On Tuesday, 15th March 2016, a huge crowd attended St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh for the annual Armagh Diocesan Faith Award Ceremony. This event was celebrated by Archbishop Eamon Martin and Dean Colum Curry. This year over 300 young people attended to be presented with their awards, namely the Muiredach Cross Award and the Pope John […]
Mid Ulster and Ulster Boxing Champion, Sean McGinity Congratulations to Year 11 pupil Sean McGenity who will now represent Ulster in the All-Ireland Boxing Championship after winning the Mid Ulster and Ulster Boxing Championship. Sean defeated Ethan McDonagh in the Mid Ulster Final and then defeated Kai Weir in the Ulster Final. He will now […]
Leading employers within the Newry area have apprenticeship and higher level apprenticeship opportunites available now in a wide range of areas. Students leaving school in June 2016 are invited with their parents/guardians/carers to attend this information evening to find out more about these ‘local’ apprenticeship opportunities starting from September 2016. You will hear from the […]
Pictured above is St Paul’s Year 10 Netball team, Junior league A runners-up. Pictured above is St Paul’s Year 11 and 12 Netball team, winners of the Intermediate B league. Pictured above is St Paul’s Year 9 Netball team, Minor league B winners. Pictured above is St Paul’s Year 13 and 14 Netball team, Senior […]
St Paul’s BBC School Report team, Paul Mc Keown and Johnny Hanratty (Crossmaglen Rangers), Event Organisers, teachers at St Paul’s and Jenay Doyle (Community Fundraising Officer for the Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice) come together to launch the 2nd Annual ’24 Hour Spinathon’. The 2nd Annual ’24 Hour Spinathon’ will take place in the pupil foyer […]
MacRory Cup Panel 2015/16 Management John Rafferty Success comes in many different levels and formats. Our beaten finalists three years ago may still describe their experiences as failure but I would totally disagree. Yes it was terribly disappointing to lose to that years Hogan Champions, and this year’s opponents again, St Patrick’s Maghera by […]
Primary school pupils from both Kingsmills and St Peter’s Cloughreagh visited St Paul’s for the second annual ‘Best Ball’ tournament on Thursday the 3rd of Marh, 2016. The BestBall programme, now in its second year, is a cross curricular initiative being run by the school as part of the Shared Education Programme. This a very […]
The Education and Training Inspectorate has published a report of their recent inspection of St Paul’s High School. A copy of the report is embedded below – and some recent press and media coverage on the success of our ‘Focus on Boys’ initiative is included. Click to access post-primary-inspection-st-pauls-high-school-bessbrook.pdf
As part of the Shared Education Signature Project (SESP) students from local schools were invited for a day’s learning at Newry High School. The SESP encourages schools to make collaborations with schools from other sectors an integral part of school life thereby creating enhanced educational and personal development opportunities for everyone involved. This visit saw […]
St Paul’s Bessbrook 1-17 St Ronan’s Lurgan 2-06 from Joe McManus in Athletic Grounds Despite conceding two early goals, St Paul’s kept their cool to emerge comfortable winners in this highly enjoyable all County Armagh derby at the Athletic Grounds on Saturday. Much of the damage had been addressed by the half-way stage when the […]
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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