Presbyterian Ladies' College Perth

In the Junior School the Western Australian Curriculum is taught through the IB Primary Years Programme. In Years 11 and 12 girls can take the IB Diploma Programme, with subjects across six groups including languages such as French, Spanish, Chinese and Indonesian, plus the IB core of Theory of Knowledge, the Extended Essay and Creativity, Activity and Service. Alternatives are the WACE ATAR pathway for university entry and a General pathway with vocational training. Round Square membership adds international conferences and service.

English is the language of instruction, with English as a second language support for international students. French is taught daily from Pre-Kindergarten to Pre-Primary and four days a week in Years 1 and 2; from Year 3 girls can continue French or switch to Mandarin. In the IB Diploma, language options include French, Spanish, Chinese and Indonesian, and language and culture trips, such as visits to China, complement classroom study.

The Junior School runs from Pre-Kindergarten (three-year-olds, three days a week) and Kindergarten through Pre-Primary and Years 1 to 6, using the IB Primary Years Programme. The Senior School covers Years 7 to 12, ending with a choice of the WACE ATAR, a General and VET pathway or the IB Diploma. Main intake years are Pre-Kindergarten, Pre-Primary, Year 3, Year 5 and Year 7.

The Boarding House on campus accommodates girls from Year 7 to Year 12, in rooms of one to four beds for Years 7 to 11 and single rooms for Year 12. Boarders have a sitting room with a kitchen, a dining room served by an on-site catering team, tutoring and quiet study rooms, and weekend use of the pool. Year co-ordinators lead a wellbeing programme, a doctor visits weekly, and an orientation programme helps new boarders settle in before they arrive.

PLC aims to prepare every student to succeed personally in a changing world and describes its purpose as helping girls grow into inspiring women. Its long-standing values are integrity, community and effort, drawn from the motto Labore et Honore. As a Uniting Church college it holds a progressive view of the Christian faith that welcomes students of all beliefs or none, and it stresses service, leadership, balance and a willingness to try new challenges.

Senior girls compete each term in the Independent Girls' Schools' Sports Association (IGSSA), and Junior School girls in JIGSSA carnivals for swimming, cross country and athletics plus games days in hockey, netball, soccer, cricket, AFL, tennis, volleyball and golf. Rowing is a long-standing strength. Co-curricular options include basketball, floorball, sailing, karate, chess, coding, choirs, orchestras, bands, a guzheng ensemble, a pipe band, dance companies, drama productions, debating, the Duke of Edinburgh's Award and a flight school programme.

All year levels share one campus in Peppermint Grove near the Swan River. Facilities include the three-storey PLC Lighthouse wellbeing centre with a gym, dance studio, meditation rooms and allied health consulting rooms, a modern music building with rehearsal spaces, the Hazel Day Drama Centre, the Hugh Baird Sports Centre, a swimming pool, playing fields, libraries and the Heather Barr Memorial Chapel in Carmichael Hall. The Health Centre has a treatment room and beds, and younger pupils use an outdoor learning area known as the Wild Space.

Wellbeing services in the PLC Lighthouse include school psychologists and on-site partners for physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech pathology, while the Health Centre is run by registered nurses. A Learning Enrichment team supports students with individual learning needs and an academic extension programme challenges gifted girls. Dedicated school buses serve several suburbs, and the Junior School offers early drop-off and an after-school club. Scholarships, bursaries and a holiday club are also available.