East London Arts & Music (ELAM) is a world-class, Ofsted outstanding, sixth form college that opened in September 2014 in one of the most deprived areas in the UK, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Providing 302 students with a free, two-year specialist education in Music, Games Design or Film & Television studies (plus English or Numeracy Skills), ELAM accelerates progress towards a more diverse and equitable creative industry.
ELAM was founded to tackle inequity within the industry with the guiding vision that all children growing up in the UK see themselves reflected in UK culture. They aim to transform and diversify the creative industries by enabling access to all and to develop the most well-rounded and highly skilled workforce possible, reflecting the cultural and socioeconomic diversity of the world we live in today.