Pictured above is Jack Cunningham being presented with ‘The James Babe Memorial Cup’ for Music. Also in the picture is Year Head, Mrs Maria Wilson, Mrs Collette Babe, Hannah Babe and Catherine Babe.  On Wednesday 31 August, the new Year 11 pupils at St Paul’s were back to Junior Prizegiving to celebrate their achievements at Key […]

Record numbers of St Paul’s students spent part of their summer learning Irish at the Donegal Gaeltacht. Students attended colleges in both Loch an Iúir and Machaire Rabhartaigh. Head of Irish at St Paul’s, Miss Ciara McCoy, was delighted with the huge increase in numbers of students heading to Donegal during the Summer break. “It […]

Pictured above are students who excelled in their results. St Paul’s High School has seen a considerable upsurge in top grades at AS and A Level this year with the pupils exceeding all expectations with a rise of over 40% in A* to C grades. The staff and governors of the school were on hand […]

  Induction and Return to School – Important Dates   Friday 26 August – Year 9 Induction, 10.00am – 12.00pm   Tuesday 30 August – Years 10 and 12 Induction, 10.00am – 12.00pm   Wednesday 31 August – Years 11 and 13 Induction / KS3 Prizegiving, 10.00am – 12.00pm   Thursday 1 September – Years […]

St Paul’s High School has won the Department of Education Derrytrasna Pastoral Care Award 2016 (Post Primary). The public were invited to nominate a school which they feel has demonstrated ‘exceptional’ pastoral care provision in supporting the emotional health and wellbeing of pupils and their families. These nominations were then moderated by a judging panel […]

The Religion Department organised an Easter draw in March with all proceeds going to Trocaire’s Lenten campaign. Over the three days, a total of £300 was raised. This was a result of an earlier visit by Trocaire who spoke to our current Year 11 group about the work of Trocaire abroad. Religion teacher Mrs Graham […]

Exact Engineering in Newry are looking for school leavers (and other interested people) aged 16 to 24 for apprenticeships in Mechanical Engineering, including: * CNC Milling and Turning, * Fabrication and Welding, * Bench fitting * Hydraulics/ Pneumatics. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone interested in a hands-on Mechanical Engineering career, leading to NVQ […]

On Monday 6 June, St Paul’s BBC School Reporters were invited to the BBC Broadcasting House in Belfast. It was a great way to end the year of news reporting. Staff and students were taken behind the scenes for a TV Studio tour and they also got to see Hugo Duncan in his radio studio […]

Louise McShane pictured with her medal On Sunday 29 May, Year 8 student Louise McShane took part in the All-Ireland Kickboxing Championships and finished third to pick up a bronze medal. Held at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Louise won two matches to take her to the semi-final stage of the competition. It was enough […]

On Friday 27 May, St Paul’s held its annual Primary 7 Outreach Gaelic Football tournament. Blessed in beautiful sunshine, primary schools from South Armagh and South Down area took part in what proved to be a very enjoyable and hugely competitive day of football. Carrick Primary, Burren were impressive winners over their primary 6 counterparts […]