Lime Trust Governance

Trust Board

1. The Trust board has a maximum of 10 Trustees, 2 of which are Parent Trustees.


2. The Trust Board meets a minimum of six times a year and receives reports from its committees:

• Education, Curriculum and Standards Committee (ECSC)


• Finance, Risk and Audit Committee (FRAC)


• Pay Committee

1. A Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Dashboard covering all areas will be reported to Trust Board with quarterly data and benchmarks (where they are available).


2. Each school has a designated Link Trustee.

Governance, stakeholder voice and involvement

Our structure includes the following elements:

1. Trust Board committees ECSC, FRAC and Pay committee


2. School Improvement Team Governance meetings quarterly, reporting to ECSC


3. Operations Team Governance meetings quarterly, reporting to FRAC


4. Staff voice and involvement systems


5. Parental strategy for voice and involvement


6. External audits


7. Internal audit cycle

If you have any questions, please email the Governance & Communication Lead, Kelly Smith, at: kelly.smith@limetrust.org

Lime Trust Governance: To view details of how the Lime Trust and its academies are governed, please click here.