We are proud to announce the appointment of our new Head Boys and Head Girls. Congratulations go to Sean McVerry, Caolan Martin, Hannah Kate Murphy and Caitlin Murray, who have been selected to take on the roles of Head Boy and Head Girl. They were appointed following a rigorous selection process which involved a letter […]
Heather Robinson, from Action Mental Health, visited St. Paul’s today to deliver mental health mentoring training to Year 13 Mentors and the Year 14 Student Leadership Team. The training further equipped these pupils to support others who are struggling. Thanks to Head of Year 13, Mrs C Hughes, for organising, and well done to everyone […]
Our Year 14’s enjoying their formal, in the Carrickdale Hotel, where the night was, as always, fantastic.
Photographs from our Senior Prize-Giving Night 2019. Congratulations to all the winners!
Following on from the publication of Post-16 results at A2 and AS Level as well as BTEC and OCR Cambridge Technicals last week, Principal of St Paul’s High School Bessbrook, Mr Jarlath Burns paid tribute to all the students who had excelled in this year’s public examinations. “Once again our students have achieved exceptional results […]
On Friday 7th September, our Year 14 students and their guests had a great night at their Annual Senior Formal which was held at the Carrickdale Hotel, Carricknarnon, County Louth. Students, staff and their partners let their hair down for the night and celebrated their senior, and final year, as St Paul’s students. See below […]
Pupils are reminded that mobile phones and smartwatches are not permitted in the Exam Hall. The video below shows how the dangers of ignoring this important advice.
Pictured above is Year 14 student John Reavey with both awards. Congratulations to Year 14 student, John Reavey, winner of both ‘Best Director‘ and ‘Audience Award‘ for his short film that was part of his AS Level coursework. John picked up two out of the three awards available in his category and was recently presented with […]
The legacy of the development of Gaelic games initiated by former principal at St Paul’s, Mr Oliver Mooney, is being further developed by his successor and highly respected GAA official and television pundit Jarlath Burns in the announcement of the launch of the first second level GAA Academy on the 1st September. This pioneering initiative […]
Pictured above are students who excelled in their results. St Paul’s High School has seen a considerable upsurge in top grades at AS and A Level this year with the pupils exceeding all expectations with a rise of over 40% in A* to C grades. The staff and governors of the school were on hand […]
St Paul’s High School is a thriving, innovative educational community of almost 1500 students of all abilities, from children with learning difficulties in our Learning Support Centre to high calibre academic achievers in our AS, A2 and Applied Post-16 courses. All classrooms are equipped as standard with interactive whiteboards, and students and staff are encouraged to make the fullest use of technology for learning and teaching.
The school, which was established in 1966 with the aim of providing its pupils with a Christian education within the Catholic ethos, is situated on a modern campus in pleasant rural surrounding in the townland of Carrickbracken, County Armagh. St Paul’s High School was designated by the Department of Education as a Specialist College for Science in 2008, and the school was awarded the BECTA ICT Mark in 2009.
St Paul's High School, 108 Camlough Road, Bessbrook, Newry BT35 7EE
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