Hi, I’m Amanda and I am thrilled to have been appointed Principal of PQA Bury St Edmunds. My passion for the performing arts began, aged 5 when I started taking dance lessons, and I soon realised that this was to be my vocational path.

During my school years, I was a regular at the Cambridge dance festival and performed annually at Bury St Edmunds Theatre Royal in the Christmas pantomime. Upon leaving school, I spent three years at the prestigious ‘Laine Theatre Arts’ in Surrey where I received exceptional training in all aspects of the performing arts. After graduating, I spent the next fifteen years based in London working as a professional performer. My teaching career began as founder and principal of The Arts Academy, a dance and drama school for students aged 3 - 16 years, teaching over 150 pupils weekly drama and dance classes along with producing, choreographing and directing annual productions. Most recently I have been co-director of a theatrical agency, representing children and adults in all aspects of the entertainment industry.