tour of LSALSA · 360° video
More on ELAM on YouTube and LSA on YouTube.
News and Insights
Updates from across Day One Trust, ELAM, LSA and the Creative Educators Network.
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