15th April 2015
Want to improve your skills as a rugby player or just get fit?
Then don’t miss the opportunity to join the new touch league run by Castleford Tigers on Titan Park. The league will begin Thursday 23rd April with the first games kicking off at 6pm. All interested parties should see Andy Petch in the PE office to register a team or email...
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31st March 2015
NEW College students set for Rugby League National Final
Pontefract Titans are set for the Student Rugby League National Cup Final after their winning streak saw them beat St Mary’s College, Hull, in a stunning semi-final last week. The final, on Wednesday 29th April at 2pm, will be hosted at the Big Fellas stadium, the home of Featherstone Rovers. The NEW College Rugby...
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31st March 2015
NEW College Health and Social Care students successfully complete work placements
Year 12 students at NEW College have successfully completed their work experience this month as part of their Health and Social Care studies for this academic year. Each year the students go onto a variety of work placements, including nurseries, hospitals, schools and care homes in and around the community. The outstanding sixth form...
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25th March 2015
Party candidates set to face NEW College students in political debate
NEW College Pontefract will be hosting a question time debate on Friday 17th April, ahead of the general election in May. Labour MP Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford), Conservative candidate Beth Prescott and Wakefield District UKIP representative Steve Ashton will be among the panelists participating in the event at the outstanding sixth form...
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18th March 2015
NEW College digs deep for Comic Relief
Staff and students at NEW College raised over a thousand pounds for Comic Relief this week. With a range of imaginative fund-raising activities from buying buns to shooting hoops in the Sports Hall, organisers managed to raise £1034.61 in just one day. “Many thanks to all those who collected, counted or contributed in any...
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11th March 2015
NEW College students selected for Cambridge University Masterclass
Three NEW College Pontefract students are celebrating after being successfully offered places on masterclass courses at Cambridge University. The highly competitive courses are designed to provide A level students with the chance to experience typical undergraduate teaching at Cambridge University. Lydia Slack has been offered a place on the History masterclass at Pembroke College,...
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11th March 2015
NEW College students raise money in aid of Help for Heroes
Help for Heroes were given a cash boost after students at NEW College raised £150 playing a 5-a-side tournament last month. The event, which took place at the A1 Football Factory in Pontefract, marked the centenary of the WWI truce where both sides stopped fighting and paused to play football. Seventy-five students took part...
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9th March 2015
New College Doncaster gets the green light
The New College Doncaster Free School has been given approval by the Department for Education. The project, which is aiming to set up a new 16-19 sixth form college in the centre of Doncaster, is being developed by NEW College Pontefract. It plans to open to 500 new students in September 2016. Pauline Hagen,...
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2nd March 2015
NEW College Pontefract to become key regional teacher training centre
NEW College Pontefract has been selected to become a National Teaching School. It is the first and only sixth form college in the Yorkshire and Humberside region to have achieved this status. In a double honour, NEW College Pontefract’s Principal, Pauline Hagen, has been appointed a National Leader of Education, national recognition for her...
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23rd February 2015
NEW College Cricket Team triumph at Headingley
NEW College Pontefract students are regional indoor cricket champions once again after winning the finals at Headingley. NEW College saw off Barnsley in the first round and Blackburn College in the semi-final, before beating Bolton in a competitive final where the team successfully chased 47 with 2 balls to spare. The team was made...
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