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The owner of a theatre company that taught Emma Watson and Bella Ramsey has won an award. Emma Bentley, the owner and principal of Stagecoach Chichester, was given the franchisee outstanding achievement of the year award at the top 100 Elite franchise awards on March 13. Stagecoach Performing Arts has more than 35 years of experience in teaching performing arts across more than 300 schools in the UK.
Theatre school taught stars like Emma Watson and Bella Ramsey (Image: Stagecoach Performing Arts Chichester) Some of the notable alumni include Emma Watson, Jamie Bell, Eleanor Tomlinson, Bella Ramsey, Tuppence Middleton, Tom Fletcher, Dani Harmer, Josh Cuthbert, and Danny Mac. (Image: Stagecoach Performing Arts Chichester) Emma, a professional jazz singer, bought the school in April 2022 at the age of 26, after teaching at several Stagecoach schools. (Image: Stagecoach Performing Arts Chichester) Since taking over, she has opened more classes and plans to open a new school in the near future.
Emma was awarded for her determination to continue growing her business despite facing health challenges. (Image: Stagecoach Performing Arts Chichester) Bentley recognised for her resilience and business growth efforts (Image: Stagecoach Performing Arts Chichester) After winning the award, Emma said: "Winning this award is a huge honour and has given me that extra motivation to keep growing our busy, dynamic and creative schools. "It recognises the challenges I have faced in my personal life and is a wonderful celebration to close a difficult chapter.
"I want to say a huge thank you to the EF100 for recognising this and I hope my story helps encourage any other business owners going through a testing time, to carry on.".
