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Screen London Barnet
Middlesex is part of a new partnership between industry, education and local government, underpinned by the Screen Skills Plan for Barnet.
Screen London Barnet will accelerate film and content production and boost jobs across our borough. Middlesex is joined by Barnet Council, Barnet and Southgate College and Troubadour Brent Cross Studios as founding partners.
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Screen Skills Plan for Barnet
Our partnership is underpinned by the Screen Skills Plan, led by Middlesex and commissioned by London Borough of Barnet, with Barnet Southgate College.
Download the Screen Skills Plan (PDF)
The purpose of the plan
It is a strategic vision and roadmap to:
- Establish Barnet as a leading hub for UK film, television, animation, gaming, immersive technologies, and digital media
- Create a screen skills ecosystem that combines academic excellence, practical experience and workforce relevance.
- Ensure that skills development leads to tangible outcomes for Barnet - including long-term employment, regeneration and economic benefits.
How we will deliver the Screen Skills Plan
Education
- Aim: To strengthen training and qualifications that prepare learners and leavers for the screen industries and improve awareness about opportunities.
- Key actions: Launch MDX Studios with a new industry-driven curriculum; work with Barnet and Southgate College to map skills; lead screen industries outreach.
Enterprise and entrepreneurship
- Aim: To increase revenue from the local screen sector and increase investment
- Key actions: Develop income streams and promote local supply chains; find new models for investment and innovation.
Equal access
- Aim: To increase Barnet residents from underrepresented groups entering and thriving in the screen industries
- Key actions: Challenge non-inclusive industry practices; embed diverse recruitment and mentorship pathways; deliver training for marginalised communities.
Environment and sustainability
- Aim: Increase filming in the borough that meets good environmental standards and practice.
- Key actions: Establish an Innovation Hub for sustainable practice; engage with Middlesex researchers; embed a Green Pledge for productions.
Creative industries in Barnet
Barnet is home to major studio facilities - including Troubadour Brent Cross Studios - and is experiencing rising demand for local talent, training and production services. The borough is a fantastic location for the creative industry as it sits between central London and major production studios like Elstree, Leavesden, and Shepperton, at the heart of the West London production corridor which accounts for nearly a quarter of all UK screen jobs.
Screen London Barnet and the Screen Skills Plan align with both the UK Government’s 2025 Modern Industrial Strategy Creative Industries Sector Plan which commits more than £100 million to sector growth, and Barnet’s Growth Strategy, which aims to develop an entrepreneurial borough with more job opportunities.
Partner with us
We are looking for new partners from industry, education and government to help achieve our vision for Barnet and make the most of national opportunity.