# School house parent admits stealing valuables from Oxford boarders’ dormitories

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/elite-private-school-pupils-robbed-by-parent-who-was-paid-to-supervise-boarders/
- Published: 2026-11-01T00:04:35+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-01T00:12:58+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16255727/Elite-private-school-pupils-robbed-parent-paid-supervise-boarders.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Art, Culture, World

## Key points

- Boarding assistant admitted nine burglaries at an Oxford private school.
- Theft spree lasted four months and targeted sixth-form pupils’ belongings.
- Some items remain missing, and sentencing was postponed.

## Summary

A house parent at d’Overbroeck’s, a private school in Oxford, admitted stealing pupils’ belongings from their dormitories. The case raises questions about how the school informed families: parents were told the staff member had left, but the letter did not mention the thefts.

Jack Martin-Harley, 33, admitted nine burglary counts at High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court. The thefts took place over four months, from December to April, at Westway House, which accommodates about 50 sixth-form pupils; the stolen items included cash, jewellery and electronics, and some have not been returned. His sentencing hearing was adjourned to 26 November after he appeared without a lawyer.

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