The Academy
Our school is more than just a place of learning; our facilities in Brierley Hill are available for hire by the general public.
We offer a wide range of high-quality facilities for hire, ideal for events, sports, and community gatherings. Our well-equipped classrooms are perfect for meetings, training sessions, and workshops, while our spacious school halls are suitable for larger events.
Sports enthusiasts can enjoy our sports facilities, which include both outdoor grass pitches and a multi-use games area.
We provide high-quality facilities suitable for a variety of occasions and groups:
- Auditorium with sound and lighting facilities, drop-down screen, dressing room and retractable seating.
- Lecture theatre with seating for 118 people and audio-visual equipment.
- Classroom
- Dance studio with mirrors, sound system and air conditioning.
- Outdoor Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) – an outdoor space with basketball and netball markings, designed to accommodate a variety of sports and physical activities.
- Floodlit 3G pitch with 11-a-side and 7-a-side markings
- Male and female changing rooms
- Indoor sports hall with markings for football, badminton, basketball, netball, tennis, Futsal and handball.
- Air-conditioned fitness suite with benches, weight machines, free weights, rowing machines, cycling machines and running machines.
- 7-a-side outdoor grass football pitch
Our facilities are perfect for community groups, sports clubs and events.
Our facilities are generally available to hire in the evenings during the week and all day at weekends. We have extended hours during school holidays.
Please check the page for the space you would like to hire for specific availability.
Yes, we also extend our hours during school holidays to provide even more flexibility for your bookings.
Booking is easy with the School Hire online system. Each facility page includes detailed information to help you find and reserve the perfect space for your needs.
The cost to hire our facilities varies depending on the specific space and the length of your booking. You can view the costs for each space on the School Hire website before choosing to book.
There is a 10% discount available on many of our venues for blocks of 10 or more consecutive bookings.
Yes, many of our venues offer a 10% discount for 10 or more consecutive bookings. This is ideal if you are looking to hire a space on a regular basis.
Our spaces have a range of audio-visual equipment available, which can be used during the booking. Support technicians can be booked at an additional cost. Please check the page of the space you would like to hire for more information and details of specific equipment available in each room.
Yes, there are male and female changing rooms and showers which can be booked separately.
We are located in Brierley Hill, Dudley, West Midlands. Our site is well-served by frequent local bus routes and Lye train station is under one mile away.
Yes, all our venues offer on-site parking for your convenience.
We have facilities available for hire at our Trust’s schools across the Black Country area of the West Midlands. If you can’t find what you’re looking for here, take a look at our Trust’s other schools.
safeguarding and risk assessments
If the use of our facilities involves young people under the age of 18 or vulnerable adults, the party making the booking must have appropriate safeguarding policies and procedures in place.
You will need to confirm and provide evidence that you have the following in place:
- A named DSL
- Safeguarding policy for the club or organisation
- Evidence that all volunteers and staff have undergone appropriate DBS checks
- Risk assessments for the use of facilities
Please refer to this ink for further information: After-school clubs, community activities and tuition: safeguarding guidance for providers – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
