PLC Armidale
Armidale NSW 2350
PLC Armidale is an independent combined primary and secondary school in Armidale, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 12 with about 226 students. Its ICSEA is 1,077, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report (2025) ↗ on the publisher's site. About this link
Sector, ICSEA, Enrolments, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Year range, Teaching staff, School website: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources: PLC Armidale (Presbyterian Ladies' College) is an independent Presbyterian day and boarding school for girls in the New England region, established in 1887. It teaches Pre-Kindergarten to Year 12 with boarding from Year 5, and has about 400 students including around 80 boarders. Enrolment is non-selective and students of all backgrounds are welcome. It has been recognised for strong HSC and NAPLAN results.
Often praised
- Day and boarding for girls
- Strong HSC results
- Non-selective enrolment
This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at October 2026. It reflects what is said online, not an assessment by SchoolList AU or any government body, and it deliberately records only neutral and positive points. Confidence: high. Verify anything important with the school. Report an inaccuracy.
NAPLAN
School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See PLC Armidale on My School · Why some data is missing
HSC 2025
Last 5 years
| Year | Band 6 / E4 results per Year 12 student | Band 6 / E4 results |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.31 | 34 |
| 2024 | 0.55 | 11 |
| 2023 | 0.49 | 19 |
| 2022 | 0.41 | 13 |
| 2021 | – | 15 |
Counts are derived from NESA's published merit lists and exclude students who opted out of publication. The per-student figure divides each year's count by that year's Year 12 enrolment from ACARA's August census, so it is approximate. NSW law does not permit ranking schools by results, so no rank or percentile is shown, apart from the permitted top-10% list, which this school is on.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OneSchool Global NSW - Armidale | Armidale | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.3 km | 981 | 35 |
| The Armidale School | Armidale | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.5 km | 1,097 | 625 |
| The Armidale Waldorf School | Armidale | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.9 km | 1,057 | 163 |
| New England Girls' School | Armidale | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.5 km | 1,047 | 247 |
| Uralla Central School | Uralla | Public k–12 / combined | 23.0 km | 901 | 264 |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in NSW
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Faisal College | Auburn | Independent k–12 / combined · K-12 | 2,282 | 1,077 |
| Australian Islamic College of Sydney | Mount Druitt | Independent k–12 / combined · K-12 | 1,289 | 1,077 |
| Kindlehill Steiner School | Wentworth Falls | Independent k–12 / combined · K-12 | 114 | 1,077 |
| Orange Anglican Grammar School | Orange | Independent k–12 / combined · K-12 | 755 | 1,077 |
| Saint Mary MacKillop Colleges Limited | Wagga Wagga | Independent k–12 / combined · K-12 | 198 | 1,078 |
| Australian International Academy, Sydney, Strathfield Campus | Strathfield | Independent k–12 / combined · K-12 | 493 | 1,074 |
About this data
Figures are from the latest published datasets and can lag the school by a year. Confirm enrolment rules and catchment boundaries with the school or department before relying on them.