Congratulations to Year 14 student, Tara O’Hanlon, who has reached the All-Ireland final of the Lions Youth Award scheme. Tara, who had previously won the Newry Lions competition, and was representing her local area. On Sunday 13th December in Banbridge she won the regional heat. Also in the picture are the three interviewers of the panel and […]
Congratulations to Mr Martin Rafferty and the A Level PE students who raised a whopping £2800 for St Paul’s International Projects by completing the annual dash to Camlough from the gates of the school – and back! Well done to Oisin Carnegie who was the first student Santa back across the line, and to Mr Benny McArdle, who […]
Pictured above is Drew Steele (Love for Life NI), Aoibhín McGuinness (Head Girl, St Paul’s), Leanne McGuinness (Head Girl, St Paul’s) and Leanne Hill (Love for Life NI) Post 16 girls at St Paul’s High School recently participated in an excellent relationships workshop, delivered by Love for Life NI. As part of the Post 16 […]
Year 14 student Tara O’Hanlon won the Newry Lions Young Ambassador of the 21st Century Award that was recently on in the Canal Court Hotel. She will now go forward to the All Ireland final. In achieving this award Tara won £250 for Newry Gateway Club where she volunteers. She has done her school proud […]
This article first appeared in the Belfast Telegraph on 13 November 2014. You could never describe inspirational student Anita Dennison as a victim and yet when she was just 16 she endured a relentless year long hate campaign by anonymous cyberbullies. Support from her family and school got her through what were horrific months suffering […]
Year 14 Business Studies students have opened their business ‘A* Supplies’ ‘A* Supplies’ will be providing students with all of their stationary needs at affordable prices. Products will range from your daily essentials such as a range of pens, pencils, highlighters, A4 lever arch files and notebooks to earphones, handballs, wristbands and much more. To celebrate […]
On Wednesday 26 March 2014, hundreds of people both young and old flocked to St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh for the Diocesan Faith Award Ceremony. This event was celebrated by Archbishop Eamon Martin and it was set up in order to rejoice in the gifts and talents of 250 young people who were there to collect awards […]
Students in Year 14 recently participated in an Interview Skills Day, designed to help them to prepare for impending university and employment interviews. The pupils participated in a training session facilitated by Young Enterprise NI followed by mock interview sessions. A wide range of local professionals from the world of finance, medicine, health, pharmaceuticals, law, accountancy, tourism, […]
Human development is affected by many factors which may be advantageous or detrimental. These factors may be biological or a result of person who uses services’ experiences and/or the influences of the environment in which individuals are raised. This is the so-called nature versus nurture debate. There are many different factors that influence our human […]
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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