He understood (and helped me understand) that children all have their own individual motivations, passions, strengths and weaknesses. I wasn’t always the best behaved at school and my prep school Headmaster, Kevin Jones, always had faith in me and saw my potential. Have there been any special people in your life, a teacher, professor, or mentor that really made a difference to your journey? Educating the doctors, entrepreneurs, scientists, writers, computer programmers, teachers and leaders of the future is an important business and one which gets us out of bed in the mornings. Ultimately, we aim to provide children with strong moral compasses and that all-important ability to get on well with others, so that they make positive impressions on the people they meet. Teachers aim to equip young people with the necessary resilience and perspective to cope with the significant pressures and challenges that they face when growing up today, as well as giving them a toolkit to hopefully tackle and solve the problems of the 21st century. Preparing children for not just their senior schools, but life beyond is a serious and significant responsibility and we must bear this in mind when parents entrust us with the thing they value most – their children’s education. Teachers work incredibly hard, and most do so due to the buzz they get from those magic ‘light bulb moments’ when a child’s eyes light up in the classroom, as well as the laughter, joy and energy that typifies life in a busy prep school. We get on very well and I’ve learned a great deal from him. I have also really enjoyed working closely with Simon Barber, who is an experienced, dedicated and charismatic Head. No two days are ever the same and the children’s energy, love of learning and thirst for adventure is infectious and keeps us all feeling young. In my current role I am still able to spend time in the classroom, out on the games pitches and on duty up in the boarding house, areas where relationships with the children are strengthened and you get a much keener sense of what makes each of them ‘tick’. Being involved in the strategic leadership and management of a very happy, yet academically ambitious prep school with a fantastic tradition and culture really motivates me. I’m currently Deputy Headmaster at Ludgrove and I love the great variety of it. What is your current role and what do you love about it? This interview is designed to give the Orwell Park School community a brief insight into Guy and what motivates him.

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