The Oxford Diocesan Bucks School Trust-Governors’ Briefing Pack

Page | 52 TonyWilson Currently the Director of Education for the Diocese of Oxford, Tony possesses extensive headship experience including providing intervention for schools in challenging circumstances as well as leading a school designated as outstanding. Tony has led two different schools towards good and in another was able to raise the school’s Progress 8 performance from being well below average to above the national average at the same time as eradicating a budget deficit of -£2 million. He oversees all aspects of the Oxford Diocesan Board of Education’s work across 283 schools, 19 MATs and 9 local authorities. In addition, Tony has international school improvement and system leadership experience gained from his role as Principal Education Consultant in The Kingdom of Bahrain and is the director of an educational consultancy. Denise Shepherd A highly successful senior educational leader with over 30 years of experience. Headteacher of an outstanding Grammar School, National Teaching School, and National Support School. The founding CEO of the Thinking Schools Academy Trust a high performing Multi-Academy Trust in the Southeast (TSAT). A designated National Leader of Education since 2010 and an elected member of SESL Headteacher Board advising the RSC. As CEO Denise has successfully sponsored and turned around several high-profile failing schools. After leaving TSAT at the end of 2016 Denise supported a small MAT of Free Schools to improve their educational standards, develop and undertake their first Ofsted inspections. All schools were rated as good or outstanding by Ofsted 20172019. Rosie Harper Rosie runs a three church Parish with a large turnover. Rosie is a member of the Archdeaconry senior staff with oversight of 270 churches, a member of Bishop’s Council: The Governing body of the Diocese of Oxford, and a trustee of the Oxford Diocesan Board of Finance. She is an elected member of The General Synod of the Church of England. She is the chair of the Oxford Nandyal Education Foundation -an education charity in India. All these roles give her experience of Trusteeship, strategic planning, financial planning and compliance, change management, values-based judgement, safeguarding matters and relationship and team building.

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