St Paul’s have now won the Danske Bank Ulster Colleges Mac Cormack Cup, twice in only their third season at the top tier in Ulster Colleges football. Having finished top of their group unbeaten, St Paul’s travelled to Queen’s Sport Area at The Dub, Belfast to play against Omagh CBGS in the Mac Cormack Cup […]

Pictured above is Mrs Laura Hollywood (Head of Year 13), Lorraine Dobson (South Armagh Inspection PSNI), Siobhan Fearon (PCSP), Detective Sergent Pete Billingsly, Constable Michaela Wilson, Constable Lisa Stevenson, Blaise McKnight (Head Boy, St Paul’s), Robert Ferris (Head Boy, Newtownhamilton High School), Daniel Cunningham (Head Boy, St Joseph’s High School Crossmaglen), Eoin Murphy (Head Boy, St […]

Class 10/47 recently held fundraising events to raise money for ‘Children in Need’. From having a successful bake off and a sponsored walk, they raised an incredible £520 for this very worthy cause.  

The Book Fair this year raised a total of £1161.50 and the library received £700 worth of new books for the fiction shelves. We would like to thank all those pupils, parents and staff who bought a book and supported the library. With the advancement of technology, it is great to see so many of […]

Our amazing production of ‘The King and I’ has drawn to a close after a week long series of performances for local primary schools and the wider St Paul’s community. The responses from each audience have been overwhelming and we are very proud of our talented students who tread the boards each evening. Sit back […]

Pictured above are the best dressed students for the Hallowe’en themed Non Uniform Day. Instead of the usual non-uniform day before midterm, the Student Leadership Team and A Level Sociology students suggested a themed day to add a bit of fun as we break for midterm. Staff and students were encouraged to dress up and/or […]

On Monday 22nd September, two Year 11 students, Niall Campbell and Cormac Feely travelled to Glasgow alongside Irish teacher Mr Stephen Mooney to compete in ‘Rí Chéile’, a public speaking competition of the Irish language and Gáidhlig na hAlbain (Scottish Gaelic). This came as a result of Niall finishing first in the prestigious Irish public […]

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. Over three hundred students, staff and their partners let their hair down for the night and celebrated their senior, and final year, as St Paul’s students.

Staff at St Paul’s High School acknowledged colleagues who are moving on to new posts, and who have completed twenty five years service in the Bessbook school, at a special Mass celebrated by school chaplain Father Dermot Maloney, and afterwards at a special lunch in Canal Court Hotel. Principal of St Paul’s, Mr Jarlath Burns, […]

Principal of St Paul’s High School, Mr Jarlath Burns, led staff and students in an emotional farwell to Head of English, Mrs Sinéad McKenna, who is leaving St Paul’s after eight years to move to a new position with the Education and Training Inspectorate. Mr Burns praised Mrs McKenna’s learner-centred teaching style and the relaxed […]