Canada, Chile, Germany, South Africa, Spain and the United States. The school also runs digital exchanges with partner schools across the world where students collaborate on curriculum projects. British Council’s International School Award (2017–2020) In 2019 the school was awarded a two year grant to run an Erasmus + programme entitled Community and Culture. This allows girls currently in S2 (Upper 4) to work collaboratively with students in Austria and Italy. Students will visit each other’s schools and learn more about what community and culture mean for them. Links with boys schools Many events are held in conjunction with the long standing Edinburgh boys' school, Merchiston Castle School. Notable alumni Kaye Adams, broadcaster and journalist Carol Brown Janeway, translator and editor. Phyllis Bone, sculptor and first female member of the Royal Scottish Academy Sheila Burnford, novelist Dr Cordelia Fine, academic psychologist and writer Brigit Forsyth, actor Louise Linton, screenwriter and actress Candia McWilliam, award-winning author Penny Macmillan, journalist and broadcaster Kathleen Scott, Baroness Kenett, sculptor. Marie Stopes, scientist, author and pioneer in the field of birth control. Katie Targett-Adams, musician and recording artist Alice Thompson, novelist, 1996 winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize Isabel Oakeshott, award-winning journalist, author and commentator Boarding The girls from the ages of ten to eighteen live in Houldsworth House on the campus on the edge of the school grounds. The student Head of Boarding is elected by the boarders. The school has around 50 boarders, about 7% of the number of pupils. The boarders form an integral part of the school and are made up of approximately 50% UK and 50% international students. St George's School celebrated the centenary of boarding at the school in 2012. See also Margaret Houldsworth Sarah Mair Jean Lindsay, headmistress, 1960–1976 Mary Russell Walker References Private schools in Edinburgh Girls' schools in Edinburgh Educational institutions established in 1888 Boarding schools in Edinburgh Category B listed buildings in Edinburgh Member schools of the Girls' Schools Association 1888 establishments in Scotland