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St George’s School for Girls, 圣乔治学校-阿斯克特
Garscube Terrace, Edinburgh EH12 6BG
Tel: 0131 311 8000 Fax: 0131 311 8120
Website: www.st-georges.edin.sch.uk
• GIRLS, 2–18 Day, 9–18 Boarding, Boys 2–5 only
• Pupils 1020, Higher year 87
• Termly fees £660–£2350 (Day), £5075 (Boarding)
• GSA
• Enquiries/application to the Headmistress

What it’s like
Founded in 1888 by a committee of distinguished women who were inspired by the new ideals for women’s education. It has an attractive 11-acre urban site with excellent facilities, including a dining centre, sixth form reading room, excellent library, purpose-built art block, music centre, an all-weather pitch, a centenary sports hall and good boarding accommodation. The primary school is on the same site. The school has a Christian foundation and is non-denominational; Christian assemblies are held daily. Academically a distinguished school, it has high standards of teaching and results are consistently very good. Both the Scottish Higher and 2-year A-level course are offered. It is very strong indeed in music, drama and art, with many successes in these fields. An excellent record in games and sports and a large number of county representatives each season, particularly in lacrosse and skiing. It also has an outstanding record in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme.

School profile

Pupils & entrance
Pupils: Total age range 2–18; 1020 pupils. Senior department 11–18, 595 girls (544 day, 51 boarding).
Entrance: Main entry ages 2, 3, 5, 9–11, 13 and 16. Own entrance exam used; for sixth-form entry, 5 good S-grades or GCSEs plus school reference and enthusiasm. School looks for academic potential to cope with the courses; no religious requirements. State school entry, 20% of new intake to senior department, plus 54% to sixth form.

Scholarships, bursaries & extras Scholarships awarded at 11, 12 and into sixth form. Also a limited number of means-tested bursaries. Parents not expected to buy textbooks; extra charges include lunch for day girls (£3.05 per day), music tuition.

Head & staff
Headmistress: Dr Judith McClure, appointed 1994. Educated at Newlands Grammar School, Middlesbrough, and Oxford University (history and research in early medieval history). Previously Headmistress at The Royal School, Bath; Assistant Head and Director of Studies at Kingswood; Head of History, School of St Helen and St Katharine; Lecturer in Medieval Latin, Liverpool University, in History at three Oxford colleges and Research Fellow at Lady Margaret Hall. Publications: World’s Classics Edition of Bede, Ecclesiastical History; and various articles on early medieval history.
Teaching staff: 76 full time, 39 part time. Annual turnover 1%–5%. Average age 41.

Exam results
GCSE/S-Grade: In 2003, 86 pupils in upper fifth: 100% gained at least grade 3 in 5+ subjects.
Highers/A-levels/Advanced highers: 75 in L6 (Higher/AS-level year), 65 in U6 (A-level/Advanced higher year). Over the two years, pupils gain an average of 6 subjects at Intermediate Higher, AS-level, A-level and/or Advanced Higher. Average final point score achieved by upper sixth formers 439.

Curriculum S-grade, Intermediate (1, 2 and 4), Highers, Advanced Highers, AS and A-levels. 31 subjects offered (including Chinese). Pupils in the sixth form choose either the English curriculum (AS-level or a mixture of AS and Highers followed by 3 A-levels in upper sixth) or the Scottish system (5 Highers in L6, followed by a year in U6 taking Advanced Highers, extra Highers, converting Highers to A-levels or taking other qualifications such as SQA national).
Vocational: All lower sixth have one week’s work experience. IT core skills courses; French and German RSA business qualification.
Languages: French, German and Spanish offered to S-grade, Higher and A-level (French and German from age 11, Spanish at 13); sixth form can take beginner’s Spanish or Italian (to S-grade), business French, German (RSA) and Chinese (Mandarin). Regular exchanges.
ICT: Taught both as a discrete subject (1 lesson/week) and across the curriculum. All pupils take SQA core skills and IT at intermediate 2 and Higher levels. 350 computers for pupil use (10 hours a day), all networked and with e-mail and internet access. Many pupils take ECDL.

The arts
Music: Over 50% of pupils learn a musical instrument or take singing lessons; instrumental exams can be taken. Some 15 musical groups including 3 orchestras, concert band, jazz band, choirs, choral group, brass consort, wind band, recorder groups, chamber ensembles. Girls in National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, Edinburgh Youth Orchestra; regular entrants to specialist music colleges and university music departments.
Drama: Drama offered at S-grade, Higher and Advanced Higher. Majority of pupils are involved in school productions and all in house/other productions. Recent productions of The Bartered Bride, Patience, A Winter’s Tale, Carmen, The Beggar’s Opera. Winners of local drama competition; drama clubs every week.
Art & design: On average, 40 take S-grade, 20 Higher, 9 A-level. Design, pottery, textiles and photography also offered. Prizewinners in regional ISCis art exhibition. Several girls go on to study art & design at colleges and university each year.

Sport & activities
Sport: Hockey, lacrosse, gym, dance, swimming, volleyball, basketball, tennis, athletics, badminton compulsory. Optional: squash, orienteering, aerobics, skating, rock climbing, lifesaving, windsurfing, judo, fencing, netball. Sixth form only: cycling, golf, soccer. Higher PE, SQA modules, RLSS and RYA exams may be taken. Pupils form more than half of Scottish Schools’ lacrosse team; last 12 of national lacrosse championships and only Scottish representatives; regional and national hockey teams; Scottish athletics champions; fencing champions; runners-up national tennis championship and regional squash competitions; British skiing champions.
Activities: Pupils take bronze, silver and gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. One of largest D of E Award centres in Scotland. Up to 30 clubs, eg European, history, debating (2), Amnesty International, chess, drama, art, maths, Scrabble, computing, photography, Young Enterprise, archaeology, law.

School life
Uniform: School uniform worn except in sixth form.
Houses & prefects: Competitive houses. Prefects, head girl, heads of houses – elected by the sixth form and staff.
Religion: Christian community assembly each morning (not compulsory, but no one asks to withdraw).
Social: Balls, Scottish reel evenings, Burns suppers, discos, musical and dramatic productions with other local independent schools. Skiing trips, visits to eg Italy, Germany, Spain and Russia, language exchanges and with Germantown Friends’ School (Philadelphia), Durban Girls’ College (South Africa), St Mildred’s, Lightbourn School (Ontario). Pupils allowed to bring own car/bike to school. Meals formal in boarding houses, self-service in school. No tobacco or alcohol allowed.

Discipline School has extensive documents on rights and responsibilities, compiled by staff and pupils. Pupils failing to produce homework would be asked to do it in a focus session; misuse of drugs and their illegal supply is not tolerated.

Boarding 25% have own study bedroom, 20% share with another, 55% are in rooms of 3–5. Accommodation, divided by age. Weekends home by arrangement with Housemistress. Visits to Edinburgh allowed. Flexible boarding and after school care offered.

Alumnae association is run by the President, Mrs E M Jeffrey, Halls, Dunbar, East Lothian EH42 1RN.