L – R Niall O’Hare, Sean Carragher, Carley McCartney, Maeve O’Hare, Sophie Harte, Ciara O’Hare Six St Paul’s Pupils took part in this years Ulster Schools Swimming Championship in Bangor, with Nail O’Hare and Sean Carragher matching their respective times in the 100M Backstroke and 50M Metre Butterfly. Congratulations to all that participated.
Well done to these Year 8s who were winners in the recent Science Safety Competition. There was excellent scientific and artistic content in these entries.
Well done to these Year 8 girls, who were recently selected for the NI Rising Stars Athletics Programme. Pictured with Mrs Paula O’Hare-Armstrong.
Tickets on sale from the 3rd October, available at the main reception
On Friday 7th September, 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. Students, staff and their partners let their hair down for the night and celebrated their senior, and final year, as St Paul’s students. See below […]
Our annual Year 10 Mass was held in St Patrick’s Cathedral, on Thursday 14th June. It was celebrated by Archbishop Eamon who was assisted by our chaplain, Fr Seamus. Also present was Year Head Mrs McArdle and Year 10 Form Teachers.The theme of our Mass was Growing Together in St Paul’s and was a beautiful, […]
This video encapsulates some of the most poignant and beautiful memories from the History Trip to the Battlefields in Belgium and France. This collaborative project was unique in that it included St. Paul’s, Newtownhamilton High School and St. Joseph’s College Ipswich. The students also produced a ceremony of song and poetry at the Island of […]
Mr Teddy Colligan, MBE, visited St. Paul’s this week to chat to the Year 10 students who are travelling on a History Collaboration trip with Newtownhamilton High School and St. Joseph’s College Ipswich, to Belgium and the Somme. Mr Colligan who is originally from Bessbrook, was recently awarded an MBE and was custodian of the […]
Congratulations to our Year 9 & 10 Eco-Group members who recently came runners up in the Wrigley’s Bin-It competition. This is a whole UK competition, which challenges young people to spread the message about keeping their area litter free. This group created an assembly, which they delivered to the year 10s, with a clear message […]
St. Paul’s High School Bessbrook is the largest education provider in our area, with almost 1600 secondary school age children enrolled. As our student population has grown, the diversity and needs of our students has changed. Currently 24% of our enrolled learners have a special educational need, most of whom attend mainstream classes on […]
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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