23rd February 2018
New College Production – The Addams Family
New College is proud to present our production of The Addams Family – A New Musical Comedy. Running from the 7-9th March. Evening performances at 7pm and matinees at 1:15pm in the Jphn Godber Theatre. Please note, there will be no matinee performance on Friday 9th March. Tickets just £6 each (£3 concessions) available...
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23rd February 2018
New College maintains its strong Oxbridge record
New College Pontefract has seen its strong track record with Oxbridge applicants continue into another year with a total of nine students receiving the offer of a place to study at one of the two elite universities. Five students have been accepted to study at Cambridge. Emelia Wood and Elisha Bagg have both secured...
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21st February 2018
New College Students hold tribute gig in memory of Angelas Finnan
A music gig was organised in honour of New College student Angelas Jack Finnan (AJ) who suddenly passed away late last year. The gig was organised by friends of AJ, and by New College student executive members Chris Pugh and Kathryn Marsdon, and took place on Wednesday 31st January. The tribute gig, to commemorate...
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21st February 2018
New College tops DfE tables once again
New College’s strength as a consistent provider of excellent post-16 education has once again come into the spotlight with the release of the latest figures from the Department for Education (DfE). The figures, based on last summer’s results, show that whatever post-16 option you are considering – school sixth forms, FE colleges, a sixth...
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19th February 2018
Extra investment helps Pontefract Titans team go from strength to strength
The Pontefract Titans, New College Pontefract’s rugby league team, have gained extra investment in the form of a new main shirt sponsor, Spot On Solutions. The team are an RFL Category 3 status team, an award that reflects the high quality links the team have developed between education and professional sport. Those links have...
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7th February 2018
New College Student Aims for Gold
Joe Ferguson, who studies A-Level PE at New College Pontefract, is officially one of the fastest young sprinters in the country. The seventeen-year-old recently achieved a 200 metres time of 22.07 at the EIS championships at Sheffield, which compares favourably to Usian Bolt’s Olympic record of 19.30. That time ensures that Joe has a...
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2nd February 2018
New College supporting World Cancer Day
New College is supporting the WE CAN. I CAN. campaign for World Cancer Day. Get involved in our activities on Monday 5th February....
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1st February 2018
New College makes top 20 once again in the National Centre for Diversity awards
New College Pontefract has once again been ranked as one of the top 20 institutions in the country. The National Centre for Diversity seeks “to advance equality, diversity and inclusion, to ensure fairness for all”, and publishes an annual list of its top 100 organisations across the country. New College Pontefract is part of...
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25th January 2018
Apprenticeships Evening – Thursday 1st February 2018
Apprenticeship Evening for Parents of Year 13 students. Thursday 1st February 7pm Top Floor of the LRC An evening to find out about the opportunities available to college leavers and the support on offer to help students be successful in finding an apprenticeship. There will be a small selection of outside organisations...
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11th January 2018
New College Mathematics students receive multiple awards
New College Pontefract Mathematics students have had a busy few months this winter. In November, 37 students sat the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust Senior Maths Challenge. 82,000 took part nationally with the top 10% receiving a gold certificate, the next 20% receiving a silver, and the following 30% receiving a bronze. New College students...
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