6th July 2018
New College Bradford hosts partners’ dinner
New College Bradford hosted its partners’ dinner on Thursday 5 July at Bradford City Hall. The evening consisted of speeches, musical performances, a wonderful 3-course meal and information about the college, which is set to open in Bradford city centre in September 2019. Guests in attendance included the building contractor, local radio, faith leaders,...
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8th May 2018
OPEN SATURDAY – 29th September 2018, 10am-2pm
+++ SAVE THE DATE +++ New College Bradford will host its first open day on Saturday 29th September 2018 from 10am-2pm. The event will showcase all of the courses that will be offered from September 2019, as well as presentations from the Principal Designate. Visuals of the brand new city centre campus will also...
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26th March 2018
New College Pontefract hosts second #beinspired event for Bradford youngsters
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...
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16th March 2018
New College sponsors Telegraph & Argus Teaching Awards
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...
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14th December 2017
New College host successful #BeInspired event
Last 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...
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24th October 2017
New College Bradford to open in city centre in 2019
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...
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17th October 2017
Meet the team
(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...
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23rd June 2017
New College Bradford Secures Capital Funding
A 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...
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6th February 2017
Meeting with other providers in the city
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...
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3rd February 2017
Updated Curriculum Offer
This 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...
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