Head of Irish Miss Ciara McCoy, with a few year 8 pupils who received their Cúpla Focal badges along with Head of Year 8 Mrs Mary McMahon   Year 8 students of Irish had their proficiency in the language recognised at a special Assembly to mark Seachtain na Gaeilge.  The students who have been learning […]

  Year 11 Netball captain Dearbhla Wright receiving winners shield from Vice-principal Mrs Una McNulty  St Paul’s High School Year 11 Netball winners    Our Lady’s Grammar School Plate winners  St Mary’s High School Plate Runners – Up     

  Pictured Above: Head of Technology & Design, Mr Sean O’Neill, students Shannon Rice & Shannon Sexton along with Mrs Orla Coulter, Health & Social Care teacher     Recently Health and Social Care students Shannon Rice and Shannon Sexton demonstrated the value of shared work and a collaborative departmental approach to completing assignments. Tasked […]

Pictured Above – Back row: Ms Anne McElroy, Kevin Nogher, Darren Mackin, Keenan Shields, Miceal McCartney, Miss McCoy Front Row: Noelle Cunnane, Nassim Zerai, Jade McCaffrey   Students in 9/53 were recently presented with their ‘cupla focal’ award after completing a speaking test in Irish.  This award recognises the ability of these students to speak […]

 Year 14 student, Lauren O’Hare, pictured with her certificate of proficiency from JLPT.   Last December Year 14 student Lauren O’Hare completed her Japanese language proficiency test in Dublin – an exam that’s held worldwide in 54 countries. Lauren began learning Japanese through her own self-study almost four years ago. She took the opportunity to […]

Pupils from Rathore School, striking a pose in their recent Drama class in preparation for their upcoming play at St Paul’s High School.    Rathore School pupils had great fun in St Paul’s recently when they popped in for a costume fitting for their upcoming play. We’re looking forward to their production of ‘Beauty and […]

St Paul’s U14 Gaelic Football team before their BT Loch an Iúir final on  at Crossmaglen GFC. The Under 14 team of St Paul’s High School were very unfortunate not to come home with the silverware after this year’s Corn Loch an Iúir final.  Defeated by Patrician College, Carrickmacross, the team equipped themselves well and deserve […]



Pictured above: Back Row – Sinead McKenna, AOibhinn McGuinness, Mr. Mooney, Aoife Malone, Leanne McGuinness,
 Front Row – Ciara Bannon, Jarlath Burns, Una McNulty, Ciara Murphy Saturday next promises to be a very special one for six pupils from St. Paul’s Bessbrook when they represent their club St. Killian’s Whitecross at the All Ireland final of Scór na […]

St Paul’s High School past pupil Ben Rogan receiving his certificate from Professor Anne Moran. Ben Rogan, a past pupil of St Paul’s, who continued his education at University of Ulster has recently completed a course on Personal and Professional Development as part of the University of Ulster’s widening access strategy. Ben Rogan successfully completed […]

St Paul’s Science students demonstrating an experiment to a P7 pupil and a parent at Open Day.    St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook held its annual Open Day on Saturday 25 January.  Prospective pupils from Primary 7 classes in our feeder primary schools and their parents visited the school in large numbers.  They were guided […]