Work Experience (1 week)

Are you looking for a work experience opportunity in a fast-growing business where people are at the heart of everything we do?

Would you like to work within a socially conscious organisation that is making a real impact in the education sector?

Location: Arbor London, Fora, 21-33 Great Eastern St, London EC2A 3EJ

Dates: 6th July - 10th July (Monday - Friday 10am-3:30pm)

The company 

The Key is the country’s most trusted provider of knowledge and know-how to education leaders determined to make a difference. We provide authoritative, up-to-the-minute sector intelligence, tools, services and resources that give leaders the knowledge to act. 

The role

We are looking for enthusiastic and ambitious Work Experience Students to join our team for a 1 week period. The remit and focus of the week will be to embed you in various teams across the company to learn how these teams work together, as well as what it’s like to work in an office environment. You will 

• Observe & Shadow: Spend time shadowing teams across the business (Marketing, HR, Member Success etc.) to understand their day-to-day duties and how they work together
• Attend Meetings: Join some of our internal meetings to observe professional communication and decision making processes 
• Dragons Den: Participate in an entrepreneurial exercise designed for you to showcase what technology you would design to enhance schools and the wider Education sector 
• Ask Questions: Fundamentally, this is an opportunity for you to learn as much as you can about the working world, so we’re on hand to answer any questions you may have here

Who You’ll be Working with

• People: Learn how an HR (Human Resources) team works to not only hire people into the business, but also support their development and their wellbeing. 
• Member Success: Our customers are everything and this team plays a pivotal role in ensuring that we keep good relationships with them. This will be an opportunity to learn how we manage these relationships and work with them to get the most value from our software. 
• Marketing: Without Marketing, no-one would know about The Key, so you’ll get a chance to spend some time with a team that’s key to our growth and getting The Key’s name out there! 
• IT: Ever wondered how we manage requests and get people set up to do their jobs? The IT team are integral in managing all of our systems and making sure that we can all deliver for schools. 
• Content: At our heart we are a content business and the team does an incredible job of keeping the sector up to date with any changes to legislation, tips and tricks for improvements as well as concerns or areas for improvements for schools with their clear and concise articles.

The ideal person

We’re looking for enthusiastic and hard-working Work Experience students to join us, but beyond that, we’d love to see:

• Must be a UK Secondary School student in Year 10
• Must be able to commute to our office each day
• A good team player
• Good communication skills
• A desire to learn and take on information
• Proactive and a keenness to get involved

How to apply

The deadline for applications is 5:00pm on Friday 17th April 2026.

We will review applications and aim to come back to you with a decision by 30th April. 

If you have any questions please email [email protected].