Latest News : New College Pontefract

9th November 2016

New College sports students compete in Malta

Sports students at New College Pontefract enjoyed a tour in sunny Malta over half term which included coaching youngsters and competing against other clubs. Following an 18 day visit to Malta, 28 students from New College Pontefract achieved their Europass Mobility Award.They taught children sports and games in Maltese Schools and in the Maltese...

9th November 2016

Financial boost for business students

Finance students Mel Greenwood and Clay Cox received an offer of funding from The London Institute of Banking and Finance upon completion of their studies here at New College Pontefract. Mel achieved an A* and Clay achieved an A in the Financial Certificate before progressing to the Financial Diploma course. The IFS university offers...

17th October 2016

New College students work with young people in Malta for the fourth year running

New College Pontefract will once again be sending over 30 students and staff to work with young people in Malta for two weeks this October. For the fourth year running, the sixth form college’s students will be working with local schools and youth groups in Malta, helping deliver a range of sports training and...

7th October 2016

England Squash team nets New College student

New College sport student Ellen Cooper has successfully been selected to represent the England’s women squash team. Ellen, who also studies Business, Chemistry and Maths, has been playing the sport for England since she was just 12 years old and last weekend saw the Year 12 student win the under 19s Yorkshire tournament. This...

7th October 2016

Music student set to play at the Royal Albert Hall

Music student Siobhan Thomas at New College Pontefract will be playing at the Royal Albert Hall in November with the Wakefield Percussion Ensemble. The Year 13 student, who also studies Geography, History and Law, plays the drums and will be in the starting line up for the opening night at the school proms. Siobhan...

7th October 2016

New College hosts Oxbridge event

New College hosted an Oxbridge Event on Friday, 7 October, and welcomed Michael Sutherland, the Admissions Tutor for Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. The event saw over 60 Yr11 students from six feeder schools in the region attend the outstanding sixth form College to find out more about how New College can support students in...

16th September 2016

New College Bradford gets approval

The DfE have announced this morning that the New Collaborative Learning Trust’s bid to open a new 16-19 free school in Bradford has been approved. Pauline Hagen OBE, Chief Executive Officer of the trust, said: “We are delighted to have approval from the DfE for this exciting project. Work is already underway with our...

9th September 2016

Higher Education evening answers all your university questions

We our holding our “Higher Education Evening for Year 13 Parents” on Tuesday 20 September from 7.00pm until 8:30pm in the Students’ Union. This event will give parents and guardians the opportunity to find out more about the application process for university. Graham Crossley, Careers Manager, will explain the process and how to make...

18th August 2016

Gold Medals in Rio and Academic Medals in Pontefract

Students and staff at New College, Pontefract are celebrating another year of outstanding exam results. At A-Level, AS Level and in Applied General qualifications performance was exceptionally strong. Already an established provider of academic excellence, this year students at the college achieved results giving an overall pass rate of over 99%, a high grade...

6th July 2016

New College students visit Auschwitz

Students from New College Pontefract visited Krakow in Poland this weekend as part of their studies at the Sixth Form College. A group of 26 psychology students went on a 4 day excursion to visit Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camp, Schindler’s factory, and the Jewish ghetto. Lindsay Barnes, New College teacher of psychology, said:...