21st December 2017
New College donate Christmas gifts and clothing to Prince of Wales Hospice
Students and staff at New College Pontefract have taken part in a charity fundraiser in support of the Prince of Wales Hospice. Everyone was encouraged to wear a Christmas Jumper for the day with participants either donating a Christmas gift or an unused item of clothing that could then be sold in the Prince...
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21st December 2017
New College duo claim top spot in business investment challenge
Kate Taylor and Tomas Filek, both studying in their first year of a Business Studies A-Level at New College Pontefract, have won first prize in an Investment challenge held at Leeds Beckett University. The challenge, which took place in December, consisted of using a computer simulation to use virtual money from a client and...
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14th December 2017
New College Students Perform at Royal Albert Hall
New College Pontefract students, Tom Lewis and Charlotte Atkinson, have performed at London’s Royal Albert Hall. They were selected during the summer to perform at the Music for Youth Schools Proms at the Royal Albert Hall which took place in November. This is one of the largest youth music events in Europe, involving approximately...
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8th December 2017
New College Student lobbies congress at Capitol Hill for Type 1 diabetes funding
New College Pontefract student, Laura Dunion, has travelled to America to lobby Congress for continued funding for type 1 diabetes research. Laura, age 16, was diagnosed with this auto immune condition at the age of 8 and wears an Insulin pump 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. She has also taken part...
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27th November 2017
New College Student receives Diana Award
Current New College Pontefract student, Maisie Graham, age 17 from Barnsley, has been awarded a prestigious Diana Award. The award recognises young people from around the world for going above and beyond in their daily lives to create and sustain positive change. They are awarded for selflessly transforming the lives of others. In April...
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8th November 2017
New College gains ‘Working Towards’ TASS accreditation
New College Pontefract has been awarded ‘Working Towards’ status, as part of the process of achieving TASS (Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme) Dual Career Accreditation. The scheme aims to support the academic life of gifted athletes, and is awarded to providers who can demonstrate an enhanced level of academic flexibility and understanding, allowing athletes to balance...
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24th October 2017
Important Information Regarding Upcoming GCSE Maths Exam, University Entrance Exams and Senior Maths Challenge
For GCSE Maths students – 2 / 6 / 8 November 2017 – 9.00am exam start The seating lists for the November Series have been displayed on the exams notice boards, the ground floor of the LRC (near the toilets) and in the Students’ Union (near the toilets). Please ensure you check the seating...
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17th October 2017
New College Student turns to cycling to battle epilepsy
At the age of 5, New College Pontefract student Thomas Goodall was diagnosed with Absence Seizures, a type of epilepsy. These made learning very difficult in his first years at school. Then just when Thomas thought the seizures were starting to become under control, they returned at the age of 11 as nocturnal seizures...
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9th October 2017
Former New College student to appear on hit BBC show ‘The Apprentice’
Former New College Pontefract student Joanna Jarjue is set to appear on hit BBC1 show ‘The Apprentice’. The long running reality TV series sees contestants compete to impress Sir Alan Sugar for a £250,000 business investment. Joanna came to New College from St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School and attended here from 2010-2012....
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28th September 2017
NCTSA secures “pot of gold” for schools’ literacy project
The New Collaborative Teaching School Alliance, run from New College Pontefract, has been awarded government funding to improve children’s literacy across Wakefield. The DfE money will be used to finance an ambitious large-scale programme in which school leaders and literacy specialists will work in partnership to meet targets for children’s reading, writing and speaking....
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