The choice for trust-wide support
Over halfof all multi-academy trusts in England use The Key in every one of their schools. That’s over 6,800 academies using our resources every week.
How does The Key support trusts?
For your central team:
- Confidence you’re compliant and meeting statutory requirements across your trust
- Shared standards for safeguarding, including ready-to-use training, so you know every staff member knows how to keep pupils safe
- Governance tools for consistent, effective governance at school and trust level and clearer oversight
- Downloadable model policies to help you keep your approach consistent, lawyer-approved for piece of mind
- Case studies from other trusts with examples of how they have overcome trust-specific challenges
- Quality-assured resources, articles and templates, specifically designed for trust leaders
For your schools:
- A library of guidance, resources, checklists and more to give your schools access to 24/7 support, whenever they need it
- Support for every role, from headteachers and governors, to classroom teachers and middle leaders
- Practical leadership courses to develop your leaders and build their confidence
- School-specific statutory eLearning courses, designed with your staff’s needs in mind
- Safeguarding training, eLearning courses, factsheets and briefingsdesigned to support ‘little and often’ staff training
- Need-to-know alerts when sector changes happen, with advice on what steps to take
The Key has been extremely beneficial in ensuring that what we do is compliant.
Hasnain Panjwani, Chief Strategy Officer at Shireland Collegiate Academy trust explains how the The Key is essential to ensuring consistency and compliance across their trust
Our resources are designed with leaders in trusts and schools like yours in mind, to help you navigate your biggest challenges.
How could we support your trust today?
Why partner with us?
A like-minded partner
Our vision is to be an indispensable partner to education leaders determined to make a difference. It’s at the heart of everything we do.
Streamline your suppliers
Some of your schools may already subscribe to The Key, alongside other providers. Talk to our team to see how trust-wide membership could help you save.
A commitment to innovation
Whether it’s embracing new technologies like AI, or reviewing existing solutions, we’re constantly evolving our offer to provide even more value.
Support that goes above and beyond
When you join The Key, we want to make sure you have everything you need for confidenceyou’re getting the most value from your membership. Alongside access to The Key, as a member you’ll get a dedicated member success manager, like Ben. Our success managers make sure you have:
Usage insights
explaining how your schools are using The Key
Pro-active updates
when new features or resources are released
Onboarding support
for every headteacher in the trust
Timely responses
to every question - big or small!
More for trusts, from The Key
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