St George's School, Edinburgh - Girls' Schools Association

As Edinburgh’s only all-through independent school for girls aged 3-18, St George’s is a place of possibilities.

The courage of our founding mothers, who pioneered women’s education in Victorian Scotland, still echoes defiantly through our corridors. That’s why amplifying the voice of every girl remains part of our DNA today as a loyal school community with a unique spirit of pride. Everyone here is respected, appreciated and treated with genuine compassion – thanks to exceptional pastoral care which nurtures close-knit pupil-teacher relationships.

Situated in central Edinburgh on a spacious parkland campus, St George’s has a wide-ranging curriculum: a unique mix of GCSEs at 16 followed by Highers and Advanced Highers in S5 and S6. We tailor curriculums for individual needs, offering choice and flexibility across academic and co-curricular options; expertly guided by familiar teachers.

Our careful attention to each developmental stage from 3-18, means girls experience an abundance of opportunity, strong female role-models and leadership expertise all through the school, utterly free from stereotypes. We’re specialists in teaching girls, offer more STEAM choices, and boast an impressive 90% sports participation rate. It prepares our pupils to successfully navigate a competitive, technology-driven world.

Our boarders live in Houldsworth House, a friendly ‘home from home’, situated within the school grounds, for up to 50 girls aged 11-18, equally from the UK and overseas.

Over 90% of our girls achieve their first-choice post-school destination: leaving us as robust, empathetic change-makers, ready to take on the world…

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Address Garscube Terrace, Edinburgh
EH12 6BG

Essentials

Head Mrs Carol Chandler-Thompson

Age range 3 - 18
Day / Boarding
- Day
- Full Boarding
- Weekly Boarding
- Flexi Boarding
Religious affiliation Non-denominational

Exams
14+ GCSE
16+ A Level, Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), Scottish Highers

Fees (per term) September 2023 - June 2024
Prep/Junior School
- £3,725 - £4,344 per term
Senior School
- £6,108 per term
Sixth Form
- £6,108 per term
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Exams
- Exams
- 14+ GCSE
- 16+ A Level, Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), Scottish Highers
Fees (per term)
- Fees (per term) September 2023 - June 2024
- Prep/Junior School
  - £3,725 - £4,344 per term
- Senior School
  - £6,108 per term
- Sixth Form
  - £6,108 per term
- Find out more about fees >

Bursaries & Scholarships

The school has no major endowments, but it is as generous with its funds will allow in offering bursaries to those who cannot afford the full fee.

There are also a small number of academic awards at S1 and Sixth Form. St George’s seeks to be accessible to students from a wide range of social, economic and cultural backgrounds.

Fee assistance is available to suitable candidates on a means-tested basis. Further details are available on our website www.stge.org.uk/admissions/bursaries.

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Scholarships & Bursaries offered