st Paul’s launches The Daily Mile Challenge. In term 3 we invite staff and students to complete a 1 mile walk / jog / run on the track around the outside of the pitch every day. The ½ mile, ¾ mile and 1 mile are clearly marked out. This challenge may be completed before, during […]
As a school, we accommodate nearly over 400 students with a special educational need. As part of our provision we have created a sensory space, which students can use to take time out and have a break during moments of stress or anxiety. One of our parents recently approached us, to ask if she could […]
A Year 8 student in St. Paul’s High School, Bessbrook has managed to collect 129 Easter Eggs for local homeless charity, Newry Helping the Homeless. Student, Daniel Halpenny, came up with the “Give Up an Egg” campaign which he launched in school at the beginning of Lent. Speaking at year group assemblies Daniel encouraged […]
Here are some more photos of the Talent Showcase for our Russian visitors. Congratulations to our school dance teams who recently won the Ulster Championships in Belfast.
Well done to the students from 10/73 for organising a Bun Sale today for Lourdes. This year we have three students (Jack Donnan, Aaron & Phelim McArdle) and two staff (Niamh Watters & Fr. Seamus) travelling up Lourdes with the Irish Pilgrimage Trust at Easter. Big thank you to the Aaron & Phelim’s mum and […]
students who received their award were Year 14 students : L to R in photo: Matthew Keenan, Amyleigh Smith and Nicole Crilly pictured with Archbishop Eamon Martin, Monsignor Colm Curry Fr Seamus (school chaplain) and Mrs Graham, Co-Ordinator. On Thursday, 28th March 2019 hundreds of people gathered in St. Patrick’s Cathedral Armagh […]
DkIT on the Road Drop in Information Evening Canal Court Hotel, Newry Tuesday 16th April 2019 4.00pm – 8.00pm DkIT is organising a drop in information session for Year 12-14 students & parents next Tuesday (16th April) in the Canal Court Hotel in Newry from 4pm until 8pm. Learn about our 45+ degree courses, how to […]
Good luck to Mrs C. Hughes and all the school dance teams, as they prepare to compete in the Ulster Schools Fitness and Dance Championships in Queens PEC this weekend
The winners of the year 9 quiz were 9/49. Sophie Hollywood, Sarah Cunningham, Faolon Toal & Aoibh Murray
We are delighted that we have been able to assist the Slane Family, from Newtown, in their fundraising efforts for the Friends of Cancer Centre. Through a recent Non Uniform Day, St Paul’s has donated £1,055 to this charity. This charity is very close to our hearts, as Mr Slane received great support from this […]
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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