One shoot, two films: bringing a five-year vision to life across 11 Staffordshire schools.
In 2026, Inspired Film and Video produced The Heart of Vision 30, a five-minute film launching the five-year strategy of The Creative Learning Partnership Trust (CLPT), a multi-academy trust of 11 schools across Staffordshire. Filmed in June and July across the Trust’s mainstream, middle and special schools, the film premiered at the Trust-wide conference on 1 September 2026. We then edited a second film, a Trust promotional video, from the same footage to give the Trust more value from a single production.
The Client: The Creative Learning Partnership Trust
The Creative Learning Partnership Trust is a multi-academy trust based in Stafford, with primary, first, middle and special schools across Stafford, Stone, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Biddulph and the surrounding area. Its schools include Burleyfields, Beaconfields, Doxey, Greenhall, Green Lea, Hempstalls, James Bateman Middle School, Langdale, Manor Hill, Parkside and Thursfield.
The Brief
Vision 30 is the Trust’s five-year plan, built around three ideas: Belong, Achieve and Flourish. CLPT needed a film to launch it at its Trust-wide conference that showed, in a way that felt real, how the Trust supports every child, family and member of staff.
The brief asked for:
- A visual story of the Vision 30 narrative, read as a voiceover, covering mainstream and special schools, family support, staff development and community impact
- Lived examples of Belong, Achieve and Flourish, through interviews with staff, pupils and parents
- The Trust as a support network around every child, shown without leaning on literal metaphors
- The diversity of CLPT’s schools, families and staff, filmed with full safeguarding and consent
The Creative Concept
Our pitch was a hybrid approach: real, observational footage of everyday school life, lifted by a layer of bright, modern animation.
- Authentic moments, not staged scenes. We filmed what was already happening across the Trust between mid June and early July, including Father’s Day stay and play sessions, sports days, a pupil parliament sensory garden project, a Trust-wide Year 3 and 4 football tournament, a SEND and wellbeing coffee morning, a staff leadership residential and a school sporting event with a local care home.
- A cinematic look. Shot in a 21:9 widescreen format on cinema cameras and gimbals, with drone footage, so each child is seen within the wider community around them.
- Honest interviews. Teachers, parents and pupils spoke directly to camera, giving the vision a human voice.
- Animation with a purpose. Animated transitions carry the viewer between schools, and the words Belong, Achieve and Flourish appear on screen in time with the voiceover to make the message stick.
Because the Trust planned to share the film publicly, we worked closely with Sarah Kearney, Executive Support Officer, and each headteacher to confirm pupil permissions and made careful edits, such as extra background blurring and reframing, before release.
The Results
The Heart of Vision 30 was shown on the big screen at the Trust’s conference on 1 September 2026 to launch the strategy. In Sarah’s words, the conference “was a success” and the film “went down a storm”. We also covered the conference itself with photography and short video clips the Trust could use straight away.
Added value: a Trust promo from the same footage. With hours of footage captured across all 11 schools, we edited a second film to promote CLPT as a Trust, built around the themes “Every school has its own story” and “Stronger together”. It speaks to three audiences: schools considering joining the Trust, parents and staff. Reusing the footage meant the Trust gained a second long-life asset without a second shoot. As standard, the Trust also received subtitle files for accessibility and full rights to its raw footage for future use.
“We are delighted with the promotional videos and photographs that have been captured, edited and produced by the team at Inspired Film & Video. From their initial pitch to the final product, they have taken the time to understand our brief and to create media that is truly representative of our Trust, ensuring they have showcased our key requirements but also elevating our message to really allow our media to shine.”
Sarah Kearney, Executive Support Officer, The Creative Learning Partnership Trust (5-star Google review)
Inspired Film and Video has been producing films for schools, colleges, universities and public bodies since 2006. We are based in Stoke-on-Trent, a short drive from CLPT’s schools, and work across the Midlands, the North West, North Wales and the rest of the UK. When we film in schools, we act as an extension of your team. We plan around the school day, follow your safeguarding procedures and handle consent so your staff can focus on teaching.
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FAQs
For Vision 30, the brief arrived in March 2026, filming ran from mid-June to early July, and the final film premiered on 1 September 2026. Most of that time was planning, consent and fitting filming around the school calendar.
We work with each school to confirm parent and guardian consent for every pupil on camera. Before public release, headteachers review the edit, and we blur or reframe any shot they flag.
Yes. We plan shoots so the footage can be reused. For CLPT, the Vision 30 footage also produced a separate Trust promotional video aimed at prospective schools, parents and staff.
Yes. We are based in Stoke-on-Trent and regularly film across Staffordshire, the Midlands, the North West and North Wales, and travel further across the UK when needed.