Senior Leadership Team
Dr Dominic Luckett BA, DPhil, FRSA, FHA, FCCT
Headmaster and CEO
Dominic took up his appointment as Headmaster and CEO in January 2016. In November 2024, he stepped back from his responsibilities as Headmaster to focus on discrete projects for the School and newly formed Sherborne Schools Group. During this period, Matthew Jamieson is serving as Interim Headmaster. Dominic received a congratulatory first class degree in History from the University of Leicester and then studied for his doctorate on Henry VII at Magdalen College, Oxford. Dominic taught for eleven years at Harrow School, where he was Head of History and an Assistant Housemaster, before moving to Worth School as Deputy Head. In 2007, he became Headmaster of Mill Hill, an HMC coeducational day and boarding school in north London, and Chief Executive of the Mill Hill School Foundation comprising the senior, prep, pre-prep and international schools. He is a governor of Westminster School; The Pilgrims’ School, Winchester; Perrott Hill School; King Arthur’s School, Wincanton; and Sherborne Qatar. Between 2009 and 2018 he was member of the Council of the University of Leicester, the university’s governing body. He has published various articles on early Tudor history and in September 2019 was named Best Head of a Public School at the Tatler awards. Dominic is married to Cara, a barrister specialising in clinical negligence, and they have two daughters and two badly behaved dogs. His interests include music, antique clocks, indoor rowing and skiing.
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Matthew Jamieson BA
Interim Headmaster
As Interim Headmaster, Matthew has full responsibility for the running of Sherborne School and its participation in, and contribution to, Sherborne Schools Group initiatives. Matthew moved to Sherborne as Deputy Head (Pastoral) in 2015 progressing to Senior Deputy Head in January 2023 after having been Assistant Head (Boarding) at Brighton College and, before that, a Boarding Housemaster at Bedford School. Matthew read History as a sports scholar at The University of Birmingham before serving with the Scots Guards in Iraq, Bosnia and Afghanistan. His experience has made him a great believer in the need for boys to embrace challenge and learn from their inevitable mistakes. His interests include running, cricket, music and current affairs.
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Dr Tim Filtness BA, MA, Phd
Deputy Head (Academic)
Tim joined Sherborne in 2014. Prior to that he was Director of Learning at Sir William Perkins’s School and, before that, Head of Biology at Merchant Taylors’, Northwood and at Wellington College. As Deputy Head (Academic) Tim is responsible for teaching and learning at Sherborne, including arranging the School’s curriculum and its staffing.
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Allister Sheffield BSc
Deputy Head (Pastoral)
Allister joined the School in January 2019 having previously worked at Dauntsey’s School in Wiltshire. During his time at Dauntsey’s he was a Boarding Housemaster and taught Geography, having also been Head of their PSHE Department, as well as Master in Charge of their Lower School Outdoor Activity programme.
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Alex Boyd-Williams BA, MEd, PGCE, DipEFC
Deputy Head (Sixth Form)
Alex joined Sherborne School in September 2022 as Deputy Head (Sixth Form). He has as a first-class honours degree in Drama from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, a PGCE from the University of Cambridge and an MEd in Educational Leadership (with Distinction) from the University of Buckingham. He is a great advocate of global education after spending a year studying at the European Film College in Denmark, and, later on, living and working in the Swiss Alps. He has previously taught at Millfield (where he was Director of Drama), was a Housemaster at both Aiglon College and Uppingham School and most recently served as Head of Sixth Form at Framlingham College. His interests include reading, music, walking, running and cycling. Alex is married to Kate, an educational coach, and they have two daughters, Imogen and Camille.
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Anne Megdiche
Director of Admissions
Anne joined Sherborne School in June 2022 and is responsible for the development and delivery of the pupil admissions strategy. Having worked in the independent education sector for 17 years, both at prep school and senior schools, Anne has extensive experience in supporting prospective pupils and their parents during the admissions journey.
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Rob Le Poidevin
Assistant Head (Sports, Activities & Leadership)
Rob joined the School in 2012 as a Politics Teacher and CCF Contingent Commander following a career as an Army Officer specialising in education and training. He was Housemaster of The Digby before being appointed Assistant Head (Sports, Activities and Leadership) in 2024. Rob has developed and led leadership and well-being courses alongside his active involvement in a wide range of sports and co-curricular activities. Previously a semi-professional footballer who captained the 1st XI at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, his remit as Assistant Head is to oversee the School’s programme of co-curricular activities. Rob has a Diploma in Counselling Skills and is passionate about providing young people with opportunities to develop resilience and equipping them with the skills to support them through life’s challenges and lead happy and fulfilled lives. Rob is married to Kirsten, who is also a teacher, and they have sports-mad twins and a menagerie of rescue dogs and cats. He now plays veterans’ football and has the stiffness to prove it.
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Ben Sunderland BEng
Assistant Head (Boarding)
Ben became Assistant Head (Boarding) in September 2024, following his roles as Director of Boarding, Senior Housemaster and Housemaster of Lyon House. He is a teacher of Mathematics, a Deputy DSL and also coaches rugby and cricket. In his time in the school Ben has had a variety of roles including Contingent Commander of the CCF, Master in charge of the Leadership and Teambuilding course and he has been heavily involved in Sherborne’s outdoor education programme. Ben has been working in the boarding community extensively throughout his time at Sherborne; having been a Housemaster in Lyon for 12 years, and resident tutor at The Digby and Abbey House and also Senior Tutor at The Digby and Harper. He is married to Lisa and has three children, Imogen, Harry and Alfie. He enjoys cycling and generally keeping fit.
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David Dr Wild BSc, PhD
Director of Digital Learning
David joined Sherborne in September 2019. Before that David was Head of Computer Science and a teacher of mathematics at Bedford School. Before becoming a school teacher, David was a senior member of various educational software companies, including Wimba Inc. (Blackboard Plc) as Director of Assessment, RM (Product Manager) and BPP Publishing Plc and EQL International Ltd (Director of Assessment and CTO). Many moons ago, he was a post-doctoral Research Associate and then lecturer in Mathematics at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. His work in industry and at university pioneered early work in on-screen assessment and his Ph.D. in Computer Based Assessment in Mathematics featured the first known formal examination, by computer, in a British University (as shown on the 6 O’Clock national news!). This work won the British Nuclear Fuels Prize and the first Bank of Scotland Tercentenary award. He is well published in Computer-Based Assessment and Computer Aided Learning and was a founding director of the E-Assessment Association. He created and commercialised i-Assess, an assessment platform that powered some of the world’s most prestigious international awarding bodies, such as ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW, AAT and Cambridge Assessment. He has also worked with City & Guilds, IBO and the Indian Government as an educational consultant in e-assessment. At Sherborne, David is Head of Computer Science and is Digital Lead as well as creator of our own AI platform, Sherbot. David lives with his partner, Sharon, in Sherborne and has two children, Adam and Scarlett. He enjoys playing classical guitar and riding his Triumph motorcycle.
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Charlotte Allen BA
Director of Lower School (Pupil Progress)
Charlotte joined the school in September 2019 from the Independent Day School sector, where she served in a number of SLT posts, including as Head of Sixth Form. Charlotte has a BA (Hons) in Ancient and Medieval History from RHUL, and took her PGCE in 2003 at the Institute of Education, where her postgraduate dissertation was on strategies to address the underachievement of boys in the classroom. Charlotte has recently completed her NPQSL at University College, London, where her leadership project focussed on leading a whole school approach to academic intervention and progress in a Boarding setting. This combined her insight as an academic Head of Department (History and Politics) with her residential role as an Assistant Housemaster of Abbey House. Charlotte lives in Sherborne with her two dogs, two cats and many books, and in addition to reading, loves visiting historical and archaeological sites, fell/coastal walking and sea swimming.
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Lucy Mackenzie
Operations Bursar
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Judy Thurman BA
Director of Teaching & Learning
Judy Thurman joined the MFL department in Sherborne School in 2005, having previously worked in boys’ grammar schools and an international school in Brunei. She was appointed as Head of German in 2006 and Head of Languages in 2009. As a key member of the careers team, Judy has supported boys with university and career pathways. In 2020 she took on the additional role of Head of Specialist Higher Education, working closely with boys applying for competitive university courses. She has also worked on initiatives to develop literacy and reading across the school. Judy studied German and Russian at Oxford university and is a keen advocate of ensuring boys have access to a wide range of language options. Her interests include trekking, drama and cooking. She has enjoyed being involved in school drama, as a director of House plays and a producer of school musicals.
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| School House | Robert Harris, BA, MBA |
| Abbey House | Hugh Tatham BA, MA |
| The Green | William Mackenzie-Green, BA |
| Harper House | Nicholas Scorer, MChem |
| Wallace House | James Hull BA, PGCE |
| Abbeylands | Rhidian McGuire, BA, MPhil |
| Lyon House | David Murray, BSc |
| The Digby | Christopher Foyle BSc, BA |
Academic Staff
Art
Matthew Bone BA*
Emma Drake BA
Oliver Senneck BA
James Wright BA, MA
History of Art: Miroslav Pomichal BA, MFA
Biology
*Jon-Paul Manning BMSc, PhD, MEd
Tim Filtness BA, MA, PhD
Guy Harwood BSc
David Ridgway BSc
Jeremy Wadham BSc, PhD
Robert Thomas
Tim Waters
Jonathan Wilson BSc
Chemistry
*William Buckley BSc
Chris Campbell BSc, MSc, MSc, PhD, PGCE
Andrew Griffin-Raphael BSc
Nick Scorer MChem
Danny Watson BSc
Classics
*Stephen Heath BA
Peter Garland BA, MA
Nicolas Hall BA
Computer Science
*David Wild B.Sc., Ph.D (and Digital Learning Lead at Sherborne School)
Design & Technology
*Peter Chillingworth BA
Nicola Bacon BA
James Walker BA
Drama
*Alastair Kirby
Jodie Glover
Economics & Business
*Chris O'Donnell BA
Robert Cousin BSc, MA, PGCE
Michael Ewart-Smith BSc, MBA
Robert Harris BA, MBA
Emma Wimhurst MBA (Dist), PGCE
Phil Woolrich BA (Hons)
English
*Harriet Cant BA
Alex Boyd-Williams BA, MEd, PGCE, DipEFC
Gervase Gordon BA (MFL), MA, PGCE, PGDip, NPQML
Tom Payne BA
Angharad Price-Hughes BEd (Hons)
Giles Robinson BA
James Winter MA
Geography
*Richard Fuller BSc
Christopher Foyle BA
Alistair Hatch BA
Adam Hurrell BA PGCE FRGS
Allister Sheffield, BSc
History & Politics
*Charlotte Allen BA
Matthew Jamieson BA
Robert Le Poidevin MA, MA, MSc
William Mackenzie Green BA
Zeb Micic
Giles Reynolds MA
Learning Support
*Sarah Ollis BA
Elizabeth Ashton BBA, DipSpLD
Caroline Carrier BA
Alison Casely
Joanna Mortimer, BSC, SEN, SpLD
Jonathan Wilson BSc
Mathematics
*Paul Walter
Tim Dawson BSc, Dip Stats, MA
Yifan Hu MSc, BSc
Sarah Jenkins BSc
Shoshana Mertens BA, MA, MSc, PhD
Emma Rees
Dr Paul Spencer BSc, PhD
Caragh Standen MA, FCA
Ben Sunderland BEng
Claire Tatham BSc
Modern Languages
*Claire Greenrod - Head of EAL,BA, CertTEFL
*Philip Morrow
Judy Thurman BA
Stephen Byrne BA
William Chadwick BA (Hons), DLM, PGDL
Philippe Cosentino BA
Georgia Gotke
Luili Liu-Plant
Ruth Rogeson-Studer
Tom Scott BA
Julia Slade BA
Abi Taylor BA (ML), MA, PGCE
Music
*Robert Costin BA
Alexander Eadon
Benjamin Davey GRSM, LRAM
Michael Lehnert BA, MMus
Daniel Marks BMus
Laura McCormick (Music School Manager)
Physical Education
*Barny Allen BSc
David Guy BA
Rhidian McGuire BA, MPhil
Chris Smith BA
Physics
*Richard Brown MPhys, PhD
David Murray BSc
Stephen Smith
Mark Thurman BSc
John Willetts MA, CPhys, MInstP, MBCS
Psychology
Sarah Hadley BA
Theology & Philosophy
*James Crawford MA
Nikola Bowerman BA
Rev David Campbell MTheol, CECM, MTh, DMin
Kester Jackson BA
Hugh Tatham MA
* denotes Head of Department
