The Instonian community has lost a remarkable individual, with the passing of Ian Corry (RBAI 1970-77), who served as a valuable member of the Board of Governors for over 20 years from 2004 to 2025. Born in North Belfast and initially educated at Cliftonville Primary School, Ian was the third member of his family to...Read More

On Friday 28th March boys from across the key stages performed “Monologues and Duologues” from published works to win points for their House in our Inter-House Competition.  The overall joint winners were Stevenson and Larmor with special recognition going to Tristan Hutchinson 11 Kelvin.  A huge thank you to all the boys for taking part...Read More

Over 80 exhibitors attended the RBAI Annual Careers Convention last night, Thursday 20th March. The Convention provided an invaluable opportunity for all our Year 12 and13 pupils and their parents to avail of specialist information and advice at a crucial stage in making their post-16 and18 choices. A huge thank-you to all the representatives from...Read More

As part of NI Cyber Week, we held a Cyber Day for CyberFirst schools in the Belfast area. Minister for AI and Digital Government, MP Feryal Clark, attended the event, where we welcomed students from Strathearn, Mercy College, and Boys’ Model. Throughout the day, students took part in a variety of digital challenges, including robotics,...Read More

Well done to the following ten Explorer Scouts who received their Bronze Awards from the Principal and former Scout Mr. Innes Gray at assembly last Monday morning! Left to right: Isaac Lagan, Rowan Woods, Luke Holland, Finlay McAdam, Max Boyd, Patrick Murdock, Lorcan Gallagher, Johnny Weatherup and Jonah Bovis. Josh Anderson was unable to attend...Read More

On Wednesday 26th February, RBAI had two teams that took part in the Ulster Table Tennis Team Championships. The competition saw a record turnout this year, with 312 players across 52 teams competing for the prestigious opportunity to represent Ulster at the All-Ireland Table Tennis Finals in Dublin this April. We entered a team in...Read More

Callum thanks Peter for taking the time to speak to Year 12. Year 12 Business Studies students are currently undertaking their controlled assessment research and their case study is about a business involved in manufacturing and distribution. As part of their primary research into types of production, changing trends in production, the importance of quality...Read More

This week marks the beginning of Children’s Mental Health Week 2025. We asked staff, pupils and alumni about the ways in which they aim to maintain positive well-being.Read More

The Year 10 Parents’ Consultations will take place on Tuesday 4th February, from 1.25 – 3.25pm. Teachers will be available for consultations in both the school’s Dining Hall and Common Hall.Read More

L to R: Ollie Grant, Sam Wallace, Jason Gillen, Theo Wilson and Finlay McAdam Congratulations to the Year 13 RBAI team who participated in this year’s Cambridge Biology Challenge. The judges were really impressed by the quality of submissions and with over 1800 student entries, competition was very intense. Therefore, to be awarded a Distinction...Read More