Tuesday 20th March saw 110 students from 4 schools across the Bradford region visit New College in Pontefract for our second #beinspired day. The event was to give the high school students a flavor of what we will be bringing to Bradford city centre in 2019. They got to spend a day in the life
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The Telegraph & Argus teaching awards were held at the Aagrah Midpoint in Thornbury on Thursday 15th March. The ceremony celebrated the outstanding work of teachers, support staff, governors and volunteers from across the district. There were 11 awards in total at the event which has been held every year since 2014. Our Trust CEO,
Read MoreLast week we held our first #BeInspired event for students from Bradford schools. The day was designed to allow the high school students to sample sixth form lessons in a college environment. The event was held at New College Pontefract, our Ofsted outstanding rated sister college. The day saw over 150 year 9 and year
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Nelson Street in Bradford city centre is the conformed location of New College Bradford’s site. Only a five-minute walk from Bradford Interchange, the location will ensure that young people from across the region will be able to access the new sixth form college easily. New College Bradford plans to open its doors in September 2019.
Read More(left to right – Jennie Fletcher, Pauline Hagen OBE, Naureen Aslam, Stuart Nash) Pauline Hagen Pauline has wide-ranging educational experience and knowledge acquired over a career trajectory from classroom teacher to CEO, via middle and senior leadership and Principal, working in contexts including school, college and custodial institutions. Pauline works as an Ofsted inspector and
Read MoreA new-build sixth-form college located in Bradford city centre has secured government funding. New College Bradford, which will open in September 2019, has this week received the good news that the Education & Skills Funding Agency has approved the project. “It is very exciting news,” said Pauline Hagen, CEO of the New Collaborative Learning Trust,
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Another set of productive meetings were held this week, this time with Bradford College and One in a Million Free School, both of which have interesting insights into working with Bradford’s young people and in raising educational outcomes. Bradford College are the city’s large GFE provider, with over 25,000 students on a wide range of
Read MoreThis week the progress with New College Bradford has included developing our curriculum offer for Bradford’s post-16 students in 2019, and on the continuing search for a site. The curriculum offer will include an engineering specialism, which coupled with our focus on STEM subjects [science, technology, engineering and maths] will help equip Bradford’s young people
Read MoreThere has been a lot of activity behind the scenes over the last few weeks. We have met with many key stakeholders in education across Bradford, including many secondary school head-teachers, senior managers at Bradford College, and Bradford Council’s Judith Kirk and Michael Jameson. With all of these key stakeholders we are building productive working
Read MoreNew College continues to gain positive coverage in the local media, as plans for the new development take shape. Leader of Bradford Council, Councillor Susan Hinchliffe, was very positive about the plans. Speaking to the Telegraph and Argus, she said: “It’s good news for the district that the New Collaborative Learning Trust’s bid to open
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