New College Pontefract
Pontefract · Wakefield
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About New College Pontefract
New College Pontefract is a sixth form academy in Pontefract, Wakefield. View current jobs, teaching vacancies and school support roles posted by the school.
NEW COLLABORATIVE LEARNING TRUST is a Multi-academy trust. The trust operates 9 member schools: 3 primary schools, 3 secondary schools, 3 16-19 settings. Local authorities: Bradford | Doncaster | Rotherham | Wakefield. Regions: Yorkshire and the Humber. — from the NEW COLLABORATIVE LEARNING TRUST public record.
New College Pontefract is a sixth form academy in Pontefract, Wakefield, part of NEW COLLABORATIVE LEARNING TRUST. It has no live vacancies on SchoolJobs right now.
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School information
- Official name
- New College Pontefract
- Address
- Park Lane
- Postcode
- WF8 4QR
- Country
- England
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Parliamentary constituency
- Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
- URN (official identifier)
- 144732
- Establishment number
- 8600
- School status
- Open
- Education phase
- Sixth form
- Age range
- 16–19 years
- Gender intake
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Number of pupils
- 0
- As of November 2026
- Capacity
- 2900
- School type
- 16 to 19 academy (converter)
- Governance
- Academy
- Academy trust
- NEW COLLABORATIVE LEARNING TRUST
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Headteacher
- Mrs Chelsea Branson
- Telephone
- 01977702139
- Date opened
- 1 Jun 2017
Source: get-information-schools.service.gov.uk . Official data last refreshed November 2026.
Ofsted inspection history
1 published inspection for New College Pontefract.
· Full inspection
Read reportOverall effectiveness: Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Yes
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Source: Ofsted, Further education and skills inspections and outcomes: management information (files from 2005 to the latest monthly release; data checked 6 Nov 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
School finances at New College Pontefract
2024/25 academic year (academy accounts return) · 16 plus · 2,784 pupils. Excludes the trust's central costs.
| This school | England average (per pupil · % of spend) | |
|---|---|---|
| Total income | £17,082,000 £6,136 per pupil | £6,960 |
| Total spending | £14,517,000 £5,215 per pupil | £6,334 |
| Teaching staff | £7,639,000 £2,744 per pupil · 52.6% | £3,471 · 54.8% |
| Education support staff | £1,813,000 £651 per pupil · 12.5% | £659 · 10.4% |
| Supply and agency staff | £16,000 £6 per pupil · 0.1% | £59 · 0.9% |
| …of which agency supply | £16,000 £6 per pupil · 0.1% | £28 · 0.5% |
| In-year balance | £2,565,000 | |
| Revenue reserve | £1,418,000 | |
Previous year (2023/24): spending — per pupil, supply and agency — per pupil.
Not enough schools of this phase in the local authority to compare.
Finance data is from the official return for that year and may not reflect the school's current position. Averages are pupil-weighted and use the same return, year and phase.
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Source: Department for Education, Academies Accounts Return 2024/25 via FBIT data sources, checked 6 Nov 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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- Last updated
- 5 Nov 2026