MacRory Cup Panel 2015/16 Management   John Rafferty Success comes in many different levels and formats. Our beaten finalists three years ago may still describe their experiences as failure but I would totally disagree. Yes it was terribly disappointing to lose to that years Hogan Champions, and this year’s opponents again, St Patrick’s Maghera by […]

Primary school pupils from both Kingsmills and St Peter’s Cloughreagh visited St Paul’s for the second annual ‘Best Ball’ tournament on Thursday the 3rd of Marh, 2016. The BestBall programme, now in its second year, is a cross curricular initiative being run by the school as part of the Shared Education Programme. This a very […]

The Education and Training Inspectorate has published a report of their recent inspection of St Paul’s High School.   A copy of the report is embedded below – and some recent press and media coverage on the success of our ‘Focus on Boys’ initiative is included. Click to access post-primary-inspection-st-pauls-high-school-bessbrook.pdf

As part of the Shared Education Signature Project (SESP) students from local schools were invited for a day’s learning at Newry High School. The SESP encourages schools to make collaborations with schools from other sectors an integral part of school life thereby creating enhanced educational and personal development opportunities for everyone involved. This visit saw […]

St Paul’s Bessbrook 1-17 St Ronan’s Lurgan 2-06 from Joe McManus in Athletic Grounds Despite conceding two early goals, St Paul’s kept their cool to emerge comfortable winners in this highly enjoyable all County Armagh derby at the Athletic Grounds on Saturday. Much of the damage had been addressed by the half-way stage when the […]

This page will provide updates, news and information about St Paul’s International Project to Kenya. 6 students are visiting the Parish of Londiani and working with Irish missionary priests from the Society of St Patrick at Kiltegan. The students are accompanied by School Chaplain, Father Dermot Maloney, Head of Science, Mrs Bridget McConville and Principal, […]

This page provides updates, news and information about St Paul’s International Project to Romania. 30 students from St Paul’s are visiting hospitals, clinics and orphanages in Romania and bring much needed aid and help to orphans and sick children in this country. The students are accompanied by Mrs Marion McMahon, Miss Michaela Downey and Mr […]

Our annual Year 14 Interview Skills Day took place recently, with all students attending a ‘Success Skills’ preparation for interview training session which was facilitated by Young Enterprise Northern Ireland. Students then had the opportunity to participate in mock interview sessions which were conducted by a wide range of our partners from industry and education. […]

*Picture from Ulster GAA (www.ulstergaa.ie) Year 14 student Conor Browne was part of the Ulster GAA Wheelchair Hurling team that won the All-Ireland League and Championship. Having recently won the league, Conor was part of the Ulster team that travelled to Dublin on Saturday 12 December to take part in the All-Ireland Interprovincial Competition, were the […]

Pictured above is Liam Kerr, Principal Mr Jarlath Burns, Conor Magennis, Vice-Principal Mr Dáithi Murray and Declan Loye.  Congratulations to St Paul’s students Liam Kerr, Conor Magennis and Declan Loye who received Ulster Colleges All Star Awards for 2015/16. Liam and Declan both received Danske Bank Ulster Colleges All Star Awards, whilst Conor received a […]