| Motto | In caritate radicati ("In charity rooted") |
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| Established | 1966 |
| Type | Secondary school |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Principal | Mr O A G Mooney, BSc, PGCE, MSc |
| Chaplain | Very Rev Father Dermot Maloney, PP |
| Chairman of Governors | Mr John Campbell |
| Location | Bessbrook Co. Armagh Northern Ireland |
| Local authority | SELB |
| Students | 1285 |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Colours | Maroon, grey |
| Website | www.stpaulsbessbrook.org |
St. Paul's High School, Bessbrook (Irish: Ardscoil Naomh Pól, An Sruthán) is an English-medium 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 1285 pupils (including a Learning Support Centre for students with moderate learning difficulties). It is within the Southern Education and Library Board area.
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The school is located on a multi-acre modern campus, situated on the main Newry to Camlough road (A25). The school was recently 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 His Grace, 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 High School Bessbrook was carried out by Felix O'Hare Limited, Newry. The site forman of the project was Mr. Liam Murphy. The renovation of St. Paul's won the Construction of Excellence Award.
St Paul's High 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.[1]
President of Ireland, Mary McAleese visited St Paul's on 9 November 2006 as part of the celebrations to mark the completion of the extensive renovation of the school.
Principal, Mr Oliver Mooney, was awarded Northern Ireland Headteacher of the Year in the 2010 Teaching Awards.[2][3]
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