Bosco McShane, team leader of the Síolta Retreat Team, talking to Year 14 St Paul’s students. The Síolta Retreat Team, led by Bosco McShane, that has worked extensively in missionary countries from 1999 to the current day,visited St Paul’s last week to provide a workshop. It was intended to help young people grow towards adulthood, […]
St Paul’s teaching and non-teaching staff at a recent training course. Recently, teachers and classroom assistants from St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook took part in a one-day, two-part training programme delivered by Seamus McCabe (PIPS, Newry and Mourne) as part of the school’s ongoing training and professional development programme. The training included the ‘B […]
Pictured above is the PSNI Road Safety Roadshow. The event, held in association with AXA Insurance and Cool FM, was attended by students from St Paul’s, St Joseph’s, Crossmaglen and St Mark’s, Warrenpoint. Pictured above are students, roadshow operatives and St Paul’s Principal Mr Oliver Mooney and Vice-Principal Mr Jarlath Burns. _ St Paul’s High […]
Pictured is PE teacher, Miss Michaela Downey, Aimee Mackin, St Paul’s Gaelic girls’ coach & teacher, Mrs Julie Simpson and Principal, Mr Oliver Mooney. The KUKRI Ulster schools All Star team headed to Kinnegad on Saturday with St Paul’s very own Aimee Mackin, Aimee being the youngest in the squad achieving the All star award. […]
Gavin Coogan is pictured with Mr Paddy McAvoy and Mary McManus, Head of Vocational Education Congratulations to Gavin Coogan who recently won the Skill Build competition at Southern Regional College’s Greenbank Campus. Gavin beat off strong opposition in the brickwork section to win his title. The assessors stated that his work was of the highest quality. […]
St Paul’s High school was delighted to welcome Newtownhamilton High school for a continuation of their joint Learning for Life and Work project. This project involves the pupils working together on various art and sporting activities. This was part of the PEACE (Partnership, Education and Community Enrichment) initiative set up by the Shared Education Programme. […]
Mr Danny Kennedy MLA, Minister for Regional Development, Mr Oliver Mooney, Principal of St Paul’s High School, School Chaplain Father Dermot Maloney and Head of Year 13, Ms Christine Fearon, get the St Paul’s High School inaugural Santa Fun Run underway. Year 13 students at St Paul’s High school in Bessbrook, along with their teachers, […]
Mr Fergal O’Brien (Promoting Wellbeing Manager) from the Southern Health and Social Care Trust recently visited St Paul’s AS Level Health and Social Care students. He carried out an interactive health promotion workshop. During this session the students explored the role of a health promotion officer and also investigated current health promotion. […]
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 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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