Please find relevant term dates in the clickable files below: 

• Term dates 2022-2023
• Term dates 2023-2024

Effective communication between school and parents is key, so we use a number of different apps for monitoring homework, attendance, reporting etc. 

School communication App - Arbor 
Reporting, attendance, assessment data, reporting absence and completing online forms.

Show My Homework
Monitor Homework being set and when it is due

ParentPay
Top-up cashless catering and pay for trips

Easy Fundraising
Help raise money for the RHA by shopping through the portal

Parents Evening Booking System
Log on to book appointments for Parents' Evenings

Students currently entitled to free school meals can purchase food at breakfast, breaktime or lunchtime depending on their preference.  The allowance for food for the full day is £3. Parents will need to top up via Parentpay if students go over the £3.00 allowance.  Funds do not roll over if the allowance is not used on the day.

Please visit the Gloucestershire County Council Website to apply for school meals
Your child might be able to get free school meals if you get any of the following:

• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• the guaranteed element of Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
• Working Tax Credit run-on - paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
• Universal Credit -  your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)

Children who get paid these benefits directly, instead of through a parent or guardian, can also get free school meals.

We have a number  of peripatetic teachers who visit Ribston Hall to deliver regular music lessons across a range of instruments. If you wish your child to begin lessons, please contact the teachers below directly to ascertain availability and associated costs. Although peripatetic teachers use the school facility, the arrangements and the communication should be established upon the contract made directly between peripatetic teachers and parents and not the school. 

Please follow this link: letter from Gloucestershire Music which provides more information on instrumental lessons and instrument hire - this applies to the parents or guardians of students who wish to learn Bass Guitar, Double Bass or Piano. 

Please click here for the Bus Timetable

School uniform must be worn when attending school and school functions unless students are informed otherwise. Clothing and equipment should be clearly named. Full details can be found here:

• School Uniform

Pupil Premium

As part of our Pupil Premium offer we can help towards the cost of school uniform for those students in Year 7 and Year 10 for whom we are in receipt of Pupil Premium. We will provide a voucher to cover the cost of a blazer, a twin pack of blouses and either, a pair of trousers or a skirt. Please contact our Finance Department for further information.

Pre-Loved School Uniform

The school has in stock a supply of pre-loved school uniform available to buy via the school finance office.  The school also holds sales at key events throughout the year and parents will be notified in advance when these are to be held.

Students can approach Mrs Oliver in the finance office or parents can email TO@ribstonhall.gloucs.sch.uk for further information and stock availability.

Current prices:

Similarly, if you have good quality items to donate, these will be laundered and made available to sell, ensuring that clothes no longer required are re-used with funds
re-invested into the school.

Any uniform no longer fit for purpose will be recycled using the RHA’s clothing bank on the school site.