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  • Local 12 Year Old Selected to Represent Great Britain In Upcoming World Championships

    Ryan Bradley, from Pontefract has been successfully selected to represent Great Britain along with his partnership at the Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships in Geneva in June. The 2021 Acrobatic Gymnastic World Championships is the 27th edition of the acrobatic gymnastics competition. It was originally scheduled to take place in Geneva, Switzerland from May 29 to May…

  • The Larks Hill Little Library is Launched to Inspire the Local Community to Love Books

    A group of Year 6 pupils at Larks Hill Junior & Infant School, part of Pontefract Academies Trust, who are avid book worms, have worked together with their teacher to create a unique book offering for their local community in Pontefract. The ten children, who formed a book club back in September have been meeting…

  • Deaf Awareness Week is Celebrated in Pontefract Primary School

    Children at The Rookeries Carleton, Junior, Infant & Nursery School, part of Pontefract Academies Trust, celebrated Deaf Awareness Week last week. They focused on what It means to be deaf and explored the differences encountered by deaf people. The Rookeries are proud that their school is home to the Deaf and Hearing Impaired Resource, which…

  • Children’s Author and Poet, Conrad Burdekin to be the Patron of Reading for Pontefract Academies Trust

    Pontefract Academies Trust has enlisted the support of Yorkshire born author and poet Conrad Burdekin to be their Patron of Reading. More than 3900 children in Pontefract will benefit from this appointment and are all very excited about his upcoming interactive workshops that will be taking place in all Pontefract Academies Trust primary schools over…

  • Pontefract Food Bank Thank Pontefract Schools for their Support

    Together the 3,900 pupils and over 300 staff members of Pontefract Academies Trust collected 315kg of food which has been donated to Pontefract Food Bank. The amount collected is enough to create 21 food packages for those in need within the local community. Pontefract Food Bank which is based at Central Methodist Church, Newgate, Pontefract…