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13/06/25

📷 Important Reminder for Parents & Carers We have a Trust INSET Day on Tuesday, 24th June. School will be closed to all pupils on this day. pic.twitter.com/gVD1K70VTt

13/06/25

Don't miss our latest Weekly Review – it's packed with highlights of everything our amazing students have been up to! From classroom creativity to days out, special projects, and smiles all around.https://t.co/Gpiqclx35g

12/06/25

A massive WELL DONE to our incredible year 9 debating team who brought the heat at today’s Debating Competition with Sir John Laws. The motion was “This House Believes Vegetarian Is the Future"#debating pic.twitter.com/lBGrIIEEgh

11/06/25

Our passionate Eco School students attended the Trust Sustainability Conference at Rothamsted Conference Centre. The future is in good hands! pic.twitter.com/b15QsAMkUm

07/06/25

Good luck to students at the Herts Schools County Championships at Hemel today. Patryk competing in u/15 Shot Putt and Jake in u/15 1500m. pic.twitter.com/EDLCdIxTRb

06/06/25

🎥 RBA Video Newsletter from the Headteacher! Catch up on all the latest school news, updates, and upcoming events—straight from our Headteacher. Watch the video version of this week’s newsletter here: https://t.co/3HFyWIeTXp 📌 Stay informed, stay connected!

05/06/25

Say cheese! Yesterday and today we welcomed professional photographers to school to capture life at its best — from classrooms to playgrounds! These photos will soon feature on our website and in our upcoming school prospectus. We can’t wait to share the results with you! 🌟 pic.twitter.com/8rsJVZxxLY

05/06/25

Our students had an incredible time visiting the Centre for Computing at Cambridge University yesterday! 🤩 From exploring the history of computing to getting hands-on with coding, robotics, and real-world tech challenges, the experience was nothing short of amazing! pic.twitter.com/JA2ZUmcDPw

03/06/25

The culmination of our Golden ThrED programme took place today. What a pleasure it was to see staff discussing their CPD journey this year and celebrating their success pic.twitter.com/RRJep1aJck

03/06/25

A huge well done to our students who took part in the Hertfordshire University STEM Challenge Day! 👏 Competing against schools from across the county, they rose to a series of tough engineering challenges, showing creativity, teamwork, and serious problem-solving skills. 💡💪 pic.twitter.com/0hwlVgVGyx

25/05/25

Take a listen to this week’s headlines from Mr de la Croix. Wishing you all a happy Half Term. https://t.co/xxrtPA1L8C

25/05/25

Class of 2025 – You did it! From your 1st ever day of school you’ve shown resilience, growth, and a whole lot of spirit. This chapter may be closing, but your next adventure is just beginning. A massive thank you to our parents for joining this memorable occasion.#RBAFamily pic.twitter.com/gaMbUym4HG

24/05/25

Good luck to former student in today’s Championship play-off final at Wembley. An amazing occasion for you and the family. pic.twitter.com/WqoC1HWyyT

16/05/25

Catch up on all the highlights of the week at RBAhttps://t.co/mMKDtXLwo2

12/05/25

Really enjoyed running ‘Walking Talking Mocks’ for Yr10 over the past 3 weeks. Student heads down and working hard! pic.twitter.com/hfc9dMqrYq

09/05/25

📢 Check out this week’s school newsletter for the latest updates, important dates, and exciting news! 📰https://t.co/SBiUEaqPFH

03/05/25

Liking the sunshine this week at RBA pic.twitter.com/u8JXhIMF42

02/05/25

Check out our short video update covering all the key info for this week. Quick, helpful, and easy to watch! 📷 Watch it here: https://t.co/72qwbd1GOS

02/05/25

“Bringing the sunshine to our school day! 'tNoSunshine ☀️" pic.twitter.com/PapcyhWmZt

25/04/25

Catch up on all the exciting news, updates , and upcoming events at RBA.https://t.co/iWokbawFRz

23/04/25

📷 Passionate about STEM? We're looking for a STEM Coordinator to inspire the next generation of innovators. Apply now 📷 https://t.co/SEaxF4kmFC pic.twitter.com/CR9nMoC5lv

23/04/25

📷 Make a real impact in the classroom—join us as a Lead Cover Supervisor! Apply now 📷 https://t.co/SEaxF4kmFC pic.twitter.com/oT4JKluTWD

23/04/25

📷 Ready to lead the lab? We're looking for a Lead Science Technician to guide and inspire at RBA! Apply here 📷 https://t.co/SEaxF4kUva pic.twitter.com/O8I0jPdF2Z

23/04/25

We're hiring! Join us as a Science Technician and help spark a love for science in the next generation. Apply now 📷 https://t.co/SEaxF4kmFC pic.twitter.com/2wg5NjZyTg

04/04/25

Year 8’s have landed at Knebworth House! pic.twitter.com/8hmGdgpfRL

Rewards and Consequences

At RBA we are committed to ensuring that all of our students achieve their very best. They are expected to aim high, work hard and be polite. We strive to create a safe and stimulating learning environment where exemplary behaviour is at the heart of productive learning. We seek to embed a culture of praise, encouragement, self-discipline and resilience in our students, and provide early intervention to prevent issues escalating. We place a heavy emphasis on positive relationships between staff and students, and endeavour to ensure we have consistency in response to both positive and negative behaviour.

Rewards 2024/25

A school ethos of encouragement and praise is central to the promotion of good behaviour and committed learning. Our rewards take many forms; it is important that effort and achievement of all kinds are treated as noteworthy. Each reward is worth a certain amount of House Points.

Exemplary effort and committed learning in the classroom or at home will be rewarded with a House Point (R1), which will be added electronically to the student’s profile on EduLink. House Points are celebrated weekly by the Head of Year and Form Tutors in assemblies. For sustained and/or outstanding effort shown in class or at home students will be awarded a Head of Department/Head of Year Award (R2) and will be recognised personally for their achievements.

A special award celebrated each Friday is the Headteacher’s Commendation (R3); nominated by staff for going ‘above and beyond’ in school or the wider community and presented by the Headteacher. Those who receive two or more Headteacher’s Commendations in half a term are issued with a Governors’ Commendation (R4) and invited to attend a reward meeting with the Governors at the end of the half term.

Every term, subject departments and Heads of Year will nominate a student from each year group for the Rising Stars board, to recognise that they have consistently worked hard to improve their learning, attendance, punctuality, behaviour or attitude to learning. These students’ names and photos will be displayed on the Rising Stars board within the department as an RBA Hero (R5).

During the year, the school holds a Celebrating Achievement Assembly (R6) and an Awards Evening (R7) to recognise academic progress and achievement, as well as contributions to the wider community. Parents are also invited to attend these assemblies.

Please take time to view the full rewards system below

RBA Rewards 2023-24

Consequences 2024/25

Our Consequences System is designed to support students in their learning and enjoyment of school. It is also there to support our ethos and values i.e. the way in which we expect students to treat each other and the environment.

Whilst our ethos is to reward students as often as possible, there inevitably have to be clear expectations regarding behaviour. The R&C system is based on promoting learning; any type of behaviour that prevents the student or others from learning will be taken very seriously.

Our Consequences System is based on a fair set of rules that will be applied by all staff consistently. The system gives students the chance to behave. If they choose not to, they will be given a verbal warning (C1). Following the first warning, students will be given the choice of regulating their own behaviour, or they will receive another verbal consequence (C2).

If students do not respond to the verbal warnings, they will receive an after-school detention (C3) lasting 45 minutes. They can also receive an automatic C3 for meeting certain threshold criteria, such as using their mobile phone on the school site. Parents will receive an e-mail notification detailing the date of the detention and reason the detention was set. Should you require further information or wish to discuss the incident, then please contact the member of staff who issued it.

Persistent or serious behaviour will result in more serious consequences such as an SLT Detention (C4), lasting 75 minutes after-school on Friday afternoon, an isolation (C4), Saturday detention (C5), fixed term internal exclusion (C6), fixed term external exclusion (C6) or permanent exclusion (C7).

Whilst all disciplinary matters are dealt with on their individual merits, we aim to be fair with consequences and would emphasise our expectations of your support.

Please take time to view the full consequences system below

RBA Consequences 2023-24

 

 

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