25th June 2018
New College student receives gold DofE award from royal family at Buckingham Palace
New College Pontefract student, Amy Middler, has received her DofE gold award in a ceremony held at Buckingham Palace in London. The Gold Duke of Edinburgh award (DofE) requires a range of skills, which are broken down into 5 main sections, Physical, Skills and Volunteering which take roughly a year to complete depending on...
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21st June 2018
New College Annual Bus Pass 2018/19
From September 2018 the cost will be a one off payment of £200 for the year. We hope you agree that this is a fantastic rate for allowing you to access the outstanding education that New College Pontefract offers. To support students in meeting this cost we are offering the following payment options: 1....
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31st May 2018
New College Pontefract accredited by ground-breaking dual career scheme
New College Pontefract is leading the way with supporting talented athletes in education in England, having been accredited by an innovative Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) initiative. The Sport England-funded Scheme believes that every young person on a talent pathway should have the opportunity to gain qualifications alongside their sporting pursuits and have the...
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24th May 2018
Leavers’ Assembly 2018
The year 13s attended their leavers’ assembly today. The event started with some music from performing arts and music students. This was followed by a talk from Principal, Richard Fletcher. Next up was the excellent ‘memories’ slideshow that contained photos, videos, messages from teachers & tutors and even some DIL memes! Awards were then...
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23rd May 2018
Student shortlisted for writing award
Current New College Pontefract student, Mia Lofthouse, 17 from Castleford, has been shortlisted for the Wicked Young Writers award. The award, now in its 8th year, is a chance for young people aged between 5 and 25, to get creative and write about anything they choose. There were over 4500 entries, competing in 6 age...
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22nd May 2018
Revision Workshops May 2018
Here is the schedule for the May revision workshops (click to...
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11th May 2018
Sports Awards 2018 Gallery
New College’s sports stars celebrated another successful season with the annual sports awards on Wednesday 9th May. Check out the photo gallery...
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4th May 2018
Student’s story leads to sponsorship
New College Pontefract student, Thomas Goodall, who took up cycling to help with his epilepsy symptoms, has now found sponsorship with homebuilder, Taylor Wimpey. The firm approached the college after reading Tom’s story, and have donated him the sum of £500 towards a new bike and cycling apparel. On receiving the money Tom said,...
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3rd May 2018
Top five in national performance league table for the past 5 years
New College Pontefract is celebrating confirmation of an impressive five-year track record this month. The release of data by the DfE’s Education and Skills Funding Agency means that New College Pontefract is, for the fifth year in a row, in the top five of all sixth form colleges in the country for achievement. Achievement...
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1st May 2018
Art Students Exhibition – Paris in the Park.
Students from New College Pontefract’s Foundation Diploma in Art & Design course held their annual exhibition, ‘Paris in the Park’ last week. The students were allocated space in Pontefract park to install their work, with all staff and students from the college invited outside to discover all of the pieces. This weather was especially...
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