Please join us in congratulating our year 13 students on their first step on the Pathway to Queen’s University Belfast. The year 13 Students applied for and were successful in being selected for the Pathway Opportunity Programme at Queen’s. Throughout their years 13 and 14, Pathway students will benefit from a structured series of events designed […]

Hard hitting production from Spanner in the Works this morning for our Year 13s. A range of issues, including friendships, relationships, cyber bullying and suicide, were presented and discussed in a later workshop. Our pupils thoroughly appreciated today’s pastoral programme and thanks to Patricia Downey for her very personal discussion on these issues.

Look what arrived in the school library last week! New Year cards from our twin school in Kirovsk, Russia! Class 08/99 thank all the students in School 7 who sent such beautiful artwork.

It’s Key Stage 4 Subject Choice Month at St Paul’s this month and we’ve produced a helpful guide to our options which we encourage pupils and parents to use as they make important decisions about pathways for the next two years.       Click here to download our Key Stage 4 Subject Choice booklet […]

2019-2020 is a very exciting and busy school year for the new Year 13 students in St Paul’s. In true spirit of our school motto ‘Caritate in Radicate’ – ‘Rooted in Charity’, St Paul’s sixth form students have embraced the proverb ‘Charity Begins at Home’ which requires us to look after people who live close […]

The tragic and accidental death of our esteemed Year 12 pupil JP Smyth has shocked and saddened us all.  The thoughts and prayers of the entire St Paul’s community go out to JP’s family and friends. JP’s infectious personality and his friendly smile endeared him to so many pupils and staff at St Paul’s. The […]

The under 16 boys’ footballers of St. Paul’s Bessbrook made history last Wednesday in Cloghan when they won the Danske Bank Ulster School’s Rafferty cup for the first time.  Having topped their league group with wins over St. Malachy’s Castlewellan, St. Patrick’s Downpatrick and Our Lady and St. Patrick’s College Knock the Bessbrook lads met Virginia College in the ¼ final.  A tight game […]

Susan Lynch, a local professional actress and a past pupil of St. Paul’s High School visited the Drama Department on Friday 13th December. Susan has starred in many film and stage productions and has lately written and directed a short film ‘The Bookstore’. She was so impressed with the drama students who presented their work […]

Our pupils enjoying their Christmas dinner yesterday in the canteen. Huge thanks to our hardworking Canteen Staff who helped prepare over 1600 dinners and desserts!

Well done to our Year 12 team. They beat Patrician High Carrickmacross, to win the Danske Bank Rafferty Cup Final. Final score 2-10 to 1-6. Further well done to Mr J Rafferty, Mr Geoghegan and Mr McSherry on managing the team to the final.