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 was designed by J.L.O’Hagan & Co. Ltd, Architects and Planners, Newry. The award provides public recognition for those organisations which have worked to make their buildings accessible for all the community.

Following a panel visitation to the school it was recommended to the Trust’s Access and Education Committee that in view of the report on the St Paul’s High School design, internal and external circulation and features, many of which go beyond the building control standards, the Trust’s Prestige Award should be awarded to the school.

J.L.O’Hagan and Co. Ltd also recieved an “Excellence in Construction” award when the school was completed.