Meet The Team

Principal and Teacher of Street dance, Acro dance, Musical Theatre and Singing

Sam is from Fleet and trained at The Italia Conti Academy of Performing Arts and graduated with Honours.

She is the Principal and owner and over North Ascot Academy of Performing Arts in 2020 and is absolutely loving running the school.

She has been an industry professional and teacher/choreographer/director for many years now teaching at various schools including Italia Conti, KEW Dance Academy, Through the Wardrobe Theatre Company. She has also choreographed for large corporate events such as a worldwide product launch for "Yale".

Sam also currently works as Professional Princess (oh yes…it’s a real thing!) and franchise owner for children’s Entertainment Company My Little Princess Parties and also tours the country singing in tribute bands ABBA gold, Motown nights and 1940’s vocal harmony group The Candy Girls.

Theatre Credits include; STARLIGHT EXPRESS- Bochum, UK Tour and International Tour, THRILLER LIVE UK Tour -(assistant dance captain) IRVING BERLINS WHITE CHRISTMAS THE MUSICAL-U.K Tour, THE RAT PACK LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS-European Tour, THE MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS WITH MARTY WEBB AND WAYNE SLEEP -West end and U.K Tour, SPIRIT OF THE DANCE -U.S Tour, MACBETH-U.K Tour, ROMEO AND JULIET (RSC)-The Barbican Theatre London, THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS- The London cruise terminal, THE ROYAL VARIETY SHOW- The London Palladium, P&O AURORA , P&O AURORA WORLD CRUISE, P&O ARCADIA (Vocal captain), SILJA LINE CRUISE and VARIOUS PANTOMIMES.

T.V and film: ADVERTS for BOOTS, and TROPICANA, Viral adverts for Sony music’s “THRILLER ON THE TUBE” and SANEX CAMPAIGN, GUITAR HERO LIVE! (VIDEO GAME), THE BAFTAS, THE MOBO AWARDS, BLUE PETER, learning video for EMI RECORDS and Voice over work for Oxford University Press.

Street Dance, Musical Theatre, Acro, Contemporary

Bea grew up in Berkshire where she was a competitive freestyle disco dancer for 14 years whilst studying performing arts and Dance at school and then college.

She got accepted into Masters performing arts to study professionally for 3 years however decided to move across to acting where she completed a foundation in Acting from Arts Educational Schools London and a diploma in Acting from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.Bea is also a fellow teacher of Miss Sam's at PQA Windsor and helped lead our Summer camp back in August.

Bea is excited to join the team at North Ascot Academy in the coming year.

Ballet and Tap

Kerry has been dancing her whole life, she trained locally with the ISTD before moving away to perform in holiday parks around the country and hotels in Mallorca. After returning to the UK she decided to pursue a career in teaching, completing a degree alongside qualifying as a teacher with the ISTD. She has been running a successful dance school for the last 14 years and loves celebrating in the success of her students, many of whom have progressed on to full time dance education with elite colleges. Kerry has had great success with her students in exams, competitions and performances and is looking forward to sharing her knowledge and experience with all the students at North Ascot Academy.

Singing, Mini Acro, Mini Musical Theatre, Drama and LAMDA

Sarah grew up in Windsor and attended the Susan Handy School of Dancing. She continued her training at Laine Theatre Arts, where she gained a National Diploma in Dance. During her extensive career, Sarah has appeared on stage in The Tour (Edinburgh Fringe), Starlight Express (UK Tour, Germany & Asia) and A Christmas Carol (Litchfield Garrick) as well performing at Buckingham Palace as part of A Performance for Young People in the Arts.

In addition, Sarah has appeared on screen as a dancer for The X Factor, Big Brother, Grease is the Word, Saturday Night Takeaway and the Disney Channel working with the likes of Ant & Dec, Katy Perry and Cee Lo Green. Sarah has also worked extensively as a choreographer for various stage and screen projects. Alongside this, Sarah has been teaching a variety of performing arts subjects at many schools and college across the UK and is the Principal of PQA Windsor.

Mini Academy, LAMDA and Singing

Athena is a professional Musical Theatre performer and teacher originally from Northern Ireland. Her passion for teaching began at the age of 18 when became a qualified Speech and Drama Teacher with a Licentiateship in Teaching of Speech and Drama (LVCM(TD)). In 2021 she began her studies of Musical Theatre at Italia Conti graduating in 2024 with a Level 6 Diploma and in 2025 she graduated with a BA in Professional Arts Practice from the University of East London. Since 2021, she has been teaching Musical Theatre and Dance and previously worked with Miss Sam, Miss Sarah and Miss Bea at the Pauline Quirke Academy in Windsor. Athena is extremely passionate about widening access to the arts for children and young people, she is dedicated to creating a safe, inclusive, and enjoyable environment where everyone can thrive through performance. She is thrilled to be a part of the NAAPA Team!