On Wednesday 19th March a group of students and staff from St Paul’s High School, travelled to Kirovsk in the Murmansk region of Northern Russia to establish a new school twinning programme and for the launch of the “Challenge of Change” project. The link between the two schools was originally initiated by a Newry and […]
The staff from St Paul’s Learning Support Centre recently held a raffle and a quiz night in Quinn’s Lounge in Camlough – and raised the incredible sum of £1427.50. The money will be used to help the Special Olympians from St Paul’s who will be taking part in the Special Olympics in June. We wish our Olympians […]
On Sunday 27 April Rachael Sands and Cloideach Rafferty (a loyal friend), the daredevils, abseiled down the Europa Hotel Belfast for Northern Ireland Cancer fund for Children. The two friends raised over £700 for the charity that day. Rachael has managed to battle cancer twice already in her young life and truly is an inspiration to […]
Head of Learning Support Centre, Mr Paddy McAvoy will abseil down the front of the world famous Europa Hotel, Belfast on Sunday 27th April – and he needs your help…
Newry & Mourne Mayor, Councillor Michael Ruane, pictured with Principal, Mr Jarlath Burns, Vice Principal, Mrs Úna McNulty and teacher Noella Murray. Along with students Aoife Malone (Head Girl), Peter Hughes (Head Boy), Cillian Campbell (Deputy Head Boy) Valerija Staselovica and Daniela Janikova (Year 11 Fluent Russian speaking students) Students and staff from St Paul’s High School,Bessbrook are visiting […]
Mrs Branagan, Mrs Graham and students James and Hannah Babe, and Aoife Donnelly and Tara Clarke from 11/29 who helped ensure Big Yellow Friday was a huge success. St Paul’s hosted its fourth ‘Big Yellow Friday’ in order to raise awareness of Childhood Liver Disease and to raise much needed funds for the foundation. Hannah […]
Year 9 student Bianca Hughes talks about how the loss of a special aunt to cancer encouraged her to find out more about the disease and inspired her to raise funds to aid cancer research. Bianca tells her special story below. Hi my name is Bianca Hughes and I am a Year 9 pupil at […]
Year 13 student Shauna Pentony writes for the school website about her unique and lifechanging experiences in Europe representing St Paul’s and Rotary Ireland. In October 2013 I was one of twenty-five students from across the whole of Ireland chosen from a pool of three thousand peers, to take part in a week long programme […]
The St Paul’s Bessbrook girls’ team which recently won the Ulster Under 20 A Competition proudly sported the ‘Opt for Life’ logo as they powered their way to a a 5-15 to 5-5 victory over Our Lady’s, Castleblaney. It really was a game of two girls as of the 5-15 scored, 4-15 was contributed by […]
As part of St Paul’s High School,Bessbrook’s long established International Projects, a group of senior students and staff are about to journey to areas in Kenya and Romania. The students, who are all in Year 13, have been fundraising over the last twelve months, and will bring a significant financial contribution to the areas they […]
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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