Year 12 students at St Paul’s, who completed a 10 week online Irish course, pictured with Head of Irish Miss Ciara McCoy Twelve GCSE students have just completed an online GCSE Irish course which they started in September. This course was designed to last ten weeks and gave the students the opportunity to boost their […]
The annual St Paul’s Christmas party for Newry Gateway club was a huge success this year. The members of the club joined staff and students from St Paul’s who extended a hearty welcome once again. The party has been organised by the Learning Support Centre at St Paul’s for over thirty years. Special Educational […]
St Paul’s Next Top Model was held recently in the school as a fundraising venture for the school. Wearing fashions from local shops and businesses, staff and students from the school took to the catwalk and strutted their stuff to a huge crowd in the school Assembly Hall. The Next Top Model title was awarded […]
Year 10 students of Irish at St Paul’s High School who completed the Level 2 OLA examination in Irish were recently presented with their certificates by CCEA. OLA stands for OnLine Assessment, and replaces the old GOML (Graded Objective in Modern Languages) Award. Head of Irish at St Paul’s, Miss Ciara McCoy, congratulated the students […]
St Paul’s student Ryan Doran with his classmates, as well as their form teacher Laura Hollywood and Vice-principal Una McNulty presenting Sally Lynch from Macmillan Nurses, a cheque for £1000 from the bake sale For pupils at St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook a ‘grand’ day was enjoyed by all recently, with a bake sale in […]
The hardworking office staff at St Paul’s High School were feeling a bit blue as they encouraged staff and students to dig deep and donate some cash to the annual Children in Need Appeal.
The Scholastic Book Fair arrives in St Paul’s on Monday 28th November for one week. There are leaflets available in library as well as entry forms for two competitions, one to design a chocolate for author Cathy Cassidy and one to draw a character from Horrible Histories. Watch the video and come along to the […]
St Paul’s students investigate the benefits of exercise. Local fitness instructor Briannan McParland visited St Paul’s on Friday to carry out an ‘exploring the benefits of exercise’ workshop with the GCSE Health & Social Care students. During the workshop the students took part in a high intensity cardio workout whilst investigating how exercise […]
Year 14 History students, Christopher Boylan, Christopher McGuinness and Niamh Boylan, pictured with Rev Hutton and Head of History Mr Emmett McCaffrey As part of their A Level History course, Year 14 students welcomed the Rev Norman Hutton to the school for a discussion on the history of Presbyterianism in Ulster. Rev Hutton is the […]
Oisin Larkin 08/35, 1st Prize Winner of the Year 8 Halloween poetry competition Top 3 winners of the Halloween poetry competition The highly Commended winners from the year 8 Halloween poetry competition
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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