Head of Irish Miss Ciara McCoy, with a few year 8 pupils who received their Cúpla Focal badges along with Head of Year 8 Mrs Mary McMahon Year 8 students of Irish had their proficiency in the language recognised at a special Assembly to mark Seachtain na Gaeilge. The students who have been learning […]
Year 11 Netball captain Dearbhla Wright receiving winners shield from Vice-principal Mrs Una McNulty St Paul’s High School Year 11 Netball winners Our Lady’s Grammar School Plate winners St Mary’s High School Plate Runners – Up
Pictured Above – Back row: Ms Anne McElroy, Kevin Nogher, Darren Mackin, Keenan Shields, Miceal McCartney, Miss McCoy Front Row: Noelle Cunnane, Nassim Zerai, Jade McCaffrey Students in 9/53 were recently presented with their ‘cupla focal’ award after completing a speaking test in Irish. This award recognises the ability of these students to speak […]
Year 14 student, Lauren O’Hare, pictured with her certificate of proficiency from JLPT. Last December Year 14 student Lauren O’Hare completed her Japanese language proficiency test in Dublin – an exam that’s held worldwide in 54 countries. Lauren began learning Japanese through her own self-study almost four years ago. She took the opportunity to […]
Once again, St Paul’s High School will feature in the BT Colleges Mac Larnon Cup Final after an impressive defeat of St Louis Grammar School, Ballymena last Saturday. We’ve reproduced the match report below from the Ulster Colleges GAA website below. St Paul’s Bessbrook 1-13 St Louis Ballymena 1-6 Last year’s beaten finalists St Paul’s […]
The Under-14 Gaelic footballers of St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook will face Patrician College, Carrickmacross in the final of the BT Colleges Loch an Iúir cup this Friday (24 February) at 12.00 noon in Crossmaglen. We’re getting ready to cheer our Under 14s to success, and we’re hoping a large crowd of St Paul’s fans […]
Pictured above: Back Row – Sinead McKenna, AOibhinn McGuinness, Mr. Mooney, Aoife Malone, Leanne McGuinness, Front Row – Ciara Bannon, Jarlath Burns, Una McNulty, Ciara Murphy Saturday next promises to be a very special one for six pupils from St. Paul’s Bessbrook when they represent their club St. Killian’s Whitecross at the All Ireland final of Scór na […]
St Paul’s High School past pupil Ben Rogan receiving his certificate from Professor Anne Moran. Ben Rogan, a past pupil of St Paul’s, who continued his education at University of Ulster has recently completed a course on Personal and Professional Development as part of the University of Ulster’s widening access strategy. Ben Rogan successfully completed […]
St Paul’s Science students demonstrating an experiment to a P7 pupil and a parent at Open Day. St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook held its annual Open Day on Saturday 25 January. Prospective pupils from Primary 7 classes in our feeder primary schools and their parents visited the school in large numbers. They were guided […]
St Paul’s teaching and non-teaching staff at a recent training course. Recently, teachers and classroom assistants from St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook took part in a one-day, two-part training programme delivered by Seamus McCabe (PIPS, Newry and Mourne) as part of the school’s ongoing training and professional development programme. The training included the ‘B […]
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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