WELCOME TO THE NEW COLLEGE BRADFORD NCLT FOUNDATION AWARD.
The New College Bradford NCLT Foundation Award is to promote and encourage collaboration with secondary schools across Bradford and develop aspirant attitudes in young people through providing enrichment opportunities and enhanced levels of cultural capital across years 9, 10 and 11.
Students engaging in the programme will be offered the opportunity to evidence excellence in the
following areas:
Personal Development
Community Service
Academic / Vocational study
Independent Learning.
Students will receive enrichment specific awards, for example, public speaking trophy, alongside
the NCLT Foundation Award Certificates. These would evidence participation, engagement and
achievement. For those with three or more opportunities from the 'NCLT Foundation Award Menu' a
NCLT Foundation Award Portfolio will be supplied for the student for safekeeping of certificates.
For those who then decide to apply to NCB at the end of Year 11 a Contextual Offer will be made
of a reduced average GCSE Point score threshold based upon their participation in the Foundation
Award and achievement across the four areas. For engagement in specific subjects, for example
Music Technology, a subject specific Contextual offer may be considered.
Personal Development
Whilst there are many ways this could be recognised an example is students taking part in a
Public Speaking Competition or a performance showcase or talent show at NCB.
Community Service
NCB Student Executive and / or Performing Arts students to work with Year 9 and 10 students in a
community project (for example speed awareness / sustainability / keeping Bradford litter free /
promoting cultural cohesion and health and well being through performance.
See examples of how the Arts can transform communities:
Independent Learning
Year 9 and 10 students create an Extended Independent Learning Project that reflects a topic or
personal interest and can be in a format of their choice. This could be an essay on Sir Titus Salt,
a collage of Hockney, a rap or poem outlining immigration to Bradford over the last century.
The work will be showcased on the NCB website / this Blog and Open events highlighting community
engagement.
Academic / Vocational Study
Predominantly enrichment activities and opportunities at New College Bradford or involving
New College Bradford staff and students at centres. Activities that supplement the cultural capital of
young people. Examples are French and Spanish Masterclasses; Music technology;Dance, lighting
and theatre design; STEM; How we learn, metacognition and preparing for GCSE exams;
Sports including representing their school at the NCLT Foundation Olympics.
How the New College Bradford NCLT Foundation Award links with the Arts Award.
Some learners may already be embarking on their Arts Award journey.
The NCLT Foundation Award aligns with many of the activities that students on the Arts Award have
to do. For example Gaining Personal Development links with developing communication skills,
Independent learning links with researching careers and opportunities, finding out about arts
organisations, developing their communication skills and then leading their own projects, whilst
Academic / Vocational Study links with accessing and taking part in Arts Activities here at New College.