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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15th September 2017
New College Sport Department Awarded Top Marks Again
New College Pontefract’s Sport & Physical Education department has been awarded the Quality Mark with Distinction from the Association for Physical Education for a second time. The top grade, which is awarded for a period of 3 years, is earned for ‘demonstrating outstanding commitment to improvement in Physical Education and Sport’. New College Principal,...
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11th September 2017
Record Breaking Enrolment at New College Pontefract
New College Pontefract has once again broken its enrolment record with over 2400 students choosing to study at the college from September 2017. In the last 10 years numbers have risen from around 1500, an increase of 62%, adding within touching distance of 1000 extra students during that time. A raft of new buildings...
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17th August 2017
Exceptional results once again!
Students, staff and governors are proud and delighted with this year’s exam results, which match the outstanding performance achieved in recent years. Our A-Level students of 2017 achieved an overall pass rate of over 99%, a high grade rate of 54% and an A*-C rate of 81%. This is matched by the equally strong...
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7th July 2017
New College Production of Footloose Wows the Crowds
Superb singing, magnificent musicians and dramatic dancing! New College Pontefract’s annual theatrical production took place between the 4th-6th July. This year the production was of the musical ‘Footloose’ and featured an extravagant 2-tier set designed and built in-house. Each of the 6 shows was a sell out and the cast also performed for high...
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