Our Year 10 girls and boys football teams participated in the “Best Blitz” for Lauren’s adventures in Pairc Esler on Saturday. The girls progressed after the groups stages to the Cup competition, meeting the Sacred Heart in the semi-final. An impressive display of football seen them through to the final. They met a strong Clonduff […]
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 […]
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
L – R Niall O’Hare, Sean Carragher, Carley McCartney, Maeve O’Hare, Sophie Harte, Ciara O’Hare Six St Paul’s Pupils took part in this years Ulster Schools Swimming Championship in Bangor, with Nail O’Hare and Sean Carragher matching their respective times in the 100M Backstroke and 50M Metre Butterfly. Congratulations to all that participated.
Well done to these Year 8s who were winners in the recent Science Safety Competition. There was excellent scientific and artistic content in these entries.
Congratulations to our Year 9 & 10 Eco-Group members who recently came runners up in the Wrigley’s Bin-It competition. This is a whole UK competition, which challenges young people to spread the message about keeping their area litter free. This group created an assembly, which they delivered to the year 10s, with a clear message […]
The Debate Team was established this year in St. Paul’s and consists of students from both Year 13 and Year 14. The debate programme attracts students from a number of disciplines in the school – Science, Maths, History and Modern Languages and has been an extremely successful extra-curricular activity for our students. We were especially […]
On Monday the St. Paul’s High School Intermediate Netball Team travelled to NI Centre of Excellence for Netball, Lisburn Racquets to play Glenola Collegiate of Bangor in the NNI Premier 2 Intermediate Netball League Final, having beaten Belfast Royal Academy in the playoff stages of this competition. The match was a close affair with St […]
Six junior pupils at St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook were ‘top of the class’ this week after winning the regional heat of the prestigious Opportunity Europe Euro Schools Quiz which was held in the Marketplace Theatre in Armagh. Competing against ten other schools the pupils demonstrated their general knowledge skills in all aspects of European […]
Pictured above are Year 8 students who picked up a prize for their entry in the ‘Learning about safety in Science’ poster competition. (L-R front row) Katie Mc Ardle, Matthew Munroe, Caoimhe Mc Kenna, Ciara Reidy. (L-R Back Row) Claire Mc Kevitt, Beth Harbinson, Jamie Doran, Adam Mc Parland, Aisling Quinn. Missing from photo: Kelan Savage. […]
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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