We are the choice for trust-wide support, with 89% of all multi-academy trusts in England using The Key in at least 1 of their schools. That’s 7,111 academies (and counting) using our resources every week.
We believe that positive change happens when education leaders feel empowered to take meaningful action. We draw upon a strong social purpose, deep expertise in education and a relentless desire to stay ahead of a fast-changing sector. We’re driven by the needs of our members – over 125,000 school and trust leaders, just like you.
Since launching in 2007 as a government pilot, we’ve grown into a can-do collective of experts, writers, strategic thinkers, researchers and technologists who are deeply committed to serving and championing education leaders across the country.
We provide resources for schools and trusts, designed to help leaders like you tackle your biggest challenges, and get support on all your tasks, big and small, all year round.
We provide trusted advice and guidance for all your school leadership needs, in easily digestible formats, such as articles, templates, checklists, lawyer-approved model policies and more, to give you the support you need for the decisions that count. Plus, you can tackle your daily to-do lists with ease and get advice on any question with our school-specific AI-powered assistant.
To help you and your DSL get safeguarding right, every time, we help you deliver comprehensive safeguarding training all year around. Our staff briefings, eLearning courses, factsheets, scenarios, plus a yearly INSET pack help your trust stay informed about a range of topics from abuse and exploitation, to online safety and extortion.
With GovernorHub, your trustees can communicate with each other, review papers, check effectiveness and take on-demand training. When it’s time for an inspection or external review, there’s no need to scramble through email trails, or search for files - there’s a central body of evidence giving them everything they need to excel, with just 1 simple login.
Finally, our deeply practical live leadership courses can help your whole team to supercharge their personal development, while our school specific on-demand eLearning courses are brimming with relevant scenarios and examples that could realistically happen in a trust like yours. Covering common statutory requirements such as the UK GDPR, fire safety and cyber security, you and your team will be able to apply what you’ve learnt to your role straight away, to help keep your schools and pupils safe.
Our unrivalled in-house team of education specialists develop the right form of support that will be most meaningful to you. Being an educator, you know that there’s no one single learning format that fits every situation, which is why we carefully choose the format that best supports the task in hand.
From pupils to policies, governance to getting staff onboarded, and safeguarding to snow days, we’re here to help with all your tasks, big and small, from the first day of September to the last day of August.
When time is tight you need resources you can trust, that deliver the right answers and the immediate training impact you need. That’s why we anticipate your needs and provide quality assurance for every single resource we create. We give you the tools and resources you need to be compliant and where needed, those resources are solicitor-approved. But your role isn’t about ticking boxes. When you're accountable for every decision, you need the confidence that your whole team has deep and comprehensive support to navigate every challenge and all aspects of their role. We provide that to our members.
Watch Paul Kennedy from the Good Shepherd trust explain why he would advise every CEO to use The Key: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjAFM7rZd-A
Watch or listen to our Trust Matters: Lessons in Leadership podcast, providing thought-leadership and insight for trust leaders just like you: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbI3SIrZPfPM_hO5f-IIoRcJbY6tLcPe6
