Latest News : New College Pontefract

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...

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...

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,...

22nd March 2016

Media students nominated by the British Universities Film and Video Council

Media students from New College Pontefract are celebrating after their work was nominated in the Learning on Screen Awards by the British Universities Film and Video Council. Anna Levick, Head of Media at New College will be joined by some of the students at the British Film Institute, Southbank in London for the award...

16th March 2016

New student president elected for Sept 2016

New College Pontefract have elected the next student president for September 2016. Current Student President Thomas Talbot officially handed over the reins to the new Student President Jack Varley last week. The elected Student Executive President and Vice President sit on the College governing body and attend meetings. They also speak at college functions...

15th March 2016

Sport Relief at New College

Staff and students are putting on their most ambitious week of events yet to raise money for Sport Relief. In the build up to Friday, multiple events are taking place including staff vs student sports matches, a bake sale, pie the teacher and sponge the teacher. There will be staff vs students’ netball, a...

15th March 2016

Successful revision campaign launch week

A special week of activities to launch the college’s revision campaign took place at New College Pontefract last week. Staff wore revision shirts highlighting how crucial the time leading up to the exam season and all students watched a film about revision recorded by some of the college teachers. Students got in on the...

8th March 2016

New College tutor remembers her suffragette grandmother on International Women’s Day

As part of International Women’s Day, staff and students at New College Pontefract are wearing the colour purple in recognition of the suffragette movement, as well as running a whole host of activities and fundraising. It’s a special day for one Progress Tutor. Joyce Earnshaw, whose great grandmother, Florence Stevenson was a suffragette. Joyce...

1st March 2016

Cash boost for charities by New College students

Students at New College Pontefract have raised £1,750 for five different charities. Led by the Student Executive team, the money raised through various different events will go to the following charities this year; Nepal Disaster Fund, Macmillan Cancer, Save the Children, Children in Need and the British Heart Foundation. Thomas Talbot, Student President, said:...

23rd February 2016

New College proud to be named as number 43 at the National Centre for Diversity.

New College Pontefract feature as 43 in the Top 100 Index from the National Centre for Diversity (NCFD). The Top 100 Index highlights the very best of the UK across 600 organisations to celebrate commitment and excellence around equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Lauren Walker, Assistant Principal for Human Resources said: “This...