Gavin Coogan is pictured with Mr Paddy McAvoy and Mary McManus, Head of Vocational Education Congratulations to Gavin Coogan who recently won the Skill Build competition at Southern Regional College’s Greenbank Campus. Gavin beat off strong opposition in the brickwork section to win his title. The assessors stated that his work was of the highest quality. […]
Principal of St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook, Mr Oliver Mooney, welcomed a large crowd of parents, friends and recent past pupils of the school to the Annual Senior Prizegiving, which was held recently. Mr Mooney introduced the platform party, and welcomed Guest Speaker, Mr John Campbell, Principal of St Peter’s Primary School, Cloughreagh and Chair […]
Head of PE & Sport at St Paul’s High School, Mr John Rafferty, welcomed a large crowd of students and parents to the Annual Sports Awards at St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook. Mr Rafferty introduced the crowd to the platform party which included Mr Joby Burke, Armagh County Hurling Goalkeeper, Mr James Daly, past […]
Pictured are Mr Paddy McAvoy, Head of Learning Support Centre, Mr Oliver Mooney, Principal, Mr Noel McKevitt, Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator, Year 9 student Conor Brown and Ms Grainne O’Hagan, Achitect with J L O’Hagan & Co. Ltd. St Paul’s High School has been awarded the William Keown Trust Prestige Access Award. The building […]
The Annual GCSE Prizegiving Ceremony took place recently at St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook. Guest Speaker was Mr Christopher McCann, Principal of St Joseph’s Primary School, Carnacaville. You can see excerpts from Mr McCann’s address to students in our video, and see photos of award winners below. _ Best GCSE Results at St Paul’s High […]
The Annual Key Stage 3 Prizegiving ceremony took place recently at St Paul’s High School. Head of Year Mr Tohiln Murney congratulated all the prize winners, and paid tribute to the hard work, endeavour and contribution of each student in their first three years at St Paul’s. You can see footage from the ceremony in […]
Mr Danny Kennedy MLA, Minister for Regional Development, Mr Oliver Mooney, Principal of St Paul’s High School, School Chaplain Father Dermot Maloney and Head of Year 13, Ms Christine Fearon, get the St Paul’s High School inaugural Santa Fun Run underway. Year 13 students at St Paul’s High school in Bessbrook, along with their teachers, […]
Year 12 students at St Paul’s, who completed a 10 week online Irish course, pictured with Head of Irish Miss Ciara McCoy Twelve GCSE students have just completed an online GCSE Irish course which they started in September. This course was designed to last ten weeks and gave the students the opportunity to boost their […]
The annual St Paul’s Christmas party for Newry Gateway club was a huge success this year. The members of the club joined staff and students from St Paul’s who extended a hearty welcome once again. The party has been organised by the Learning Support Centre at St Paul’s for over thirty years. Special Educational […]
Year 10 students of Irish at St Paul’s High School who completed the Level 2 OLA examination in Irish were recently presented with their certificates by CCEA. OLA stands for OnLine Assessment, and replaces the old GOML (Graded Objective in Modern Languages) Award. Head of Irish at St Paul’s, Miss Ciara McCoy, congratulated the students […]
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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