We love poetry at St Paul’s! We love it so much that we stopped our normal schedule on National Poetry Day to spend an hour reciting our favourite poems to each other. Watch our special highlights video below. Thanks to all our fantastic students and staff who shared their favourite lines of poetry – and to […]
Year 9 student Sydney-Marie Treanor is the lucky recipient of the holiday of a lifetime to Florida, USA! She and some other lucky young people will soon be jetting off courtesy of Dream Flight. Sydney-Marie has some medical issues that impinge on her routine every day but never allows that to get in her way. […]
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 […]
Year 8 students were officially welcomed into the St Paul’s community during a special Mass at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Cloughreagh, concelebrated by Father Dermot Maloney, School Chaplain and Father Sean Larkin, Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors. The students, who were accompanied by their parents and families participated in a special liturgy, […]
Year 8 pupils celebrated Roald Dahl’s birthday and the 50th anniversary of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The library displayed all his books and many pupils took part in activities in their English class on Friday 12th September. Here are some Year 8 pupils who took part in Roald Dahl day in the library.
Pictured above are students Kinga Kwicien, Beatrice Mikutaite, Joe Heaney and John McAleenan. Also in the picture is Head of Year 13 Mrs Laura Hollywood. Four St Paul’s Students have been selected to attend a Living Law Programme that is organised by the Office of the Attorney General. This is the first time St Paul’s has participated […]
Pictured above are students Pawel Lewkiewicz, David Souza Dias, Kacper Janik, Daniela Janikova and Wiktoria Snopek. Also in the picture is Senior Leader, Mrs Noella Murray and Literacy Coordinator, Mrs Kelly McCormick. We are proud of the success of our bi-lingual pupils who excelled in GCSE Examinations in Polish, Portuguese and Russian in the Summer Series, […]
We are wishing Blaise McKnight and Tiernan Gonnelly the best of luck for the weekend. Blaise lines out as prop for Ulster’s Under 18 Team on Saturday in Navan, while Tiernan is competing on the Leinster Under 20 Team at Ravenhill Road. Principal, Jarlath Burns, and Director of PE & Sport, John Rafferty, wish them well in […]
At a special ceremony to honour the successes of the Post 16 class of 2014, Principal of St Paul’s High School, Mr Jarlath Burns, welcomed a large crowd of recent past pupils, their parents and families and staff of the school. Mr Burns expressed a particular welcome to members of the Board of Governors who […]
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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