The Board of the Education Authority is made up of 20 members plus the Chair as set out below.
- 8 political members who were nominated by political parties according to the D’Hondt mechanism;
- 4 members representative of the interests of the Transferors (the 3 main Protestant churches) of Controlled schools;
- 4 members representative of the interests of the Trustees of Catholic Maintained schools;
- 1 member representative of the interests of Integrated schools;
- 1 member representative of the interests of Irish medium schools;
- 1 member representative of the interests of Voluntary Grammar schools; and
- 1 member representative of the interests of Controlled Grammar schools.