Our most frequently asked Enrolment questions are:
An application should be submitted to PLC Sydney as early as possible, after a birth certificate is received. The College experiences high demand across all year groups and is heavily subscribed. We encourage early application to avoid disappointment as priority is given by date of application.
Approximately 1400 students, with 500 in the Junior School.
Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, and Years 3, 5 and 7 are the most popular entry points. All applications are on a wait list until interview. For intake years this is in the two year period prior to commencement. For other year groups it is closer to the expected commencement. Offers are made after interview, based on date of application.
We can waitlist students for other year groups, as required, in case a place becomes available.
A child must turn four years by 31 May of the year of commencement.
The child should be five by 31 May.
There are currently limited spaces in some year groups. Please ring the Enrolment’s office on (+612) 9704 5666 to enquire on specifics.
The College is home to approximately 64 weekly and full time boarders from Year 7 to Year 12.
In addition to a PLC Sydney Application for Enrolment Form all international students are required to sit an AEAS test for English proficiency and then, based on the result, will be required to take an intensive Language school course.
PLC Sydney is located at Croydon railway station. Our students travel by train, car or bus.
PLC Sydney provides a Private Bus Service for all PLC Sydney students from Pre-Kindergarten to Year 12. Each bus has been chartered and branded with PLC Sydney signage and operates during term time. Drop off and pick up is from the College. The morning run delivers the girls to school between 8.00 - 8.15 am and the afternoon run departs at either 3.15 pm or 5.15 pm (depending on the route). Please note that Evandale students are accompanied to and from their campus upon arrival and departure.
PLC Sydney has seven dedicated bus services to help parents avoid the peak-hour commute when transporting students to and from the College:
- Route 1 - Breakfast Point / Concord / Abbotsford / Wareemba / PLC Sydney
- Route 2 - Cronulla / Caringbah / Sylvania / Blakehurst / Hurstville / Kingsgrove / PLC Sydney
- Route 3 - Woolwich /Hunters Hill / Gladesville / Drummoyne / PLC Sydney
- Route 4 - Annandale / Lilyfield / Balmain / Rozelle / Haberfield / PLC Sydney
- Route 5 - PLC Sydney / Haberfield / Rozelle / Balmain / Drummoyne / Gladesville / Boronia / Hunters Hill / Woolwich
- Route 6 - PLC Sydney / Kingsgrove / Hurstville / Blakehurst / Sylvania / Caringbah / Cronulla
- Route 7 - PLC Sydney / Haberfield / Rozelle / Balmain / Drummoyne / Gladesville / Boronia / Hunters Hill / Woolwich
Students come to PLC from a broad range of Sydney suburbs – the inner western suburbs, Sutherland Shire, Beecroft, Epping, Chipping Norton, Hunters Hill, Drummoyne, Balmain, Haberfield and more.
It's a five-day-a-week, full-day school term program. The girls are assessed in the year prior to commencement to ensure that the program suits their needs. Girls who are found not ready to commence this program are automatically enrolled in Kindergarten for the following year.
Pre-K to K: General music (the Kodály method)
Year 1: Violin
Year 2: General music (the Kodály method)
Year 3: Recorder
Years 4 and 5: Learn a band instrument
Year 6: Study performing arts which includes music, dance and drama.
Chinese - Kindergarten to Year 12
French - Kindergarten to Year 12
Italian- Year 8 -12
Japanese – Year 8 -12
Latin – Year 8 -12
Transition program caters for approximately twenty eight students in Years 7 to 12 with a range of moderate to mildly intellectual disabilities.
Saturday sport is not compulsory. It is available to students from Year 4 onwards and is encouraged for development of social skills and physical well-being.
No, we take students from all religious backgrounds. All students must participate in our Christian Education programme and worship services.
In the Junior School students attend a religious education lesson each week as well as a Chapel service. There is also a Christian Focus group held at lunchtime once a week for those interested.
Students in Years 7-10 also participate in three Christian Studies lessons a fortnight. All Senior School students attend chapel once a fortnight as well as an assembly each week where the Chaplain gives a brief Christian message. They are welcome to attend a weekly student-led lunchtime group if they choose to do so.
Many brothers of girls at PLC Sydney attend Newington College or Trinity Grammar School as they are close by. Scots College is the official brother school of PLC Sydney, both operated by the Presbyterian Church of Australia.