About Us

Staff

Headmaster

Matt Thomas+ MEd BA Ed (Hons) FRGS

Bursar

Andrew Owens+ MSc ACMA+

Deputy Head

Ms Laura Hutchings+ BA (Hons) (Leeds)

Head of Pre-Prep

Mrs Sarah Wake+ BSc (Sussex) QTS, PGCE

Headmaster’s PA & Registrar  

Mrs Sarah O’Brien+

Pre-Prep Teaching Staff

Mrs Blaize Anderson BA (Roehampton) PGCE (Brighton) – Year 3 Maternity Cover (Summer 23 – Spring 24) 

Mrs Karen Bentley BA (Hons) (Kingston) – Year 1 Teacher

Mrs Jess Lake, BA (Kingston), EYPS, iPGCE – Reception Class Teacher

Mrs Janet Maultby, Montessori Primary Teaching Diploma 3 to 11 years – Year 2 Class Teacher 

Mrs Sasha Metzger MA BSc (Durham) PGCE – Year 2 Class Teacher

Mrs Sarah Wake BSc (Sussex) QTS PGCE – Year 3 Class Teacher (Maternity leave – Summer 23 – Spring 24)

Prep Teaching Staff

Mr Adam Bardouleau* BA(Hons) (Chichester) PGCE – Head of PE, ICT

Mrs Ruth Burton-Haigh BA (Hons) (Chichester), PGCE (Sussex) Director of Studies and Head of Maths

Miss Ali Fentiman BA (Hons) (Chichester) PGCE – Girls Games’ Coach and Forest School Leader

Mrs Lisa Green BA (Hons) (Liverpool) PGCE – Head of French, Year 8 Form Teacher

Mrs Carly Harrison BA (Hons) (Winchester School of Art) PGCE  – Head of Art

Ms Laura Hutchings+ BA (Hons) (Leeds) PGCE – Head of English, Director of Studies, Year 7 Form Teacher

Mr Paul P Keane, BSc Hons. (Dublin), Dip. App. Sc – Head of Science

Mr Jay Manley*, – BA Hons (Chichester) PGCE – Boys’ Games and PE Teacher 

Mr Jason Marconi*+ BA (Hons) (Oxford Brookes) PGCE – Director of Music, Housemaster

Mrs Jo Owen BSc (Hons) (Canterbury) – Girls Games Coach

Miss Samantha Rippington BA (Hons) Chichester

Mrs Joan Telfer, MA (Oxon) – Head of Classics

Matt Thomas+ MEd BA Ed (Hons) FRGS  – Head of Humanities and Theology and Philosophy 

Mr Greg Weaver BA (Hons) (Southampton) PGCE – Director of Sport, Year 6 Form Teacher

Mrs Janet White BA (Hons) (Bangor) PGCE – Year 4 Class Teacher

Dr Richard Wintle B.Ed(Hons) (Wales) MPhil MA MSc EdD MBA PhD FRSA – Humanities and English Teacher

Learning Support

Mrs Sarah Armstrong BSc (Hons) Cert SpLD – Head of Prep Learning Development, SENDCO

Mrs Jo Truscott OCR Level 5 Specialist Teacher SpLD (Helen Arkell) – Pre-Prep Learning Development

Teaching Assistants

Mrs Emily Kirby DipHe

Mrs Rosie Manger, Montessori Diploma

Mrs Sarah Twinley, Level 3 NVQ

Matrons

Miss Ruby Carr* Mrs Mary Lamb, Mrs Sarah Posnett

GAP Students

Darcie Jones*, Riley Kimpson*

Support Staff

Mrs Alison Howard-Dace – Catering Manager

Mr Kevin Jenkins – Estates Department

Mrs Jenny Lloyd – Bursar’s Assistant

Mr Michael Meachim – Estates Department 

Mrs Sarah Posnett – Admin. Assistant

Mr Kirby White – Estates Department

All email addresses = firstinitialsurname@dorsethousesschool.com

+ Member of Senior Management Team

* Member of the Boarding Team

Peripatetic Music Staff

Gerry Berkeley – Drums and percussion

Matthew Cooke – Lower Brass

Gordon Curtis – Clarinet

Nikki Duddy – Piano and Oboe

Cheryl Higgs – Singing

Frances Jellard – Singing

Angela Kirsten – Bassoon

Mat Lake – Guitar

Paul Satchwell – Upper Brass

Nic Saunders – Piano

Penelope Tedd – Piano/keyboard, Cello, Music theory

Julie Twite – Flute

Angela Urquhart – Violin and Viola