Our Trust

Empowering our unique schools to Excel Together

St Mary's is proud to be part of the Oxford Diocesan Bucks Schools Trust (ODBST) family

ODBST comprises of a network of schools that are part of a forward-thinking and driven Trust. The Trust's dedicated shared services team offers tailored assistance to their schools including financial support and planning, bespoke staff training, estate management and specialised HR advice.

We aspire for every pupil and adult to ‘experience life in all its fullness’ (John 10:10)

Each of our schools has a unique character of its own and we work to ensure that our vision embraces all our pupils and adults, regardless of background and belief. We do this drawing on our 4 core values:

INCLUSIVITY - COMMUNITY - SERVICE - EMPOWERMENT

Please visit our website to find out more:

www.odbst.org.uk

Via the link above you will be able to find contact details for the Trust and access statutory information that academy trusts must publish, such as the annual report, annual audited accounts, memorandum of association, articles of association, funding agreement and information about the board of trustees.

The Oxford Diocesan Bucks Schools Trust is a private company limited by guarantee, registered in England No.10943040 at Church House Oxford Langford Locks Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GF, and is an exempt charity.

Office: 07741 328312
email: a dmin@odbst.org

Trust Governance

Overview of the Governance Structure 2023-24

				Date Appointed
Members	Rt Revd Dr Steven Croft Oxford Diocesan Board of Education acting corporately (Current named officer: Gordon Joyner) Peter Norman Malcolm Peckham			01/09/2017 01/09/2017 01/09/2017 05/12/2022
	Name	Appointed date	Appointing Body	Office	Position
Trustees	Michael Mill	01/09/2021	Members	4 years	Chair of Trustees
	Rt Revd Dr Alan Wilson	01/09/2017 Term of office renewed on 1/9/2021	Members	4 years
	Michael Phipps	01/09/2017 Term of office renewed on 1/9/2021	Members	4 years	Vice Chair of Trustees
	Denise Shepherd	01/09/2021	Members	4 years	Chair of the School Effectiveness Committee
	Andrew Jeffrey	12/07/2019	Members	4 years	Chair of the Finance, Risk, Audit, Pay and Personnel Committee
	Tony Wilson	07/01/2019	Ex Officio	4 years	Ex officio as Director of Education for ODBE
	Sulina Piesse	01/01/2021	Ex Officio	4 years	Chief Executive Officer
	Revd Rosie Harper	01/09/2017 Term of office renewed on 1/9/2021	Members	4 years
	Kieran Soughton	30/05/2023	Members	4 years
Trustees who resigned within the last 12 months	Pragasen Morgan	01/09/2021	Members		Resigned 31/08/2023
Trust Board Committees	School Effectiveness (SEC)	Finance, Risk, Audit, Pay and Personnel (FRAPP)		Executive Committee
Trust Board Committees	Denise Shepherd (Chair) Michael Phipps (VC) Michael Mill Rosie Harper Rt Revd Dr Alan Wilson Sulina Piesse	Andrew Jeffrey (Chair) Michael Phipps (VC) Sulina Piesse Michael Mill Kieran Soughton		(Chair and vice chair of the board + chairs of FRAPP and AEC) Michael Mill Michael Phipps Denise Shepherd Andrew Jeffrey
Local Governing Bodies	Padbury CE School (Previously VA) Great Horwood CE School (Previously VC) St John’s CE Combined School (Previously VA) Chesham Bois CE School (Previously VC) Thomas Harding Junior School (previously Community) Longwick CE Combined School (Previously VC) Christ the Sower Ecumenical School – sponsored (previously VA) Woodside Junior School (previously Community) St Mary’s CE Combined School (Previously VC) Curzon CE Combined School (Previously VA) Elmtree Infant and Nursery School (previously Community) The Downley School (previously Community)				See Scheme of Delegation and Terms of Reference 2023-24 on the ODBST website

Governance Structure 2023-24