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RGS Group

The RGS Family of Schools brings communities together, with shared values and a commitment to excellent education. Our schools want to help each child to have fun, to love every day of their childhood. We want them to love learning, about themselves and the world, to develop qualities of character, and enjoy friendships that last a lifetime.  We will ensure that they achieve outcomes that open doors of opportunity but that they are well educated not just well qualified.  We want to help them grow into confident young people, well prepared for a happy and successful adult life beyond school.

Each school will retain a unique character and ethos, with Reigate Grammar School at the heart of the RGS family.

We all learn with and from each other, are stronger together and all benefit from being part of an outstanding group of schools offering families an educational pathway from nursery through to age 18.

Our schools include Chinthurst Prep School, Micklefield Prep School, Reigate St Mary’s Prep School, RGS Surrey Hills (formerly Box Hill School) and St Christopher’s Pre-Prep School. The growing RGS global village offers opportunities for collaboration and shared experiences across the world as we help today’s children grow into global citizens, with RGS International partner schools in China, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia or KSA, Malaysia and Cambodia.

RGS Surrey Hills (RGSSH) joins the RSG family of schools as a distinctive, smaller, inclusive, co-educational 11–18 day and boarding school in a beautiful rural setting near Box Hill. It is a member of HMC, the association of the leading independent schools in the UK. It is also a founding member of the international association of Round Square schools with positive and aligned values. It is academically ambitious, offering IB and A Levels and a genuine international community just 20 minutes from Reigate.  It is a school with big ambitions operating on a personal scale. RGSSH has a very exciting future ahead.

Together, we are committed to developing confident, compassionate, and capable young people – ready to make a positive difference in the world

Meet The Team

Mr Mark Elsey

Position:
Chair of Governors, RGS School Group

Educated at Reigate Grammar School and King’s College London, Mr Elsey is a senior consultant at the international law firm Ashurst LP, having recently stepped down after 30 years as a partner. He specialises in the development and financing of...

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Mr Shaun Fenton

Position:
Headmaster, Reigate Grammar School
Qualifications:
BA (Oxon) MA (Oxon) MEd (Oxon) FCCT NPQH

Shaun Fenton has led some of the UK’s leading independent and state schools. His practice is underpinned by a strong belief in the power of education to open doors of opportunity and the conviction that young people must be supported...

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Ms Mary-Ann Collins

Position:
Consultant Principal
Qualifications:
BEng, PGCE

After graduating with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Bristol, Mary-Ann began her career as a graduate engineer with the Ministry of Defence before retraining as a teacher, completing a PGCE in Physics and Sport. Her teaching...

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If you’d like to learn more, and understand which school suits your family best, please do reach out to us at admissions@rgs-surreyhills.org.

🎉 Box Hill School is now RGS Surrey Hills!

As of 2nd June 2025, we’re excited to be joining the Reigate Grammar School Family of Schools, becoming part of their educational community, locally and globally. Over the summer, you’ll see us becoming RGS Surrey Hills across our website, classrooms, and in everything we do – from learning to planning to collaborating with our RGS partners worldwide.

📅 Join us for our Open Event on 12th June or come along in the Autumn Term.

Thank you for your patience as we update our name across the site.
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