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:...
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21st June 2016
New College students set to play for England
Three talented students from New College Pontefract have successfully been accepted into the England Colleges team. Tom Egan, Jack Render and Alex Clegg, all members of the Pontefract Titans CAT3 Academy run by New College and Featherstone Rovers, were all selected after impressing in Yorkshire trials. Ten players from the colleges’ premier rugby league...
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15th June 2016
New College and Featherstone Rovers partnership
Featherstone Rovers and New College Pontefract are set to work together once again through the creation of a joint Category 3 Academy. This academy will provide the highest levels of education from an Ofsted outstanding provider and the expertise of a professional rugby league club. Students in the academy will benefit from strength and...
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15th June 2016
Beauty and the Beast comes to New College
Beauty and the Beast trailer New College Pontefract invites you to step into the enchanted world of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast this month at the John Godber Theatre. The sixth form college’s annual summer production this year pits Gaston and the Beast (John Broodhead) against each other to win the heart of Belle...
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13th June 2016
Pauline Hagen awarded an OBE
Pauline Hagen, Principal of New College Pontefract, has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. “I am very proud and grateful for this recognition of work in the field of education,” commented Pauline. “Over the course of a career in the education system I have been reminded daily of just how...
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25th May 2016
Sports Awards a great success
An array of awards were handed out to New College Pontefract students at this year’s Sports Awards ball. The event, hosted by the A1 Football Factory in Pontefract, saw students winning prizes for sports team of the year, including rugby, football and netball. Sports personality of the year went to Lois Whitaker and Coach...
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19th May 2016
Best in the North of England for the second year running!
The latest set of figures from the DfE’s Skills Funding Agency have been released this month, revealing that New College Pontefract has the third highest achievement rate of any sixth form college in the country. This means that for the second year running, the college is the best sixth form college in the North...
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9th May 2016
Party candidates face New College students in political debate
New College Pontefract will host a question time debate on Friday 13 May, ahead of the European Union Referendum in June. Labour MP Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford), Conservative MP Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood), Labour MEP Richard Corbett (Yorkshire and Humber) and UKIP MP Toby Horton (Thirsk and Malton) will be the...
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27th April 2016
New College students compete in the AoC Championships
New College Pontefract once again successfully competed in the national championships for the Association of Colleges in Newcastle this month. The outstanding sixth form provided students in 9 out of the 13 events possible including badminton, basketball and cricket. This meant there were no other college with a greater number of competitions covered. For...
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20th April 2016
The sweet sound of success – grade 8 exam perfection for New College students
New College has seen three students achieve Grade 8 in their respective disciplines this term. Myvany Smith achieved top marks in her Grade 8 flute exam with a distinction. An accomplished musician, Myvany has already achieved Grade 8 in the saxophone, Grade 8 with distinction in the recorder, along with Grade 6 in bassoon,...
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