The Key
Liberty advises the management team of The Key Group on its acquisition by Permira
Liberty Corporate Finance is delighted to announce they have advised the management team of The Key Group – a market leading education software provider – on its acquisition by Permira from CBPE.
The Key Group is a leading provider of software solutions for schools and multi-academy trusts and is home to seven leading products: Arbor, SAMpeople, TimeTabler, Habitude, The Key, GovernorHub, and Robin. Together, The Key Group’s products have helped more than 20,000 schools move away from legacy systems to entirely new ways of working—focused on saving staff at all levels significant time and effort.
The Key Group’s mission is to bring innate expertise in product innovation, expand AI capabilities and invest further into helping schools tackle ongoing workload challenges, shrinking budgets, and staff retention.
Working with Permira will enable the group to double investment in R&D over the next few years, with a clear focus on using AI to save staff time and improve student insight. The Key Group will also remain committed to being the best for U.K. edtech founders looking to grow their impact in schools.
Liberty are delighted to have played a part in this landmark transaction, working alongside Chris, James and the whole team over the past few months. With Permira’s support and the energy and commitment of the senior management and entire staff the business will no doubt continue to flourish.
Simon Hill
Partner
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