11th September 2019
Gas repairs on Park Lane
🚧 🚦 The emergency gas works currently taking place on Park Lane are due to continue into next week with temporary traffic light in place. It is advisable to drop off and collect students from Pontefract Collieries car park on Beechnut Lane. Many...
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4th September 2019
2019 Bus pass information
Any students who have purchased a New College Pontefract Bus Pass – these will be available for collection at the LRC Info Desk starting on Monday 16 September. Poppleton’s will be having a ‘grace period’ to allow students time to get their passes so they can get the bus without a pass. This only lasts...
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15th August 2019
New College Pontefract achieves its best ever results
Students, staff and governors are proud and delighted with this year’s exam results, which have once again exceeded the outstanding performance achieved of previous years. Our A-Level students of 2019 achieved an overall pass rate of 100%, an A*-B (high grades) rate of 60%, which is the highest in the college’s history, and an...
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15th July 2019
Student Services Summer Information and FAQs
Click on the document below to read about some important information for New College Pontefract...
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10th July 2019
Start of term arrangements for year 13s
Students will return to college on Monday 9 September 2019 and lessons will start at 8.50am. Students will be able to view their timetable on Cedar after 12.00noon on Friday 7 September. If students require any IT support for password changes etc. they should visit the IT support menu on Moodle and select ‘changing your password from...
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14th June 2019
More New College students earn places at specialist Performing Arts colleges
Following Charlotte Atkinson and Miley Foley-Hall’s successful entry to the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, additional New College performing arts students have gained places at other prestigious colleges and academies. David Haigh, from Kettlethorpe High School, has received an unconditional offer at Bristol Old Vic for Production Arts Stage and Screen. “Throughout my years at New...
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24th May 2019
New College students embark on ‘Fast Trackers’ scheme
A group of New College students have been given an opportunity to work with Engineering industry professionals Network Rail and Mott McDonald, with the aim of creating a solution to one of the country’s greatest challenges as part a scheme known as ‘Fast Trackers’. It offered a unique chance for the students to work...
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22nd May 2019
Students mark their time at New College Pontefract with Celebration Assembly
As another academic year draws to a close, that means another set of Y13 students are ending their time at New College Pontefract. On Thursday of last week, a Celebration Assembly was held to commemorate the students’ two years at New College. Music always sets the tone and so the afternoon began with a...
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22nd May 2019
New College helps student aim high
Helping students achieve their ideal career is one of the college’s core goals. Whether that involves getting a place at a top university, or moving straight into the world of work, staff from across the college work hard at giving young people the best possible support. Elton Hove’s long-term career goal has always been...
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15th May 2019
May Workshops Timetable
The LRC will be open for independent study on Wednesday and Thursday 9-4pm and Friday 9 –...
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