31st March 2020
Queries about GCSE results / conditional offers / course choice / enrolment
Click to read our letter regarding GCSE results, conditional offers, course choice and...
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30th March 2020
New College top college in Wakefield for student progress
New College Pontefract once again ranked as the top college in Wakefield for student progress. The release of the latest figures from the Department for Education (DfE) once again shows New College’s consistency as a provider of excellent post-16 education. The figures, based on last summer’s A-Level results, show that New College Pontefract has...
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24th March 2020
Bursary Update
Dear Parent/Carer/Student We are unfortunately unable to process any new claims for the College bursary for the current 2019/20 academic year. The amount of funds we are provided with from the ESFA (Funding body) was set at the start of the year and we have made allocations to students based on this sum of...
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20th March 2020
Bus Pass Refund Information
Any bus money is non-refundable as of the end of October. In order to support our bus companies in these difficult times and ensure they can continue to pay their staff we are still paying for these contracted services. The bus pass is heavily subsidised at a cost of £230 to yourselves when it...
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19th March 2020
COVID-19 – College Closure
19 March 2020 COVID-19: College Closure Dear Parents/Carers and Students Following on from my last update, I’m writing to let you know that we have now been instructed to close the College after this Friday until further notice. Please note that this is a national closure – as you may have heard in the...
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5th March 2020
New College students make the most of ‘Peer Mentoring’ opportunity and reap rewards
New College Pontefract is in its third year of a developed mentoring programme, pairing students to improve their academic performance while raising aspirations for the future. Peer Mentoring here is a working relationship between two students who are a similar age, where one student has more experience in a situation and can provide support...
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4th March 2020
NCLT ranked in top 30 nationally for equality and diversity once again
The New Collaborative Learning Trust, the multi-academy Trust that runs New College Pontefract, New College Doncaster and New College Bradford, has been ranked number 29 in the National Centre for Diversity’s Top 100 Index. This index ranks the top institutions in the country for equality and diversity. The National Centre for Diversity is a...
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25th February 2020
New College student gains entry to the Royal Northern College of Music and the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire of Music
A New College student’s hard work has paid dividend as he has been accepted into two prestigious musical conservatoires. Will Bird, who is in his final year of studying A-Level and BTECs at New College Pontefract, has received offers from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire of...
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14th February 2020
New College Pontefract Shortlisted for sixth form college of the year at the TES FE awards 2020
Shortlist announced 10 January 2020 The most outstanding individuals and institutions that the FE sector has to offer have been recognised in the shortlist for the 2020 Tes FE Awards. It’s been revealed that New College Pontefract has again been shortlisted for the Sixth Form College of the Year award, after also being nominated in 2015. Tes FE editor Stephen...
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