Multi-Academy Trust Video Production
for Schools and Colleges
Recruitment. Admissions. Trust Brand.
We produce strategic video content for Multi-Academy Trusts, schools and colleges across the UK. From trust-wide brand films to teacher recruitment campaigns, our DBS-checked Manchester team delivers broadcast-grade work with the safeguarding and editorial care the sector demands.
Strategic Trust-Wide Video Production
Multi-Academy Trusts face a tougher commercial reality every year. Fewer pupils to compete for. Harder recruitment markets for great teachers and leaders. More stakeholders to keep informed. Strong video earns the trust that prospectuses, websites and open evenings can no longer carry on their own. We work with central trust comms, marketing and HR teams to plan video as a multi-year asset rather than a one-off shoot. A single filming programme can produce a trust overview film, individual school promotional videos, teacher recruitment campaigns, parent testimonials, leadership profiles and social cut-downs — designed to refresh, not replace, over time.
Core Capabilities — Built for Education
Trust & School Brand Films
Identity across every academy
Trust overview films, individual school promotional videos and culture-led brand work that communicates who you are with consistency across every academy in your network, while still letting the distinct character of each individual school come through clearly.
Teacher & Staff Recruitment
Real staff, real classrooms
Recruitment campaigns that move beyond stock photography and job-board boilerplate. We film your real teachers, real classrooms and the day-to-day reality candidates actually want to see — the same approach we took for Ambition Institute’s national campaign.
Parent, Pupil & Stakeholder Films
Authentic voices, handled with care
Parent testimonials, pupil-led films, leadership interviews and stakeholder communications, produced with the safeguarding, dignity and editorial care the education sector demands, and the consent and image-use protocols already built into every shoot.
Filming in Schools, Done Properly
Filming in schools is unlike any other commercial environment. Lessons can’t pause for a re-take. Children and young people need protecting. Safeguarding leads, headteachers and trust comms teams all need to trust the crew on site before a camera comes out of the case.
Every Paper Films education shoot runs with Enhanced DBS-checked crew, written safeguarding protocols, full risk assessments, and clear consent and image-use processes for every contributor — including parental consent for pupils where required. We’ve worked in primary classrooms, sixth-form common rooms, FE college workshops and SEN settings, and we plan every shoot around the school day rather than the other way around.
Proven Across the Education Sector
Ambition Institute
National Teacher Recruitment Campaign
Three-year social-first campaign targeting maths and science teacher shortages. Filmed across schools in Manchester, London and Yorkshire. Multi-format delivery from 6-second pre-roll to 60-second documentary cuts.
Cheadle & Marple College
Student Recruitment Films
Two distinctive recruitment films built around real students. The centrepiece of the college’s outreach and open-day programme, and a deliberate move beyond conventional interview-led promos.
Made Smarter
Multi-Site Series Production
A multi-location case study series with distinct visual identities per organisation — the same structured approach we bring to trust-wide MAT productions across multiple schools.
The Paper Films Method
A structured workflow for delivery certainty.
Great content is rarely an accident. Great content is the result of a refined, repeatable process developed over 20 years of commercial production. We de-risk the creative journey, ensuring your project is delivered on brief, on budget, and to broadcast standards.
Trusted by Education Leaders
Delivering measurable impact for trusts, schools, colleges and education charities.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes. All Paper Films crew working in education settings hold Enhanced DBS clearance. We share certificates and safeguarding documentation in advance of every shoot.
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Yes. We plan around timetables, lesson windows, break times and safeguarding policies so that filming causes minimal disruption to teaching and learning.
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Yes. We work with central trust teams to plan multi-school programmes that maintain brand consistency while letting the character of each individual academy come through.
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Yes. Teacher and staff recruitment is one of our most-requested education services. Our three-year campaign for Ambition Institute targeted national recruitment shortages in maths and science.
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Yes. All drone work is carried out by CAA-licensed pilots with the appropriate insurance and risk documentation, and only with full landowner and safeguarding clearance in place.
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Yes. Multi-site planning is core to how we approach trust-wide work. One production programme can generate dozens of reusable assets across every academy in your trust.
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We are based in central Manchester (Sun House, Little Peter Street) and film across the UK. We have significant experience across the North West, Yorkshire, the Midlands and London.
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We handle consent and image-use forms as standard, including parental consent where pupils are featured. We provide clear documentation for your safeguarding records and can work to your trust's existing policies.
Ready to plan your trust's next video programme?
Talk to our Manchester-based education team about your recruitment, admissions, brand or stakeholder objectives.
- Sun House, 2-4 Little Peter St, Manchester, M15 4PS
- daniel@paperfilms.tv
- 0161 838 7771