There are a number of requirements to be aware of, namely the board must include two elected parent trustees (where the trustees have not appointed local governing bodies or there is no provision made for at least two parent local governors on each local governing body), no more than a third of the board can be
employees of the academy trust and the number of trustees who are local authority associated persons must not represent 19.9 % or more of the total number of trustees.
School leaders have expressed concerns about the cost and administrative implications
of the target, which was introduced last April and covers all schools or
academy trusts with 250 or more
employees.