Local students taking A-level fast-track to Oxford

A private school in Sydney is offering highly regarded British qualifications as an alternative to the HSC.

Julie HareEducation editor

Feb 28, 2025 – 5.08pm

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By the time most year 12 students were buckling down for their final exams at the end of last year, Amy Feng was already across the other side of the world and enrolled in Oxford University.

Feng was one of a handful of senior students at Presbyterian Ladies College in Sydney’s inner west to have participated in a pilot program to introduce Cambridge A-levels at the school.

Julie Hare is the Education editor. She has more than 20 years’ experience as a writer, journalist and editor.