Oxford Diocesan Bucks Schools Trust Governors' Briefing Pack

3 1. ODBST - Who we are Our organisation, the ODBST, is a Church of England Multi Academy Trust (MAT) which operates in the Buckingham Episcopal area of the Diocese of Oxford. It covers Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire. We are a MAT with sponsorship powers from the Department for Education (DfE). Our ODBST Trustees welcome applications from all schools interested in joining us: community or Church of England; primary or secondary; mainstream or special. We offer our communities high quality inclusive education, welcoming children from all faiths and none. There are currently 11 Primary schools that are part of our ODBST family. 10 of these are converter academies (3 of the schools were community schools before choosing to join the ODBST) and 1 is a sponsored academy. This reflects the powerfully attractive MAT we have developed. Our Schools, Our Learners, Our Trust Our unique schools continue to retain their own character and individual feel just as the individual members of any family make up the whole whilst being individuals in their own right. They offer a broad, balanced, and exciting curriculum which allows all children to learn with interest and enthusiasm. Our schools are central to their community but are also committed to working collaboratively with other schools in the ODBST so that we all learn and grow together. Our learners are at the centre of all we do; empowered to learn and achieve; valued within our schools as resilient, active, and responsible citizens; served so that they develop and thrive (intellectually, socially, culturally and spiritually); aspire to reach their fullest potential. Our Trust strives to enable strong and effective local leadership that is supported and challenged to recruit, train and retain high quality staff and we offer career advancement opportunities within our group of schools. Our staff are passionate about giving all pupils the tools to be the best that they can be, providing them a plethora of opportunities and experiences for enriched learning, and working with governors to make key decisions in the best interest of the school community they serve. Our family of schools in the ODBST Chesham Bois CE School Thomas Harding Junior School Great Horwood CE School Padbury CE School St John’s CE Primary School, Lacey Green Longwick CE Combined School Christ the Sower Ecumenical School Woodside Junior School St Mary’s CE, Aylesbury Curzon CE Combined School Elmtree Infant School