At its foundation, the college was an independent, Presbyterian school for boys.
St. Andrew's college was originally a Presbyterian school, and then changed to a multi-denominational school.
King's College, a private Presbyterian school.
In 1879 a Presbyterian school was opened and later a Methodist school.
The church mantains 72 Presbyterian primary schools and five Presbyterian secondary schools.
The school was frequently in competition with Transylvania Academy, then a Presbyterian school.
The Presbyterian schools in particular later became the nucleus of the governmental system.
The Board is appointed every two years and oversees the progress and development of the five Presbyterian schools in the country.
The campus was originally Oakland College, a Presbyterian school founded in 1830 to educate white men.
There are currently only three other Presbyterian schools in New South Wales: