22nd June 2021
Music students to take part in music festival
The music students at New College Pontefract are certainly looking to the future post lockdown restrictions. 3 of our bands have applied and been successful in securing a booking for Wakefield’s famous Long Division festival in September! Look out for the release of the schedule and confirmed acts on June 30th! Blue Chandelier are...
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21st June 2021
Y13 Leavers’ Celebration Arrangements
Dear Y13 students, Due to the recent increase in Covid cases, we will now be holding our leavers’ celebration on Friday 25 June at 4pm as LIVE STREAM ONLY. We are deeply disappointed to not be able to see you in person for this wonderful celebration of your 2 years with us. We hope...
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17th June 2021
Important Information Regarding Induction
We are looking forward to welcoming you this week for one of our induction days. Please attend the day you have been invited to so we can keep numbers down and make sure you have a subject session that is running on that day. The day will give you a flavour of what New...
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9th June 2021
New College Pontefract student benefits from support of college in joining prestigious summer school
New College Pontefract tries to ensure it provides full support to students throughout their time at college, encouraging them when considering progression onto university, apprenticeships and employment. A recent example of a student who has benefitted from this is Thomas Shorthouse, a Year 13 student who has just finished two years at New College....
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24th May 2021
May Revision Workshops
Below is the schedule of May half term revision workshops that will be running at college. Click to...
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21st May 2021
New College students complete self-defence course as part of expanding enrichment programme
New College Pontefract have a wide range of extra-curricular activities on offer, which is expanding every year. One recent addition has been a self-defence class, encouraging students to think about their own personal safety. The course, provided by Chuldow Martial Arts in Royston, assessed students on their technical competence and then required them to...
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20th May 2021
BBC’s ‘The Apprentice’ comes to New College Pontefract
BBC’s ‘The Apprentice’ finalist and motivational speaker Adam Corbally visited New College Pontefract this month to share his inspirational story. The audience of Business Studies students and Year 12s undertaking the Student Leadership Development Programme were given insights into Adam’s success. Adam shared his motivational journey, charting his rise as an entrepreneur and business...
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19th May 2021
New College students see success on Grade 5 Theory enrichment
Four students of New College Pontefract have seen success after taking part in the Grade 5 Theory offered by the college as part of their enrichment programme. The Grade 5 Theory is a music enrichment that can be taken by the students alongside their curricular studies, and is often popular with students in the...
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30th April 2021
New College Pontefract’s English Department shortlisted for the TES awards
Following on from the success of winning “Sixth Form College of the Year” and “Overall FE Provider of the Year” at last year’s awards, New College Pontefract has once again been shortlisted for a TES award, this time for its outstanding GCSE English results. The “Outstanding GCSE resits provision” shortlisting reflects the sustained efforts...
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22nd April 2021
Thinking Ahead – Careers Support for Year 12 Students
Here you can find the recording of the presentation that took place for Year 12 parents’ evening. Careers lead, Helen Lonsdale takes you through the careers support available at New College and how parents/carers can support their young person when making plans for when they leave...
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