Specific Aims

SPECIFIC AIMS

A By 2023 we aim to offer ‘A’ level and/or ‘Pre-U’ Cambridge courses, or similar, for Years 11 and 12.*

Set up PLC Sydney Futures Centre

Cambridge Investigations Cambridge International Education is the largest global provider of international education. 11 000 schools undertake Cambridge. This compares to 4 000 that do the International Baccalaureate®. Between 2019 and 2023 we aim to: • Conduct a thorough investigation into the best practices in the United

Kingdom and South-East

Asia in teaching ‘A’ levels • Plan to start Cambridge

‘A’ levels in 2023. We may also offer courses from other international providers • Communicate with Australian Universities. All Australian Universities currently welcome international and Canberra-based Cambridge students. In league with CIE, we will lobby all NSW universities of note to accept an influx of NSW locally-based students • Select appropriate courses for offer • Educate our community in both the HSC (NESA) and Cambridge options • Ready our teachers to succeed in teaching these courses • Be ready to adapt to unforeseen changes.

* Cambridge Pre-U is a school-leaving-qualification from Cambridge Assessment International Education. We are also investigating other similar courses such as EdExcel (provided by Pearson, UK’s largest organisation offering academic, vocational and workbased learning qualifications).

B

PLC Sydney Futures is a centre for leadership within Careers Education and Extension, incorporating what was previously termed ‘The Extension Centre’. The position of ‘Head of PLC Sydney Futures’ was established at the commencement of 2019. The aims for this programs are: • To provide excellent education to assist students to access relevant future tertiary pathways • To communicate closely with NSW and all Australian universities regarding entry requirements • To lead the traditional Extension Centre programs and adapt them to suit future needs • To meet with each student to help her craft her own way forward We have also employed a specialist overseas advisor to assist us in assisting graduates to access overseas universities.

• To provide current information on the changing nature of university education globally • To develop programs to ready PLC Sydney students for their work futures