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  • Pontefract Students Put On A Show-Stopping Performance

    Students from The King’s School, part of Pontefract Academies Trust, put on a sell-out performance of the Little Shop of Horrors last week for the local community, parents, carers, and other students to enjoy. The King’s School Performing Arts department have been working on the performance for a few months and students had to take…

  • Carleton High School Welcomes New Deputy Headteacher

    Carleton High School, part of Pontefract Academies Trust, is pleased to announce the appointment of their new Deputy Headteacher, Kelly Hodges. Kelly has a wealth of knowledge, with over 15 years of experience in the education sector, and was attracted to Carleton High School due to it being named the most improved school in the…

  • A Cake Sale With A Difference

    The Rookeries Carleton Junior, Infant & Nursery School, part of Pontefract Academies Trust, held an animal-themed cake sale this week to help their student council raise money to sponsor four endangered animals. This follows a larger piece of work started by the student council inspired by the events of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference…

  • Christmas Is On The Cards For Yorkshire MP

    Yorkshire’s MPs have turned to local school children to help design their Christmas cards this year. They set a competition that any age children could enter across the region. Shadow Home Secretary and Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford MP Yvette Cooper’s winner was Daisy from Carleton Park Junior and Infant School in Pontefract. Ms Cooper said:…

  • Children In Need 2021

    Every year, all eight of our schools find fun ways to raise money for Children in Need. Whether it’s baking, running races, raffles and much more. The Rookeries Junior, Infant & Nursery School featured on Look North and the Children In Need programme as they attempted to break the world record of how many wet…