Accompanied by Principal, Mr Oliver Mooney, School Chaplain, Father Dermot Maloney, Head of Year 13, Ms Christine Fearon, and other staff from St Paul’s, over 150 Year 13 students made the journey to the Marian Shrine at Knock, County Mayo, for their annual spiritual retreat to mark the beginning of their post-16 studies. Year 13 […]
Thursday 20th June marked a night of celebration in St Paul’s High School Bessbrook to highlight the success of the three year Sharing Education Programme (SEP). This initiative was launched in September 2010 to promote reconciliation by facilitating collaboration and sharing between schools across Northern Ireland. The programme was funded by the International Fund for […]
This summer, the Southern Regional College (SRC) are running Intensive Essential Skills Classes for students who are not confident in achieving grade C in GCSE English or Maths. For more information contact Leanne Steenson (Essential Skills Administrator, Southern Regional College). T: 028 3839 7759 E: steensonl@src.ac.uk See the poster below for the dates […]
Representatives from Newry and Mourne District Council visited Year 9 students at St Paul’s during their Learning for Life & Works classes to talk about the dangers of premature hearing loss due to the use of personal music players. Pictured above is Patrick Finnegan from 9/93, who won the competition and received a £15 iTunes […]
On Wednesday 10 April, St Paul’s held their annual Spring Concert in the school assembly hall. The sparkling concert featured the combined talents of the School’s Junior, Senior and Learning Support Centre and mixed Choirs, various ensembles, Ethnic percussion groups, Orchestra, Pathways and Traditional Groups. Congratulations to the Music Department at St Paul’s for organising […]
On Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 March, St Paul’s hosted a cultural awareness event which was funded through the CRED enhancement scheme. The CRED enhancement scheme is funding from the Education and Library Board which has been designed to support school and youth settings in the implementation of the CRED policy. The criterion for funding […]
Pictured above are staff and students that organised ‘Big Yellow Friday’. On Friday the 1st March St Paul’s hosted its third ‘Big Yellow Friday’ in order to raise awareness of Childhood Liver Disease and to raise much needed funds for the foundation. Hannah Babe, a Year ten pupil co-ordinated the day as her younger sister […]
Pictured above are the four Year 11 students who took part in the Stock Market Challenge, along with Principal Mr Oliver Mooney and Maths teacher Miss Catriona Doran. On Friday 1st March, four Year 11 pupils travelled to Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School to compete alongside over 20 other schools in the Stock Market Challenge. […]
On Thursday 17 January, St Paul’s Ethnic Percussion Group was invited to perform in Stormont and were given the privilege of performing in two Chambers. This is the first ever percussion group that has been given the opportunity to perform in the room that the Assembly is held. Well done to all involved and a […]
Principal Mr Oliver Mooney, pictured giving a speech to Primary 7 pupils and their parents/guardians at St Paul’s Open Day that was held recently. St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook held its annual Open Day on Saturday 26 January. Prospective pupils from Primary 7 classes in our feeder primary schools and their parents visited the school […]
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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