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词条 St Paul's High School, Bessbrook
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  1. Location

  2. Academics

  3. Notable former pupils and staff

  4. External links

  5. References

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Ardscoil Naomh Pól
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| motto = {{lang|la|In caritate radicati}} ("In charity rooted")
| established = 1966
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| type = Secondary school
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| head = Mr Jarlath Burns
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| r_head = Very Rev Father Séamus White, PP
| chair_label = Chair of Governors
| chair = Mrs Eileen Fearon
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| city = Bessbrook
| county = Co. Armagh
| country = Northern Ireland
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| enrolment = 1355
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| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 19
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St. Paul's High School, Bessbrook ({{lang-ga|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 19, with a pupil population of over 1550 (including a Learning Support Centre for pupils with special educational needs). The school is managed by the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) and the Education Authority (EA). St Paul's High School is a heavily over-subscribed school with an annual admissions number of 215 pupils.

Location

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. {{citation needed|date=February 2014}}

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.[1][2] His last day at St. Paul's was 18 December 2013.

Armagh GAA footballer Jarlath Burns was appointed as Principal of St Paul's, effective 1 January 2014.

Academics

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 January 2016 and reported that the schools was 'Outstanding' in all areas (Achievements and Standards, Provision for Learning and Leadership & Management).[3]

In 2018, 57.4% of its entrants achieved five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C, including the core subjects English and Maths.[4] Also in 2018, 64.6% of its entrants to the A-level exam achieved A*-C grades.[5]

Most staff, pupils and alumni describe it as a dump". Though, it is said to be much better than the surrounding grammar schools.

Notable former pupils and staff

{{see also|Category:People educated at St. Paul's High School, Bessbrook}}
  • Conor McGinn, elected Labour MP for St Helens North.
  • Dominic Bradley, former SDLP politician and former MLA for Newry and Armagh (2003-2016); formerly the school's Head of Year and Acting Head of Irish.
  • Dáithí Murray,[6] currently Vice-Principal. Broadcaster with BBC Northern Ireland (Blas,[7] and Sunday Sequence [8] on BBC Radio Ulster) and presenter on 'I Lár an Aonaigh' [9] on BBC Two; Former broadcaster with RTÉ.
  • John Rafferty, former Armagh GAA Senior Assistant Manager, former Armagh senior player; currently Head of PE and Sport.

External links

  • St Paul's High School Virtual Learning Environment, 'Oscail 24/7'
  • St Paul's High School on Facebook
  • [https://twitter.com/stpaulsbbrook/ St Paul's High School on Twitter (@stpaulsbbrook)]
  • St Paul's High School Videos on Vimeo

References

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4. ^{{cite web|title=Belfast Telegraph GCSE 2018|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/league-tables/gcse-northern-ireland-school-league-table-2018-36708204.html|accessdate=27 November 2018}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=A-Level: Northern Ireland School League Table 2018|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/league-tables/alevel-northern-ireland-school-league-table-2018-36704527.html|accessdate=27 November 2018}}
6. ^http://www.linkedin.com/in/daithi-murray
7. ^http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007cpvp
8. ^http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007cphf
9. ^http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04nytbd
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