Ed Sheeran attended Thomas Mills High School in Framlingham, Suffolk. He began writing songs while he was there and was described in a 2004 school report as a "natural performer". Sheeran also learned to play the guitar at a young age, and he played the cello when he was younger. He was accepted at the National Youth Theatre in London as a teenager. In the autumn of 2009, Sheeran began studying music at the Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) in Guildford, Surrey, but left without permission in the same year to support hip-hop artist Just Jack.