The Key Support Services

The Key provides guidance, resources, CPD and management tools for school and trust leadership, governance and safeguarding. Its membership bundles leadership content, safeguarding eLearning, the GovernorHub board management tool and KeyGPT, an AI-powered assistant.

Customers are school leaders, governors and multi-academy trusts, primarily in England. Access is sold as tiered memberships with a free trial, and the website states that The Key is the chosen provider for over half of England's schools and trusts.

The company launched in 2007 as a government pilot. The website cites 125,000 school and trust leaders supported and over 4,300 resources. It describes itself as part of The Key Group, which it says serves over 20,000 schools across its companies. Open roles listed include a Sales Executive based in London, and remote GB positions for a Platform Engineer, an Engineering Lead and an AI Operations Lead.

Product: Membership platform with leadership and safeguarding resources, statutory eLearning, the GovernorHub board tool and the KeyGPT AI assistant.