St George's School for Girls, Edinburgh

 

Educational Excellence For Girls Of All Ages

Situated in the heart of Edinburgh, Scotland’s capital city, St George’s School for Girls is a flexible and open learning community which allows our day and boarding students to grow and develop at their own pace and in their own direction. What is wonderful is that much of this community has been inspired by the enterprise and creativity of the students themselves.

  • Anne Everest - Head's Message 14-05

    Anne Everest - Head's Message 14-05

    At our Open Evening last week our visitors had an opportunity to look around both the Junior and Lower School sites. Our own Primary 5 girls and their parents were particularly keen to see Lower School, where their Primary 6 classrooms, as well as their own library, playground, labs and hall, will be waiting for them in August.

    Lower School provides for the three years from Primary 6 to Secondary 1 (Lower 4) and it offers a friendly and welcoming group of buildings which are designed to make the most of these formative years of childhood. Free from the pressures of external examinations, but with a slightly more grown-up approach ...

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  • In Memory Of Hayley McMillan

    In Memory Of Hayley McMillan

    Former member of staff Lynsey Allan, who taught P.E. at St George's for four years (from 2004 to 2008) is running The Loch Ness marathon on 29 September 2012.

    Lynsey is running to raise money for The Brain Foundation, in memory of close friend and colleague Hayley McMillan. As you may be aware, Hayley died suddenly in 2007 as a result of a brain haemorrhage.

    Lynsey would be most grateful if you could lend your support to this charity and donate at the following link...


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  • The Great 2012 - 1812 Experience

    The Great 2012 - 1812 Experience

    The year 2012 marks all sorts of anniversaries - The Diamond Jubilee, the Centenary of Boarding at St George's School for Girls and most important of all, The Battle of Borodino and hence Tchaikovsky's great 1812 Overture.

    To try to celebrate as many of these as possible, the Music Faculty is happy to announce a once in a lifetime event, "The Great 2012 - 1812 Experience".

    We invite parents, former students, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, neighbours, and friends, to join us for a day of music making which will culminate in a performance of the 1812 Overture in the marquee in the school grounds.

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  • Latest Newsletter Available

    Latest Newsletter Available

    The latest edition of the school newsletter, @StGeorge's number 406 is now available, and can be downloaded from the secure Parent Area. This latest edition includes:

    • New Eco Area On Website
    • Eco Schools Scotland
    • Eco Clubs and Committees
    • Eco-Rap
    • Lower School Eco Activities
    • Kazakhstan
    • Junior School Eco Warriors
    • Walk to School Week

    & more ...

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Quick links

  • Examination Results

    This section of the school website hosts the records of several years of our exam results, each available as a fully detailed PDF document which you can download for viewing or printing.  The figures will include Standard Grade, Intermediate 2, Higher and Advanced Higher Level pass rates for St George's pupils.

    From 4th August 2011 students all over Scotland began receiving their Standard and Higher Grade results and we now have the overall school results, after all appeals, posted on our website. Please click below for full details ...

    Examination Results »

  • Bursary Fund

    We hope you may wish to contribute to our bursary fund, which helps to support new students from families on lower incomes and current students who face financial difficulties. In these uncertain times, we can never be sure who may need financial help. It is also important that the school provide bursary money so that it may keep its charitable status, which will help to ensure St George's future success, whatever the economy's ups and downs.  To make giving to the bursary fund as simple as possible, we now have this "Just Giving" link. Thank you for your support.

    Bursaries »

  • International Links

    St George's has many international links with schools and institutions in Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia, Chile, South Africa, Rwanda, Russia, China and a whole host of other countries. Many of our students participate in exchanges, work experience and visits and it is always a life-enhancing experience for all of them.

    From a very early age there are classroom connections and international projects with partner schools in France, Italy, Germany, Russia, China, Australia, the USA and Africa, where many girls communicate via the internet using various tools ...

    International Programme »

  • MyDaughter Website

    The site mydaughter.co.uk aims to unlock and share the expertise and experience of the heads and staff within girls' schools. We deal with girls day in and day out and over the years have had thousands of girls pass through our care.

    There cannot be many issues to do with educating or raising girls that we have not had to face in our careers or been asked to advise parents about. Many of us are parents, too. We think that we are particularly well placed to offer the sort of objective, up-to-date information and advice that parents tell us they are looking for about raising and educating their daughters ...

    MyDaughter Website »