At a special ceremony to honour the successes of the Post 16 class of 2014, Principal of St Paul’s High School, Mr Jarlath Burns, welcomed a large crowd of recent past pupils, their parents and families and staff of the school. Mr Burns expressed a particular welcome to members of the Board of Governors who […]
Queens University are holding a family open day on Saturday 13 September from 10.30am – 2.00pm. See the poster below for more information.
In May 2014, after studying the geology of our local area, some of our Year 9 classes went on a field trip to Slieve Gullion. Accompanied by a geologist and an archaeologist, they became more aware of the unique and outstanding geology, archaeology and scenery in the Ring of Gullion area that we live so […]
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. Over three hundred students, staff and their partners let their hair down for the night and celebrated their senior, and final year, as St Paul’s students.
The Boys’ Year 8 Football Blitz took place on Friday 9 May in Carrickcruppen GAC playing fields. The competition took the format of an eight-team knockout tournament with each team being guaranteed three matches. In the first round Down and Armagh, Kerry and Cork, Dublin and Louth and Mayo and Galway played off. All games where keenly contested in windy conditions. […]
The annual Shauna McCann Gaelic blitz for Year 8 Girls took place on Friday 9 May. This Cup was presented to the school by the family of the late Shauna McCann, a former pupil and captain of St Paul’s Gaelic teams. There were 8 teams participating with each team kitted out in the colours of their […]
Year 9 pupils recently took part in an Internet Safety Workshop in school as a follow up to Safer Internet Day held earlier in the year. Pupils were given the opportunity to increase their awareness of online issues they may face that may endanger their lives. REIM Training Solutions, a local based company, focused on […]
The annual Crilly McParland Year 8 soccer tournament was held in St Paul’s High School on Thursday 10th April. St Paul’s hosted neighbours St Joseph’s High School, Crossmaglen and Newtownhamilton High School, Newry. Below are some images from the soccer tournament.
St Paul’s hosted an excellent A Level Sociology Seminar on Wednesday 11th April, which was delivered by Assistant Chief Examiner Keith Trobe. This is the first time the seminar has been delivered in the area and was attended by over 180 students from eight schools. Schools who attended were from the Area Learning Community and […]
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…
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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