The full legal title of the organisation is Engage Enrich Excel Academies. However, it is normally referred to in the shortened form, EEEA. The term governance describes how EEEA organises the oversight of its operations, including each of its academies. These arrangements are intended to ensure high quality, transparent and efficient governance which meets statutory and contractual expectations too.

Engage Enrich Excel Academies is a company limited by guarantee which:

• Holds the master funding agreement with the DfE
• Takes a long lease on each school
• Operates each school under the terms of the school’s supplemental funding agreement
• Has Board Directors who are the legal Governors of all EEEA academies