This time the citation commended them on the #time4change campaign, whilst acknowledging The MTA's growing influence within the training sector.

Students received a guarantee that their fees are spent on training, not on securing a profit, and consequently the academy was granted charitable status in 2012.

[8] The course ran over 4 terms per year with 40 hours contact time per week, with classes evenly divided between acting, dancing and singing.

[9] It produced public performances every term – shows included the world premieres of Lia's Guide to Winning The Lottery (by Keren David, Paul Herbet and Andy Kaby), In Touch[10][11] (by Dougal Irvine), Dangerous Daughters, Celebs Anon, The Sunshine Gang, The Ballad of Kitty Jay, Just the Ticket and The Venus Factor (all by Nick Stimson and Annemarie Lewis Thomas), and Animus (by Webborn and Finn).

[15] The students (as part of their training) were regularly seen in the West End in professional shows/concerts, and to date its students have backed Shoshana Bean, Patina Miller performed with Katherine Jenkins at the London Palladium, and sung on the album Lift by Craig Adams and Ian Watson.