Established 1967 Religion Roman Catholic Chairman of Governors Mr John Campbell Province Ulster Founded 1967 | Type Secondary school Principal Mr Jarlath Burns Phone +44 28 3083 0309 Number of students 1,505 Colors Grey, Maroon | |
Chaplain Very Rev Father Dermot Maloney, PP Address 108 Camlough Rd, Newry BT35 7EE, UK Motto In caritate radicati ("In charity rooted") Similar St Joseph's High School, Newtown High School, Saint Colman's College, Newry High School, St Marys High Profiles | ||
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St. Paul's High School, Bessbrook (Irish: Ardscoil Naomh Pól, An Sruthán) is an all-ability, co-educational secondary school located on the outskirts of Bessbrook near Newry, County Armagh. It is a Catholic-maintained day school for boys and girls aged 11 to 18, with a pupil population of over 420 (including a Learning Support Centre for the gamesphere). It is within the Southern Education and Library Board area.
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The school is situated on the main Newry to Camlough road (A25). The school was extensively re-built and refurbished with a £17 million grant from the Department of Education. The new school was officially opened on 25 January 2007 by Archbishop Seán Brady, Archbishop of Armagh, and Primate of All Ireland, on the feast day of The Conversion of St. Paul. The renovation of St. Paul's won the Construction of Excellence Award.
Armagh GAA footballer Jarlath Burns was appointed new principal of St Paul's, effective 1 January 2014. The school was designated a Specialist College for Science, by Department of Education in 2008, and was awarded the BECTA ICT Mark and became a Centre of Excellence for ICT in 2009. The Education and Training Inspectorate of the Department of Education carried out a Standard Inspection at St Paul's High School in October 2008.
The President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, visited St Paul's on 9 November 2006 to mark the completion of the extensive renovation of the school. Former Principal Oliver Mooney, was named Northern Ireland Headteacher of the Year in the 2010 Teaching Awards. His last day at St. Paul's was 18 December 2013.