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05/09/25

📷 We’re Back! Welcome to a brand new school year at RBA! Check out this week’s short message from the Headteacher with a warm welcome and what to expect this term. piped.video/-nMu0KiOtQA?feature…

05/09/25

📷 JOIN US – Secondary Transfer Open Evening! Thinking about your child’s next step? Come and discover what makes Robert Barclay Academy the right choice for your family. 📷 Date: Thursday 11th September 2025 📷 Time: 5.15pm – 8.00pm 📷 robertbarclayacademy.co.uk/

03/09/25

A huge welcome to our new Year 7s — the newest members of the RBA family! 💙 We’re so excited for the journey ahead. Here's to new friends, big dreams, and an amazing year! 🌟

28/08/25

More Tickets Added!! Secondary Transfer Open Evening on Thursday 11th September 2025. 📅 Date: Thursday 11th September 2025 🕕 Time: Evening 5.15pm - 8.00pm 📍 Location: Robert Barclay Academy 🎟️ Spaces are limited – please book your tickets here: robertbarclayacademy.co.uk/3…

27/08/25

Still thinking about your next steps? Places are still available at RBA 6th Form for Sept. Wide range of courses, supportive environment, excellent teaching+facilities and personalised guidance for university, apprenticeships and careers.  Apply below 👇 robertbarclayacademy.co.uk/7…

19/07/25

A brilliant end to the year at our final whole school assembly! 👏 Huge congrats to Curie House — our 2025 House Cup Champions! 🏆 See you all in September!

18/07/25

Final RBA Review headlines of the year from the Headteacher and special guest. piped.video/3ihFfZbx8HY?feature…

18/07/25

A brilliant night yesterday evening at our Sports Awards Evening – celebrating talent, teamwork & dedication! Well done to all our athletes and a big thank you to Micky Hazard for joining us.

16/07/25

A huge thank you to all the families who joined our Celebration Assemblies this week 🙌 When schools+families work together, great things happen. Hard work always pays off+success is even better when it’s shared. Proud of every student. Grateful for every parent. ❤️

11/07/25

LEAD Day 3 at RBA – a celebration of learning, creativity & courage. Together we grow stronger, braver, and more united. RBA is rising! 🌟

11/07/25

🎬 Our latest RBA Newsletter is out now! Hear from our headteacher as we celebrate the week’s highlights and share important updates. Tune in and stay in the loop! piped.video/yWjiN3bgnzw?si=hiVs…

10/07/25

It was lovely to meet our new Year 7s today. Know you are not just joining a school, you are joining something far more special - a family. piped.video/7zs-kZyqZZo

10/07/25

It was lovely to meet our new Year 7s today. Know you are not just joining a school, you are joining something far more special - a family. #Excellencehttps://t.co/GjdffS4ZMK

09/07/25

Huge thank you to everyone who made our Performing Arts Showcase & Awards Evening such an unforgettable success! Congratulations to all our performers and award winners — you inspired us all with your passion and dedication!

06/07/25

With high temperatures expected again this week, we’ve made some temporary changes to help keep students comfortable: Mon–Wed: Full school uniform without blazers and ties. Thurs & Fri: Students may wear their school-branded PE kit for the full day. Stay cool and hydrated! 💧😎

04/07/25

🚨 New Video Alert! 🚨 We just dropped our latest newsletter video, and it’s packed with updates, tips, and exciting news you won’t want to miss! 🎉 🎬 Watch it now and stay in the loop ➡️piped.video/watch?v=VP8td2S2…

03/07/25

Thank you to all the Yr 6 families who joined us for our Secondary Transfer Information Evening.  This is where it begins — new friendships, big dreams, and unforgettable memories. We can’t wait to welcome you in September . 💙

03/07/25

Thank you to all the Yr 6 families who joined us for our Transition Information Evening. This is where it begins — new friendships, big dreams, and unforgettable memories. We can’t wait to welcome you in September . 💙 pic.twitter.com/N0FnxNJNzu

01/07/25

Hot off the Hob🔥🔥 Student Masterchef Competition was back this evening and this year it was hotter than ever! We were thrilled to welcome back ⁦⁩ – MasterChef star, bestselling author, and our very own ex-student – as special guest judge!

30/06/25

Yr 9s turned up the heat with some epic DJing and beatbxing in today’s Year 9 Immersion Day

30/06/25

From coastal erosion to sea defences, Yr 10s got hands-on with real-world geography at Walton-on-the-Naze!

30/06/25

Thank you so much to for allowing the RBA JLT to be part of your lovely school for a day!

28/06/25

Due to the warm weather this week we want everyone to be as comfortable as possible.

27/06/25

RBA Video Newsletter from the Headteacher! Catch up on all the latest school news, updates, and upcoming events—straight from our Headteacher.— Robert Barclay Academy (RBA) () Jun 27, 2025

26/06/25

There’s still time to apply for our Sixth Form. Click this link: https://t.co/8Gf7hMCQ1O

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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