Our Vision

Birmingham Academy of Chinese Language and Culture (BACLC) is a supplementary education centre, with the aim of helping children from the Chinese communities as well as all communities in Birmingham to develop not only their Chinese language skills but also a deeper understanding and appreciations of Chinese culture and the multicultural cosmopolitan British society. We want to cultivate their interests in Chinese cultural activities to maintain Chinese traditions in modern British society. Consequently, they will gain more cultural confidence in a multicultural environment, lay a solid foundation for their future career and build a balanced view towards the world for their future life.

BACLC addresses the importance of the ‘cultural wellbeing’ of every child. Through Chinese language courses in both Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese as well as Chinese cultural activities such as traditional Chinese musical instruments, Chinese chess, Chinese calligraphy and traditional Chinese painting, we aim to cultivate the inner confidence and positive personality of every child, stimulating their academic potential and intellectual capabilities on the basis of their cultural confidence. This also helps to break down barriers between races and national boundaries.

Mandarin Chinese supplementary training is one of the main educational provisions of BACLC. One of the defining features of BACLC is the adoption of small class sizes teaching. It is our philosophy to provide a personalised training programme for every student. In addition to Mandarin classes, the school also offers free Bible study classes to help our children understand the tradition of British culture in order to better integrate into mainstream British society. Meanwhile, our Presentation Skills and Performing Arts classes are designed to enhance students’ intercultural capabilities. We stress the creativity of intercultural experience in an educational environment, to enable every student to understand and appreciate not only Chinese culture but also all cultures around the world.

In the future, BACLC will offer various language, art and music courses, designed to achieve a balanced development for our students, in particular children’s cognitive capabilities. We will also introduce multiple interactive activities such as early childhood education and vigorous intelligence training, focusing on developing children’s emotional capabilities. In addition, we help parents to develop their children’s emotional management skills including self-control, self-motivation, interpersonal relationships and crisis management. Parents often overlook critical skills to develop their children’s self-confidence, self-discipline, and self-motivation, which are important emotional skills for children. These emotional skills will enable children to become responsible and independent individuals with great leadership skills and positive personalities.

Welcome to the HAPPY FAMILY of Birmingham Academy of Chinese Language and Culture!