Staff
Mrs A Alvarado
When did you join RGS Prep? March 2020
What’s the best thing about the RGS? Working with the most wonderful people.
What’s your life philosophy/motto in life? Always see good in people.
If you were allowed one dream perk, what would it be? Travel around the world.
What luxury would you have on a desert island? Coffee.
What’s your favourite film and why? The Greatest Showman. Every song tells a story, and it teaches good morals.
Do you have any phobias? Snakes.
What would your autobiography be entitled? Always try to be the best person you can be and trust God.
What is your favourite ice-cream flavour? Caramel.
Which actor/actress would you get to play you in a film of your life? Nicole Kidman.
Mrs E Bahari
What is the best thing about RGS Prep? friendly working atmosphere, professionalism of staff and well behaved boys.
What luxury would you have on a desert island? A yacht to get me back to civilisation.
If you could choose one superhuman ability what would it be? Time travel.
What’s your favourite film and why? The Gladiator. Love the story, music score and Russell Crowe.
What is your favourite ice-cream flavour? Rum and raisin.
What food will you absolutely not, under any circumstances, eat? Black Pudding.
What’s your life philosophy/motto? If you fail to plan then you plan to fail.
Mr JDN Lythgoe
Jaime started his teaching career in 2005. After two years of teaching Physical Education in a co-educational state school in Essex, he moved to London. Here, he took up a post in a newly established co-educational academy in Hackney. For the next ten years, Jaime worked within the middle management of the academy, supporting its growth from a school with one cohort of 180 to a community of over 1000 pupils.
In 2017, Jaime and his family relocated to Guildford, and he began his time at the Royal Grammar School. In the years since, Jaime has been the Head of Academic Physical Education, Head of Lower Sixth Form, Head of Upper Sixth Form, Assistant Head Teaching and Learning and is currently the Head of Sixth Form.
Jaime is particularly passionate about supporting students and their families as they go through their final years here at the RGS. He’s sees this time as one of the most exciting, yet one of the most challenging periods in a young person’s life, as they and their family attempt to manage their transition into adulthood.
Outside of work, Jaime and his family spend the majority of their time enjoying all the outdoor activities the Surrey Hills have to offer. With two young children, this mainly involves bike rides, playgrounds and National Trust treasure hunts!
Mr C George
Mrs R Self
When did you join RGS Prep? September 2019
What’s the best thing about RGS Prep? Seeing the boys every day – they are always full of energy and enthusiasm and it is contagious!
What excites you most about coming into work each day? No two days are the same and there’s always something new to challenge you.
If you could change your name to anything, what would it be? Mrs Elf
If you were allowed one dream perk, what would it be? Friday afternoons off whilst my children are still at school! I could run around and get all the jobs done so that weekends were free to enjoy.
What luxury would you have on a desert island? My guitar
What’s your favourite film and why? ET – I’ve loved it since I saw it at the cinema when I was little and I still cry at the end!
What would your autobiography be entitled? There she goes…..
What food will you absolutely not, under any circumstances, eat? To be honest I’ll give most things a go but I’d have to draw the line at eyeballs – I couldn’t stomach the crunch followed by goo!
What’s your life philosophy/motto in life? ‘Seek to understand, not be understood’ (wise words from my dad when I was young) and ‘work hard, be nice’.
Mrs G White
When did you join RGS Prep? September 2021
What’s the best thing about RGS Prep? The caring and supportive environment that runs through the school.
What excites you most about coming into work each day? Interacting with the boys when learning or playing.
What luxury would you have on a desert island? Netflix.
What animal most reflects your personality? A cat.
What’s your favourite film? Matrix with Keanu Reeves as Neo.
What would your autobiography be entitled? Choose joy and strength in the storm.
What food will you absolutely not, under any circumstances, eat? Jellied eels.
What’s your life philosophy/motto in life? Three things last forever – faith, hope and love. The greatest of these is love.
Dr Maroof Ahmed OG 2011
Maroof is a medical doctor who graduated from Imperial College London with dual degrees in Medicine and Business Management. During his training as a doctor, Maroof wanted to focus on the effects of smoking. In 2017 – as soon as he graduated – he founded Quit Genius, a gamified cognitive behavioural therapy application to help smokers stop. In 2018 he was listed by Forbes magazine as being one of the ‘30 under 30’ entrepreneurs. The app has since expanded to include alcohol and opioid addiction.
Martin Tyler OG 1964
Martin is a legendary English football commentator for Sky Sports and the voice of the FIFA videogame series. In 2003 he was voted FA Premier League Commentator of the Decade. After graduating from the University of East Anglia, he enjoyed a sporting stint as an amateur player at Corinthian Casuals before moving into production and presenting at LWT, Granada and ITV before moving to Sky. A lifelong Woking FC fan, Martin is also currently on the coaching team for the football club, who finished mid-table in the Vanaramara National League 2021/22 season. Still close to the RGS community, Martin is also a parent of a former RGS boy. At a recent King’s Lecture given at the School, Martin emphasized that, “you might not find your path by an orthodox route, but if you have genuine passion, you’ll find your path.”
The Right Honourable Lord Justice Sales OG 1979
Sir Philip Sales, and his brother Richard, attended the RGS as sons of an OG. He went on to Churchill College Cambridge (BA) and Worcester College, Oxford (BCL). Called to the bar in 1985, Philip was a barrister for 23 years and appointed First Treasury Counsel (Treasury Devil) by Tony Blair in 1997, before becoming a High Court Judge in 2008 and a Lord Justice of Appeal in 2014. In 2019, Sir Philip took office as one of only 12 judges appointed to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, which is the final court of appeal in the UK for civil and criminal cases.