For the past 136 years, Presbyterian Ladies’ College (PLC) Armidale has been educating girls from across the region and beyond. The college provides a caring, encouraging and empowering environment for each student to reach their potential and equips girls well to lead lives of significance.
The 2023 HSC results demonstrate the college’s academic advantage – it had a higher percentage of its 2023 HSC cohort on the NESA Distinguished Achievers list than any other school in Armidale.
A visit to the MySchool website shows PLC Armidale consistently scores above the national average in all areas of NAPLAN testing – the strongest results of any school in the region.
PLC Armidale has numerous scholarships available to girls on merit from academic, music, creative arts, future leader, along with all-rounder and boarding.
Many accomplished women have been the beneficiaries of the scholarships and bursaries offered to girls of promise and potential from regional NSW, who demonstrated a commitment to their education and future.
Former President of the National Farmers Federation and current Director of the World Farmers’ Organisation, Fiona Simson, was a PLC Armidale scholarship recipient. So, too was CEO of Fletcher International Exports, Melissa Fletcher, Dr Nicole Sides, Director of Compass Fertility and former ACT Business Woman of the Year, and many more.
“I was lucky enough to enter PLC Armidale on an academic scholarship in Year 7,” Mrs Simson said. “I had no idea just how much the skills I learned during my secondary schooling would influence my current career.”
The college’s capacity was intentionally designed to ensure an environment of close connection where girls are individually known and nurtured, so class sizes allow students to receive one-on-one instruction from teaching staff.
A phenomenal student-to-teacher ratio of six to one on average across the school allows for bespoke learning plans, as the ethos of one of the oldest educational institutions in the region is resolute that one size does not fit all.
Boarders enjoy the family environment created by the school’s husband-and-wife head of boarding team, Sam and Amy Jacometti, who live on campus with their two young daughters.
There is a mix of full,weekly, and casual boarding, with each girl given her own room within a room to decorate in whichever style she chooses.
There are many co-curricular opportunities on offer, including joining one of the most productive and successful school cattle teams in the region. For fours years running, PLC Armidale has been chosen to prepare and lead the Bell Shute Victor Chang charity steers at the Sydney Royal Show. The first school outside the Riverina to ever do so
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