IT was a New Year and a new start for A level students in Barnsley on Monday.

Teenagers at the sixth form college had their first experience of their new town centre campus.

All students returning to the sixth form after the Christmas break were welcomed in through the main entrance on St Mary’s Place.

They spent their first two days orientating themselves with the building before getting down to their mock exams.

The £18m campus, which provides an impressive gateway into Barnsley from the M1 is designed to offer a first-class learning environment for A level students from South Yorkshire and beyond and houses all of the college’s A level provision.

Read more in this weeks Barnsley Chronicle