25th February 2025
Barbara Castle Honoured with Blue Plaque at New College Pontefract
On Friday, 14th February, just before the half-term break, we had the honour of hosting a special event in college with Pontefract Civic Society. This special occasion saw key local figures gather to witness the unveiling of a blue plaque commemorating the life and legacy of Barbara Castle. Barbara Castle, born in 1910, was...
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28th November 2024
Celebrating Success: Outstanding Achievements of A-Level Music Students
We are excited to share some wonderful news from our A-level music class. Three of our talented students have received offers from some of the UK’s most prestigious conservatoires! Pictured from left to right, we have: Alex Godridge: Royal Birmingham Conservatoire on Trumpet Alex has secured a place at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire to...
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21st October 2024
Open Evening – Tuesday 26 November, 4:30pm-7:30pm
We look forward to welcoming everyone to the second of our 2 open events for September 2025 entry. Come along on Tuesday 26 November from 4:30pm-7:30pm to take a look around the TES 2020 Sixth Form College and Overall FE Provider of the Year and find out why we were graded ‘outstanding’ in all...
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26th September 2024
Parents’ Welcome Evening 2024
Please find below the recording from the parents’ welcome evening and the supporting slideshow...
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16th September 2024
Open Saturday
We look forward to welcoming everyone to the first of our 2 open events for September 2025 entry. Come along on Saturday 19 October from 9am-1pm to take a look around the TES 2020 Sixth Form College and Overall FE Provider of the Year and find out why we were graded ‘outstanding’ in all...
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16th August 2024
New College students maintain strong results
New College Pontefract students have seen another year of strong results, enabling the significant majority of students to progress to the university course, job or apprenticeship of their choice. This year, 58% of students achieved an A*, A or B in their A-level courses, in line with last year’s figure, with 84% achieving A*-C, and 30% achieving A*-A, the highest figure...
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28th June 2024
New College brings together young and old with its summer fayre
New College Pontefract hosted a summer fayre for local care home residents and primary school children this week, with stalls, music, cakes and sweets provided by staff and students from the town’s sixth form college. With the sun smiling down, residents from Vicarage Court, Newfield Lodge, Walton Manor and MHA Communities housing mingled with...
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10th June 2024
Rare flower spotted at New College Pontefract
New College Pontefract has continued to embrace ecological diversity with its “no mow” policy for parts of the site, a policy which has led to an exciting discovery. Nestled amongst the grasses, daisies and poppies, an eagle-eyed member of staff has spotted an example of the bee orchid (Ophrys apifera), a flower rarely seen...
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18th April 2024
Next Steps Evening
See the below details for our Next Steps Evening in college on 24 April...
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1st February 2024
New College Pontefract secures fourteen offers from Oxford and Cambridge
The region’s top provider of A-levels has followed up last year’s outstanding Ofsted report and exceptional exam results with another prestigious achievement: securing fourteen offers from Oxford and Cambridge. Forty-one students applied, all of whom committed significant amounts of time and energy to the demanding application process, before twenty-three were invited for interview. This...
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