On Wednesday 5th June, six year 8 students and Head of Physical Education at St Paul’s Mr John Rafferty, travelled to O’Neill’s store in Belfast, to put forward their ideas and watch an O’Neill’s designer bring their designs to life. These Year 8 students were selected as the top six designs from the whole of […]

On Tuesday 18th June, St Paul’s held their annual Art and Design exhibition. Work on display included some examples of GCSE, AS and A2 work. There was a huge turnout to visit the exhibition including parents, grandparents and extended family members. The range of work on display included Fine Art Painting, Jewellery Design, Textile Design, Furniture Design […]

Thursday 20th June marked a night of celebration in St Paul’s High School Bessbrook to highlight the success of the three year Sharing Education Programme (SEP). This initiative was launched in September 2010 to promote reconciliation by facilitating collaboration and sharing between schools across Northern Ireland.  The programme was funded by the International Fund for […]

A new senior prefect team has been selected at St Paul’s High School.  The team will take on a variety of responsibilities, including leading pastoral initiatives with our new Year 8 students, and working with the Students’ Council and the school’s Pastoral Team. Our new Head Boy is Peter Hughes, while Aoife Malone will serve as Head Girl […]

Are you a school leaver or older, and interested in Engineering? ‘Exact Engineering’ are holding an Engineering Open Day on Saturday 22nd June. For further information contact 028 3025 7222 or see the flyer below.  

Science Wizards is an after school Science Club which is open exclusively to Yr 8 pupils.  The aim of Science Wizards is to develop pupils love and interest in science, participating in fun practical activities. This year pupils had a busy time with lots of activities, including; taking part in balloon races, finding out ‘Who […]

This summer, the Southern Regional College (SRC) are running Intensive Essential Skills Classes for students who are not confident in achieving grade C in GCSE English or Maths. For more information contact Leanne Steenson (Essential Skills Administrator, Southern Regional College). T: 028 3839 7759     E: steensonl@src.ac.uk See the poster below for the dates […]

Representatives from Newry and Mourne District Council visited Year 9 students at St Paul’s during their Learning for Life & Works classes to talk about the dangers of premature hearing loss due to the use of personal music players. Pictured above is Patrick Finnegan from 9/93, who won the competition and received a £15 iTunes […]

This has been a momentous year for sport at St Paul’s High School.  Both the girls and the boys have had excellent years with the school winning four Ulster titles, two schools’ All Star Awards and the prestigious Irish News Volunteer Awards (Post Primary School Section). To recognise this outstanding success a special night will […]

Congratulations to St. Paul’s High School students Oisin Mee (0848), Maeve Robb (0848), Aodhan Doran (0848) and Fergal Gregory (1047) on winning medals at the Special Olympics Swimming Gala in Lisburn on Friday 31st of May and Saturday 1st June. Oisin won 3 medals (gold, silver and bronze), Fergal won 2 (gold and bronze), Maeve […]