The Learning Support Centre delivers the National Curriculum to students with moderate learning difficulties and who hold a statement of Special Educational Needs.

The mixed choir of the Learning Support Centre has won awards regionally and nationally.

Students share the resources, physical and human, that the school has to offer and integrated with their peers in mainstream, both socially and academically.

There is a holistic approach to the education of each child which offers opportunities to achieve full potential in a caring, secure environment. Students are entered for public examinations when appropriate. Close links are maintained with other schools in the SELB area and students regularly participate in ‘inter-schools’ competitions.

There is a comprehensive ‘Leavers Programme’ incorporating vocational skills sampling in collaboration with Southern Regional College and employment based work experience. Close links have been established with prospective employers and ‘Training for Employment’ agencies.

For further information about the Learning Support Centre at St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook, please contact Mr Paddy McAvoy, Head of LSC at (028) 3083 0309.