15th January 2019
New College Students Deliver Gifts to Pinderfields Children’s Ward
Developing strong links with the wider community helps New College students grow into mature young adults. Students and staff contributed a range of items to a gift drive, which members of the Student Executive at New College Pontefract then delivered to Pinderfields Hospital Children’s Ward in Wakefield. As part of the group’s charity fundraising...
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21st December 2018
Music Students Perform at St. Giles Church in Pontefract
Music, Performing Arts and Music Enrichment groups came together at St. Giles Church in Pontefract today to put on a Christmas concert. Check out our gallery of photos from the event here:...
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20th December 2018
New College Music Students Earn Place at Prestigious Conservatoire
New College Pontefract students, Charlotte Atkinson and Mikey Foley-Hall, have been successful in gaining entry to the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. The two students were among many hundreds of young people to apply for a place at the new £57 million teaching and performance facility, the first of its kind in the heart of Birmingham....
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23rd November 2018
New College student wins national cyber security competition
New College Pontefract student, Paul Brennan, 16 from Normanton, has won a prestigious national cyber security competition. Paul, along with his team ‘The Breachy Boys’, came first in the Cyber Discovery Manchester event. There were 170 students at the event in Manchester, who were selected to compete from amongst thousands of students who applied...
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19th November 2018
Lest We Forget Show
New College’s Performing Arts department commemorated the 100 year anniversary of the end of WW1 this month with a moving performance for parents, staff and students. Commemorating the men and women who have lost their lives in war, the performances involved both curriculum and enrichment groups, giving them a platform to demonstrate their musical, dramatic and dancing abilities. There...
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13th November 2018
Female gamers break down gender stereotypes
New College Pontefract has seen a significant increase in the number of female students taking up their BTEC Games Design course. Students at the top-ranked sixth form college have been challenging gender stereotypes about the gaming industry, making in-roads in an area once seen as an almost exclusively male domain. “We have seen the...
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12th November 2018
Parents’ Evening | Tuesday 20 November 2018 | 4:30pm-7:30pm
Parents’ Evening is taking place over 2 sessions on Tuesday 20 November. 1:00pm-3:30pm and 4:30pm-7:30pm. Students will be finishing at 12:10pm with buses departing at 12:15pm. If you haven’t booked already then you can use the online booking system at: Parents’ Evening system guide...
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29th October 2018
OPEN EVENING | Wednesday 14 November 2018 | 5pm-8pm
Visit us on our open evening on Wednesday 14 November from 5pm-8pm. After an A-Level review of marking, our 2018 results are now: 100% pass rate for A-Level with a college record 57.4% A*-B grades and 83% A*-C. 100% pass rate for BTEC with an incredible 91% achieving Distinction or Distinction*. Come and...
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26th October 2018
NCLT achieves Investors in People benchmark
The trust behind two of the region’s key sixth form colleges has been recognised by a national body responsible for raising standards in leadership. The New Collaborative Learning Trust has been awarded the Investors in People standard, a signal that the trust is matching the highest standards across the country. The award followed an...
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22nd October 2018
New College Variety Event – Lest We Forget
Tickets are on sale for our variety event (Lest We Forget)on 8/11 to commemorate all those who lost their lives in war. Dance, Drama and Music students are involved, mainly from our enrichment groups. The Corps of Drums from the “Yorkshire Volunteers Band” are also making an appearance. Tickets are £3 and £1.50 and all...
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