Congratulations Class of 2024!
18 Dec 2024
PLC Sydney consistently ranks in the top independent girls’ schools in Sydney. Our girls achieve at the highest level across their academic, sporting and artistic endeavours, even as a non selective school.
We are very proud of our 2024 cohort. We celebrate the hard work of each student and congratulate them on their excellent HSC results. Well done girls!
2024 Academic Performance Highlights
- 64% of PLC Sydney students in top 20% of the State (ATARs over 80)
- 40% of PLC Sydney students in top 10% of the State (ATARs over 90)
- 7% of PLC Sydney students (11 students) in top 1% of the State*
*Julia Fang who was also in this Year 12 cohort, completed her Cambridge ‘A’ levels in 2024. She scored A*. A*, A, which is the equivalent of a top 1% placing (an ATAR over 99). - 3% of PLC Sydney students (5 students) in the top 0.5% of the State
- Highest ATAR achieved 99.9^ (2 students)
^ Congratulations to Anastasia Prokhorov and Claire Van who achieved our highest ATAR of 99.9. - 7 students in Top Achievers List (i.e. earned top 10 places in individual subjects)
- 16 students in Premier's All Rounder Achievers List (i.e. scored over 90% in their best 10 units)
- 29 students nominated for recognition as part of the HSC showcase events ARTEXPRESS, Encore, OnSTAGE and SHAPE
For a full overview of the Class of 2024’s academic achievements, please click the 2024 Academic Performance Highlights link below.
You will also find information about our outstanding artists and musicians, national representatives and the Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award recipients. Congratulations Class of 2024!
2024 HSC Highlights & Achievements
2024 ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
HIGHLIGHTS
67%
PLC Sydney students were in the top 20% of the State
44%
PLC Sydney students were in the top 10% of the State
7%
PLC Sydney students (11 students) were in the top 1% of the State
3%
PLC Sydney students (5 students) were in the top 0.5% of the State
99.9
PLC Sydney students (2 students) achieved this Top ATAR
43.11/50
PLC Sydney School Mean Average mark was 86.22 out of 100
7
7 Top Achievers List
Students who earned top 10
places in individual subjects16
All-rounders List
Students who scored over
90% in every subject29
NOMINATED
3 Selected
For student showcases
and exhibitions35TH
IN STATE *
PLC Sydney ranking in SMH ranking*
AUSTRALIAN TERTIARY
ADMISSIONS RANK*
Congratulations to the following girls who achieved an Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) of 99 or more in the Higher School Certificate
| Name | ATAR |
|---|---|
| Anastasia Prokhorov | 99.9 |
| Claire Van | 99.9 |
| Carolyn Wang | 99.8 |
| Alyssa Buda | 99.75 |
| Mia Fildissis | 99.65 |
| Name | ATAR |
|---|---|
| Christina Panos | 99.45 |
| Contessa Pavlis | 99.45 |
| Isabelle Ho Shon | 99.4 |
| Chloe Walker | 99.35 |
| Riley Kelleher | 99.05 |
| Ella Figliuzzi | 99 |
*The above list may not be a full representative of these achievements as we are reliant on Year 12 students providing their ATAR or other information. Details are not made public or provided to the College.
ALL-ROUNDERS LIST
For students who achieve more than 90% in all their courses (ie the highest band possible in at least 10 units).
16
students recognised
- Katarina Ahmed
- Alyssa Buda
- Natasha Chuan
- Natalie Epstein
- Ella Figliuzzi
- Mia Fildissis
- Isabelle Ho Shon
- Zara Howard-Jones
- Sarah McPhail
- Christina Panos
- Contessa Pavlis
- Alice Playford-Aggs
- Anastasia Prokhorov
- Claire Van
- Chloe Walker
- Carolyn Wang
Top Achievers
in Course
2nd
Natalie Epstein
Italian Extension
2nd
Anastasia Prokhorov
Biology
3rd
Christina Panos
Italian Extension
4th
Wilhelmina Jay
Italian Continuers
5th
Natalie Epstein
Italian Continuers
6th
Alyssa Buda
Biology
9th
Jasmine Chee
Earth and Environmental Science
EXCELLENCE IN HSC
Proportion of Students in the Top Two Bands by Subject
Chinese in Context, French Continuers, Latin Continuers, Music 1
Extension Courses: Chinese Extension, English Extension 2, French Extension, Italian Extension, Japanese Extension, Latin Extension, Mathematics Extension 2, Music Extension, and Science Extension
Standout Mathematics Results
- 92% (22 students out of 24) achieved a mark of 90 or more in Advanced Maths
- 83% (19 students out of 23) achieved a mark of 45 or more in Mathematics Extension 1
| SUBJECT | PLC SYDNEY - % Bands 5-6 or E3-E4 | % PLC SYDNEY ABOVE STATE AVERAGE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient History | 65 | 8.85 | |
| Biology | 76 | 11.49 | |
| Business Studies | 55 | 7.54 | |
| Chemistry | 65 | 8.34 | |
| Chinese in Context | 100 | 3.59 | |
| Chinese Continuers* | 67 | -7.65 | |
| Community and Family Studies | 79 | 6.84 | |
| Design and Technology | 88 | 8.39 | |
| Drama | 91 | 6.25 | |
| Earth and Environmental Science | 71 | 12.01 | |
| Economics | 77 | 6.31 | |
| English Advanced | 83 | 3.04 | |
| English EAL/D | 83 | 14.79 | |
| English Standard | 0 | 1.17 | |
| Food Technology | 35 | 4.28 | |
| French Continuers | 100 | 11.14 | |
| Geography | 53 | 6.97 | |
| Italian Beginners | 50 | 5.99 | |
| Italian Continuers | 71 | 4.44 | |
| Japanese Continuers | 86 | 5.12 | |
| Latin Continuers* | 100 | -5.46 | |
| Legal Studies | 74 | 7.64 | |
| Mathematics Advanced | 82 | 9.05 | |
| Mathematics Standard 2 | 51 | 7.04 | |
| Modern History | 66 | 6.32 | |
| Music 1 | 100 | 10.11 | |
| Music 2 | 80 | -0.57 | |
| Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | 53 | 7.04 | |
| Physics | 36 | 3.98 | |
| Studies of Religion II | 50 | 3.19 | |
| Textiles and Design | 64 | 5.92 | |
| Visual Arts | 88 | 6.00 | |
| EXTENSION COURSES | |||
| Chinese Extension* | 100 | -4.82 | |
| English Extension 1 | 98 | 1.19 | |
| English Extension 2 | 100 | 3.15 | |
| French Extension* | 100 | 4.33 | |
| History Extension | 83 | -1.18 | |
| Italian Extension | 100 | 0.13 | |
| Japanese Extension | 100 | -1.04 | |
| Latin Extension* | 100 | -0.83 | |
| Mathematics Extension 1 | 88 | 4.27 | |
| Mathematics Extension 2 | 100 | 5.65 | |
| Music Extension* | 100 | -0.47 | |
| Science Extension* | 100 | 7.54 |
*Represents a very small cohort
EXHIBITIONS & SHOWCASES
A number of PLC Sydney students were selected for recognition as part of the HSC showcase events. To be nominated for any of these events is an outstanding achievement as it acknowledges their major works and performances as ‘best in the State’.
Zoe Kopczyk
OnSTAGE: Individual Drama Project
Costume Design Stories in the Dark
This is an excerpt from Koe's directorial vision statement:
Deborah Oswald’s play Stories In The Dark examines how stories can be used as a means of escape, and a vessel through which we can cultivate connection. Despite the brief moments of respite the two central characters; Anna and Tomas, receive from sharing folktales, they can never truly escape the reality of war. I reflected this in my designs by including heightened military elements in the costumes of the folklore characters that tether the escapist fantasy to the bleak reality of war.
Hui Qi (Vicky) Lei
ARTEXPRESS
Vicky's visual arts Body of Works called 'Shutdown until Further Notice' will be part of the 2024 HSC ARTEXPRESS Showcase season. Her paintings were inspired by the energetic buzz of Chinese wet markets. These cultural environments are complex and, when you look closely, you can see the beauty in the often overlooked every day, revealing the necessity and significance of wet markets in China’s informal economy and are essential cultural institutions that embody social interactions, culinary traditions, and economic activities.
Sarah McPhail
ARTEXPRESS
Sarah McPhail painting, 'Slowburn of Simulacrum; Ornamentation and Divinity' was selected for inclusion in 2024 HSC ARTEXPRESS Showcase Exhibition. “What becomes of the divinity when it reveals itself in icons, when it is multiplied in simulacra?” - Jean Baudrillard
Sarah's Body of Work explores how sacred objects of devotion lose their meaning and decay in a post-modern age. Within Sarah's practice, she has chosen a classical still life representation as it embodies the cultural history of objects. Inspired by religious iconography from the Renaissance period, and recontextualising through a postmodern lens, her work seeks to disrupt and dismantle the hyper-reality of ornamentation and instead offer a rebirth of divinity.
Year 12 students nominated for exhibitions and showcases.
ARTEXPRESS (Visual Arts)
PLC Sydney wishes to congratulate all 7 students: Lola Birley - Printmaking Mantis Manifesto: EAT, PREY, OBEY,Ariella Humphreys - Photomedia Under the Same Sky,Emelie Johansson - Painting Gasping for Air,Vicky Lei - Painting Shutdown until Further Notice,Sarah McPhail - Painting Slowburn of Simulacrum; Ornamentation and Divinity,Mabel Mei - Painting Confluence of Dual Cultures andEmma Ni - Drawing Collecting and Cataloguing: A Seedpod Anthology, who were nominated for ARTEXPRESS. From 8660 students who submitted Bodies of Works for the 2024 HSC Visual Arts Examination, only a small percentage of students were nominated for ARTEXPRESS. PLC Sydney is very proud of their achievement.
Congratulations to Hui Qi (Vicky) Lei and Sarah McPhail who were selected for inclusion in ARTEXPRESS.
TAS: (Technological and Applied Studies)
SHAPE Exhibition, is a selection of outstanding works from HSC Design and Technology, Industrial Technology, plus Textiles and Design students.
*Congratulations to our 2 nominees for SHAPE Design and Technology: Chantel Sargiss and Chloe Sargis.
*Congratulations to our 5 nominees for SHAPE Textiles and Design: Macy Bushby, Jacinta Luca Donato, Alice Playford-Aggs, Stella Pasin, and Alessandra Sydun-West.
OnSTAGE (Drama)
For exemplary performance in HSC Drama, Individual Drama Performances, PLC Sydney received an impressive 4 nominations, for the following students: Isabelle Le Map - The Glass Menagerie,Madeleine McArthur- Prima Facie,Charlotte Edwards - Stage Mum and Mikayla Byrne - Testimony.
For exemplary performance in HSC Drama, Group Drama Performances, the following performance was nominated for inclusion with OnStage 2024. Congratulations goes to: Madeleine McArthur, Mikayla Byrne, Charlotte Edwards, Chelsea Ryan and Jemimah Blair, for their creation and performance of Pine Gap.
Set in the intensely secretive world of intelligence and the enigmatic US/Australia joint defence facility in central Australia, our 5 talented students create their performance piece, Pine Gap, as cracks appear in the alliance with spies work with, and against, each other.
As well as the other OnStage nominations received for performance work, the following four students have been nominated for their submitted projects: Zoe Kopczyk - Costume Design Stories in the Dark,Ruby Perrott - Costume Design Tartuffe,Ella Simmonds - Set Design Tartuffe andLulu Bentley - Video Drama PEST.
Congratulations goes to Zoe Kopczyk whose Individual Project (Costume Design Stories in the Dark) was selected for HSC Showcase OnSTAGE.
Young Writers Showcase 24 (English)
One English Extension Two student, Aileen Kim, has been nominated for possible inclusion for Young Writers Showcase24.
Young Writers Showcase 24 presents a selection of outstanding major works by HSC English Extension 2 students in NSW across a range of literary genres including short fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, critical response, scripts, podcasts and multimedia, with the selected works published inYoung Writers Showcase 24.
Congratulations to all our nominated Year 12 students. What a wonderful achievement!
NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES
PLC Sydney congratulates our Year 12 students who represented Australia in their respective curricular, co-curricular and sporting areas.
Ellie Cole
SPORT - DIVING
Ellie is PLC Sydney’s first homegrown Olympian. She began her diving career with the PLC Sydney Diving Program in Year 6 with great success. Despite facing a setback with a stress fracture of her back in 2021, Ellie won multiple national and international titles in 2023-24 allowing her to secure a place in the Australian Team for the 2024 Paris Olympics. At the Olympics, Ellie’s determination shone as she reached the finals, finishing 7th in the world.
Alexandra (Sasha) Prokhorov
ORATORY - PUBLIC SPEAKING
Sasha was a 2023 National Finalist and was selected for the 2024 Australian team. At the 2024 World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships in Canberra, Sasha ranked 5th among Australians and 44th globally in Impromptu Speaking, gaining a ranking of 70th overall.
Alessandra Sydun-West
SPORTS - BIATHLON
Following Alessandra’s success in Biathlon at the 2023 Youth Junior World Championships and other international competitions, she was selected to compete at the 2024 Youth Olympic Games held in South Korea. Alessandra competed in three events with her teammates and performed well against a highly competitive field.
Carolyn Wang
ACADEMIC - SCIENCE
Carolyn is a Science Olympian. She was selected for the Australian Earth Sciences Olympiad Team and represented Australia at the 2024 International Earth Science Olympiad in Beijing, where she earned three medals: Bronze in the Individual Test, Gold in the Earth Systems Project, and Bronze in the International Team Field Investigation.
Abbey Wilson
SPORTS - SNOWBOARD
After a stellar 2023 season, Abbey was selected to compete for Australia at the 2024 Youth Olympic Games in South Korea. She placed 4th overall individually and came home with a Bronze medal in the Team event. Abbey now has her sights set on the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy. .
GOLD DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARDs
PLC Sydney would also like to acknowledge the students who achieved the Gold Award, the most demanding of all levels of the Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme. This award is made up of five components: Service, Physical, Skill, Adventurous Journey and Residential Project. It is a mark of great dedication to balance that Year 12 students can balance the requirements of the Gold Award with their studies. In 2024, 17 students achieved this impressive award. Congratulations goes to:
- Freya Edvardsen
- Charlotte Edwards
- Sarah McPhail
- Tsambika Galanos
- Sophia Gaukrodger
- Annabel Hartman
- Wilhelmina Jay
- Kate Kim
- Aileen Kim
- Alexandra Kralj
- Madeleine Loeffler
- Ilyssa Papadopoulos
- Anastasia Prokhorov
- Chantel Sargiss
- Chloe Sargiss
- Madison Soh
- Amelia Stylianou
Congratulations to all students in the Class of 2024
Class of 2024 - a snapshot of their final year!
