Baxter College's 2024 promotional video

Picking a school for your child next year? Baxter College's drone filmed promotional video gives a behind the scenes look at the Kidderminster School

Transcript

00:00People would know Baxter College for its family feel to it. We're a proper community where

00:23we respect each other. We want to instil an element of trust, so that's part of that community,

00:29making sure that they trust us. Good teachers, first and foremost, are dedicated to the kids

00:38in their classrooms, so the decisions that they make are ones that support the child

00:42and help them learn in an engaging way. When we think about our favourite teachers at school,

00:46they were the ones that really understood what we needed and what we wanted and knew

00:51us as people, and I think that's really important. We have boundaries, so we know when to get

00:57our heads down and work, and we know when it's time to be serious, but then we can have a joke.

01:01It's got a different environment in the classroom, and I think it's a better working space.

01:05The skills that they develop in those creative subjects are really key, so the ability to

01:14develop their confidence, to express an element of freedom, whether that's through movement,

01:21whether it's through spoken word, art, dance, whatever it is, that's really important,

01:27so students have an outlet and an opportunity to shine.

01:30We know that PE is an important part of a child's mental health, so being physically

01:38active is really important to them, but also that sense of achievement they'll get from being in a

01:43competitive situation is really important, and how they deal with the emotions of being

01:47disappointed when they don't win, that's just a natural part of life, so I think sport is

01:52actually quite good training for how you'll deal with many aspects.

01:57So we have something called the Baxter Way, which is driven through our values.

02:01So first it's about brilliance, accountable, trust, excellence, routines, engage, so we want to make

02:07sure we engage students in their learning so that they are actively engaged, not passively,

02:11having a go, being resilient.