NEW College Principal helps raise educational standards with DfE commission
Pauline Hagen, Principal of NEW College Pontefract, has been invited to take part in an education fellowship commission next month, designed to help raise standards by improving the quality of...
View ArticleRunning for Nepal
Staff from NEW College Pontefract are raising money for the DEC’s Nepal Earthquake Appeal by entering the Leeds Run For All 10k in July. Over a dozen staff have already joined the team, with the aim of...
View ArticleBattle of the Sports Teams at NEW College
NEW College sports teams took part in battle of the teams early this month, competing against each other in a variety of activities, and all hoping to come out on top and be named ‘Team of the Year’,...
View ArticleNEW College students take part in ‘Us Girls’ event
NEW College students attended an ‘US Girls festival’ in partnership with Wakefield College and Wakefield Council this month, raising the profile of female sports. The aim of the day was for the...
View ArticleStaff and students get muddy for Cancer Research
NEW College staff and students took part in the Pretty Muddy event last Saturday to raise funds for Cancer Research. The race for life event at Temple Newsam in Leeds saw the team encounter various...
View ArticleNEW College student selected for England Squad
Thomas Egan has been successful selected to be part of the England student Rugby League team after a series of gruelling trials. The 18 year old, who studies BTEC Extended Diploma in Sport at NEW...
View ArticleNew College launches Teaching School Alliance
New College will be launching a new Teaching School Alliance on Friday 3 July. The event in Pontefract will see institutions including primary, secondary, post-16 and higher education from around the...
View ArticleNew College Principal leads calls for national change
The principal of a local sixth form college is petitioning government to give all sixth form colleges the right to join academy chains, where they could contribute to “narrowing gaps, raising...
View ArticleNEW College student selected for England shot put team
New College student Toni Buckingham has been selected to compete alongside the England Athletics shot put team. The 17 year old, who studies PE, economics, business and fashion & textiles design,...
View ArticleNew College success once again
New College Pontefract have been awarded gold certification by the Investors In People Group for being recognised as an on-going, dedicated and committed organisation. The outstanding sixth form...
View ArticleNew College’s students’ results are “out of this world”
New College has recorded its highest set of results ever, breaking last year’s outstanding figures. The 2016 A level results saw the college achieve a 100% pass rate for the first time. New College’s...
View ArticleNew College’s value-added scores underline best-ever performance
New College’s value-added scores for 2015 were released this week, confirming that the college’s 2015 performance cements its position as one of the very best education providers in the country. The...
View ArticleSports Science HND marks next step in New College’s growing HE programme
New College’s first Sports Science HND students started this week, as the college continues to develop its higher education programme. The twenty eight students will have the opportunity to work with...
View ArticleYouth Commonwealth Games medal winner
New College student Joe Litchfield won four silver medals at the recent Youth Commonwealth Games in Samoa last month. Following a week of intense training with Team England, Joe flew to Samoa and took...
View ArticleNew College Media students work alongside Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust
Talented media students at New College, Pontefract got the chance to film two original pieces of work for the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust. The videos are part of a scheme to develop best practice...
View ArticleNew College students perform at Wakefield Cathedral
Music students at New College Pontefract, showcased an array of musical talent at Wakefield Cathedral this week. The students took part in the lunchtime and evening Christmas concert on Tuesday,...
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Spreading Christmas cheer
New College Pontefract staff and students brought Christmas cheer to the shoppers of Pontefract this week, whilst raising money for The Prince of Wales Hospice. Playing in the town centre, the brass...
View ArticleFeatherstone Rovers partner up with New College for England Rugby Scheme
Featherstone Rovers will be working alongside New College and Castleford Tigers as part of the Embed the Pathway Scheme run by the England Rugby Football League. The scheme aims to increase the number...
View ArticleChristmas Fun Day at New College
Charities were given a cash boost after students at New College raised £496 organising a Christmas Fun Day before the holidays. The event, which took place around the College raised cash for charities...
View ArticleMusic student achieves highest grade
Music student Hannah Higson at New College Pontefract has passed her grade 8 harp with a distinction grade. The year 12 student, who also studies physics, maths and chemistry, passed the music...
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