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  • Pontefract Academies Trust Staff Felt The Freeze

    Staff including teachers, lunchtime supervisors and housekeepers across the eight schools in Pontefract Academies Trust have each endured at least 92 seconds of ice cold water on their feet to raise money for the Motor Neurone Disease (MNDA) by taking part in the Ice Foot 92 challenge. The eight schools include six primaries, Carleton Park…

  • Pontefract Wildcats Donate Brand New Kit to Local School

    Carleton Park Junior & Infant School have kindly been donated a brand new Nike football kit from local girls football club, Pontefract Wildcats. The kit which proudly showcases the school crest and the Wildcats logo will be worn for all football fixtures at the school moving forwards, including the internal PAT games which links in…

  • Pontefract Academies Trust Phenomenal Fundraising Week

    All eight schools who are part of Pontefract Academies Trust have had a busy few days packed full of fundraising activities to raise money for both The Prince of Wales Hospice based in Pontefract and Motor Neurone Disease (MNDA). The six primary schools including Carleton Park Junior and Infant School, De Lacy Pontefract Primary School,…

  • Castleford Tigers Player Inspires Local Children with Wellbeing Session

    Professional Super League player and Castleford Tigers player, Pete Mata’utia, held a mindset and wellbeing talk and workshop with pupils from Orchard Head Junior, Infant and Nursery School this week. The session for the school, part of Pontefract Academies Trust, gave Pete the chance to pass on his knowledge and experience of growing up in…

  • 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…