The SACE has been delivered internationally since 1982 through a network of accredited international schools.
Students at SACE International schools study the same curriculum as their South Australian peers, and benefit from the flexibility offered by the availability of both northern and southern hemisphere intake and assessment cycles.
Between 2017 and 2025, SACE International’s global reach has expanded from Malaysia, China and Vietnam to schools in Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Sri Lanka and Cambodia. Currently, the SACE is offered at 27 accredited international schools with over 1,200 students.
This represents an 84 per cent increase in students since 2016, including an 18 per cent growth in enrolments in 2024. This number is forecast to grow further over the next five years.
SACE International has recently seen increased demand from schools seeking to offer the SACE on a northern hemisphere teaching calendar and therefore being able to adapt the timetable to a local context.
This includes the recent accreditation of Haileybury Senior School Tianjin in China, a prominent and purpose-built international school operated by Victoria-based Haileybury International.
There are many reasons for international schools to choose the SACE curriculum – most notably, its flexibility, assessment model, and focus on skills and capabilities that best prepare students for tertiary study.
SACE International graduates are equipped with a robust and innovative internationally recognised qualification which opens the doors for them to pursue opportunities for study and work across the globe.
Many of these graduates also come to South Australia to study at our universities, with data from the South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre (SATAC) showing that between 2018 and 2025, 1,120 SACE International graduates received offers to undergraduate courses at Flinders University, the University of Adelaide, and University of South Australia.