On Friday 7th September, 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. Students, staff and their partners let their hair down for the night and celebrated their senior, and final year, as St Paul’s students. See below […]

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Our annual Year 10 Mass was held in St Patrick’s Cathedral, on Thursday 14th June. It was celebrated by Archbishop Eamon who was assisted by our chaplain, Fr Seamus. Also present was Year Head Mrs McArdle and Year 10 Form Teachers.The theme of our Mass was Growing Together in St Paul’s and was a beautiful, […]

This video encapsulates some of the most poignant and beautiful memories from the History Trip to the Battlefields in Belgium and France. This collaborative project was unique in that it included St. Paul’s, Newtownhamilton High School and St. Joseph’s College Ipswich. The students also produced a ceremony of song and poetry at the Island of […]

St Paul’s Shared education is in partnership with, Newry High School, St Jsephs’s and Newtownhamiltion High School. For more information please read our 2018 Shared Education Partnership Newsletter.     SESP Newsletter June 2018

Mr Teddy Colligan, MBE, visited St. Paul’s this week to chat to the Year 10 students who are travelling on a History Collaboration trip with Newtownhamilton High School and St. Joseph’s College Ipswich, to Belgium and the Somme. Mr Colligan who is originally from Bessbrook, was recently awarded an MBE and was custodian of the […]

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 […]

  St. Paul’s High School Bessbrook is the largest education provider in our area, with almost 1600 secondary school age children enrolled. As our student population has grown, the diversity and needs of our students has changed. Currently 24% of our enrolled learners have a special educational need, most of whom attend mainstream classes on […]

Pupils are reminded that mobile phones and smartwatches are not permitted in the Exam Hall.  The video below shows how the dangers of ignoring this important advice.  

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 […]