Pictured are the 46 members of the All-Ireland champion choir along with Music teachers Miss Bridie McAvoy and Mr Colm Murphy. The school’s Mixed Choir with 46 members entered the Dublin Feis Ceoil for the second time on Tuesday 1st April. They competed in the Alice Yoakley Quirk Cup for mixed post primary schools who were […]
Year 12 History students pictured with Mr Dominic Bradley MLA Recently History students in Year 8 visited the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont to investigate the workings of our regional government. The visit was sponsored by Dominic Bradley MLA, who welcomed us at the door. In the Assembly chamber itself Mr Bradley outlined the role played […]
Head of Year 13, Ms Christine Fearon, Principal of St Paul’s, Mr Jarlath Burns, and Year 13 students Emily Murphy and Shaunna Pentony who will take part in the TARGETjobs Grand Final in London next weekend. Emily Murphy and Shaunna Pentony, A Level students at St Paul’s High School, have been invited to the TARGETjobs […]
Head of Irish at St Paul’s, Miss Ciara McCoy, Irish teacher, Mr Stephen Mooney, Príomhoide, Ardscoil Naomh Pól, Mr Jarlath Burns, Year 10 student, Niall Campbell and Year 13 student, Anita Dennison, who both excelled at the recent Ulster Final of ‘Abair’ public speaking competition. Year 10 student at St Paul’s High School, Niall Campbell […]
The year 13 Eco-Group with students from 09/80 & 10/47 planting native trees As part of Science Week, our Eco-group has been looking at ways to increase the biodiversity around the school environment. The first phase of their initiative took place today with a group of students from years 9 and 10. The students set […]
Year 13 student David Loye was selected to participate an an innovation competition in the Ulster Hall recently. David writes below about his experience as a budding entrepreneur. Generation Innovation was an eventful night and showed young entrepreneurs that it is possible to become successful even in today’s economy. From Start to finish the night […]
Senior students from St Paul’s High School, including Head Boy, Peter Hughes, Head Girl, Aoife Malone, Deputy Head Boy, Cillian Campbell, and Deputy Head Girl, Aislynn Bagnall, accompanied by Vice-principal Mrs Úna McNulty, and Head of Spanish, Mrs Noella Murray, are visiting Murmansk in Northern Russia, as part of a delegation led by Mayor of Newry […]
Library Art Competition winners, pictured with Head of Art and Design, Mrs Siobhan O’Hare and school Librarian, Mrs Michelle Morgan. Mrs Siobhan O’Hare, Head of Art & Design presented the winners of the Library Art Competition with their prizes at assembly last week, This year for the first time, the Art Department has joined forces with Mrs Morgan, […]
Pupils from our Learning Support Centre thoroughly enjoyed creating their animation movies in their Art & Design class. They are looking forward to having their finished movies uploaded onto our school website.
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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