Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. NEW (North East Wakefield) College is a coeducational, sixth form college in Pontefract, near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. The school on the site was originally built in the Victorian era as Pontefract Girls Grammar School, later the Girls High School before finally opening as NEW College in 1987. NEW (North East Wakefield) College is a coeducational, sixth form college in Pontefract, near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. The school on the site was originally built in the Victorian era as Pontefract Girls Grammar School, later the Girls High School before finally opening as NEW College in 1987.