ODBST and Academy Status
St John's Church of England Primary School is proud to be an academy that is part of the Oxford Diocesan Bucks School Trust, (ODBST) - a multi academy trust (MAT). Under the requirements of the Educational Funding Agency and the Academies Financial Handbook, we are required to publish key information about ODBST on our school website.
ODBST Contact Details
Office Address: Oxford Diocesan Bucks Schools Trust,
The Office,
Moat Farm,
Marsh Lane,
Stoke Mandeville,
Buckinghamshire,
HP22 5UZ
Registered Address: Church House Oxford,
Langford Locks,
Kidlington,
Oxford,
OX5 1GF
ODBST Vision & Values
ODBST Company & Governance Structure
Overview of the Governance Structure 2021-2
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| Date Appointed | |||
Members | Rt Revd Dr Steven Croft Oxford Diocesan Board of Education acting corporately (Current named officer: Gordon Joyner) Peter Norman Maureen Lomas | 01/09/2017 01/09/2017
01/09/2017 01/09/2017 | |||
| Name | Appointed date | Appointing Body | Office | Position |
Trustees | Malcolm Peckham | 05/11/2018 | Members | 4 years | Chair of Trustees from 25/04/2019 |
Rt Revd Dr Alan Wilson | 01/09/2017 | Members | 4 years | Chair of Trustees until 24/04/2019 | |
Michael Phipps | 01/09/2017 | Members | 4 years | Vice Chair of Trustees | |
Denise Shepherd | 01/09/2021 | Members | 4 years | Chair of the Academy Effectiveness Committee | |
Andrew Jeffrey | 12/07/2019 | Members | 4 years | Chair of the Finance, Resources, 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 | |
Nat Wakely | 20/03/2018 | Members | 4 years |
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Revd Rosie Harper | 01/09/2017 | Members | 4 years |
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| Pragasen Morgan | 01/09/2021 | Members | 4 years |
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| Aman Aujla | 12/07/2019 | Members | 4 years |
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| Michael Mill | 01/09/2021 | Members | 4 years |
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Trustees who resigned within the last 12 months | Steve Edgar | 01/09/2017 | Members |
| Resigned 16/07/2021 |
| Kirsteen Roberts | 01/09/2017 | Members |
| Resigned 31/08/2021 |
| David Cousins | 01/09/2017 | Ex Officio |
| Resigned as CEO 31/12/2020 |
| Revd Cassa Messervy | 20/03/2018 | Members |
| Resigned 26/01/2021 |
Committees | Academy Effectiveness (AEC) | Finance, Resources, Audit, Pay and Personnel (FRAPP) | Executive Committee | ||
Denise Shepherd (Chair) Michael Phipps (VC) Michael Mill Rosie Harper Rt Revd Dr Alan Wilson Sulina Piesse Tony Wilson
| Andrew Jeffrey (Chair) Michael Phipps (VC) Nat Wakely Sulina Piesse Malcom Peckham Pragasen Morgan Aman Aujla | (Chair and vice chair of the board + chairs of FRAPP and AEC) Malcolm Peckham Michael Phipps Denise Shepherd Andrew Jeffrey | |||
Local Governing Bodies |
| (Using the agreed schemes of delegation for VC, VA and Community schools as indicated on the ODBST website)
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ODBST Trustee and Pecuniary Interests Register
Governance Register of Trustees’ Financial and Pecuniary Interests
2020-21
Full Name | Appointed By | Date of Appointment | Term of Office | Date they Stepped Down | Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests | Governance Roles in Other Educational Institutions | Connected Persons |
Alan Wilson Rt Revd
Member of AEC | Members | 01/09/2017 | 4 Years |
| Church of England Pensions Board Oxford Diocesan Board of Finance Oxford Diocesan Board of Education Milton Keynes Mission Partnership Buckinghamshire’s Historic Churches Trust | Member, Slough and East Berkshire C of E Multi Academy Trust (SEBMAT); Member of the Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust (ODST); Trustee Girls’ Education Company Ltd.; Trustee, Oxford Nandyal Education Foundation; Associate Governor, Cressex Community School. | None |
Antony Paul Wilson
Member of AEC | Ex Officio | 07/01/2019 | n/a |
| Director of Education Oxford Diocesan Board of Education – Employee
May represent ODBE corporately on various MATs across the diocese
TJ Education Ltd. - Director
| Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust – Board Member
As the Director of Education for the ODBE, there is involvement in the running of various maintained and academy schools |
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Kirsteen Roberts
Chair of the Finance, Resources, Audit, Pay and Personnel Committee
| Members | 01/09/2017 | 4 Years |
| Consultancy work for Inspiring Futures through Learning MAT and ODBST. COO at Podcast Publishing. Interim management contract at Co-op Central. Consultant for Larwood Academy Trust.
| Trustee of Friends of St Gregory Welford
Governor at Welford and Wickham primary School
Trustee of Vale Academy Trust
| None |
Steven H Edgar
Chair of the Academy Effectiveness Committee
| Members | 01/09/2017 | 4 Years |
| Chair of Trustee at Wycombe Wanderers Sports and Education Trust
Member of Admission Appeals Panels at Bucks County Council
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| Katharine Edgar (wife) is Chair of Governors at Holmer Green Junior School Rebekah Edger (daughter) is Acting Deputy Director Education Data Division at the DfE
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Michael David Phipps
Vice Chair of Trustees
Member of FRAPP and AEC | Members | 01/09/2017 | 4 Years |
| Trustee of Edith M Ellis 1985 Charitable Fund
Trustee of Jordans Music Club
| Chair of Governors, Trustee and Director of Seer Green CE School (Primary Academy)
Trustee of Seer Green CE School Charitable Fund
| Mary Elizabeth Phipps (wife) is a Governor, Trustee and Director of Leighton Park School and a Trustee of John Horniman Charitable Trust |
Rosemary Harper Revd
Member of AEC | Members | 01/09/2017 | 4 Years |
| Chair, Trustee and Director of the Oxford Nandyal Education Foundation
Trustee of the Oxford Diocesan Board of Finance
Trustee of: Elizabeth Green’s Charity; Friends of Great Missenden Parish Church; Mrs LEN Carvalho (Dec’d); Non-Ecclesiastical Charity of Jane Boys, John Hampden and another, the Estate Charity of Dame Jane Boys, John Hampden and another, Douglas Charity
| Governor of Great Missenden Combined School and Member of their Multi-Academy Trust
Trustee of Great Missenden Church of England School Charity | Tim Harper (husband) is on the Diocesan Board of Education (DBE) |
Sulina Piesse
Member of FRAPP and AEC | Ex Officio | 01/01/2021 | n/a |
| Member of Association of School and College Leaders |
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Nathaniel Wakely
Member of FRAPP | Members | 20/03/2018 | 4 Years |
| Ex John Lewis Partnership Retail Co-owner and Personnel Director |
| Sebastian Wakely (brother) teachers at Dulwich College. |
Malcolm Peckham
Chair of Trustees
Member of FRAPP | Members | 05/11/18 | 4 Years |
| Education Consultancy (Sole Trader)- Retired Summer 2016 Former Magistrate (retired March 2016 but on the Supplemental List of JPs for life). Life Member of Magistrate’s Association Trustee of Wycombe Child Contact Centre Rotary (High Wycombe)- involves some work in schools | Past Treasurer, Chair of Finance, Trustee and Governor at the London School of Theology
Keele College of Fellows - Keele University- Ambassadorial role
A member of the All Party Parliamentary Group for the Teaching Profession (by invitation) | Peggy Peckham (wife) – trustee of One Can Trust Foodbank
Daughter is deputy head at Alfriston School in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.
Member of Inner Wheel Club |
Amandeep Aujla
Member of FRAPP | Members | 12/07/2019 | 4 Years |
| Actuary Barnett Waddingham | None | None |
Andrew Jeffrey
Member of FRAPP | Members | 12/07/2019 | 4 Years |
| Senior Manager Whitley Stimpson
Church warden- Shotteswell PCC | None | None |
Fiona Craig
Resigned 31/12/18 | Ex Officio | 01/09/2017 | n/a | 31/12/18 | Director of Education for the Diocese of Oxford (ODBE)
Represents ODBE corporately on various MATs across the diocese | Director of the Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust (ODST)
Member of The Keys Academy Trust
As the Director of Education for the ODBE, there is involvement in the running of various maintained and academy schools | None |
David Cousins
Resigned as CEO 31/12/2020 | Ex Officio | 01/09/2017 | n/a | 31/12/2020 | Director of Schools (Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust)
Freelance Consultant at ODBE |
| Jackie Cousins (wife) School Improvement Adviser for DBE
Laura Kehot (daughter) Vice chair of governors at The Coombes CE Primary School, Reading |
Cassa Messervy
Resigned 26/01/2021 | Members | 20/3/18 | 4 Years | 26/01/2021 | Clerk in Holy Orders
| Seer Green CE Academy Trust School Governor | None |