Bateman had previously held a placement as a geography and art teacher at Lord Elgin in the 1970s.

[2] Robert Bateman High School enrolled about 800[3] students within the Applied, Academic, and IB level.

[4] As well as the IB programme, the school's curriculum featured a variety of service-related courses, in both Mechanics and the Culinary Arts.

[6] Robert Bateman High School offers a wide variety of clubs, teams, and extra-curricular activities open to all students:[10] Academically, Robert Bateman High School is rated overall 6.8 out of 10 on the Fraser Institute Report Card and ranked 233 out of 676[11] in all of Ontario Secondary Schools.

However, the school ranked near par in both OSSLT scores and Average Level Grade 9 Academic Math, and lays within average scores (7.4-5.0) when compared to the whole of Ontario Secondary Schools.