 Up until its merger, the College catered for day students from pre-kindergarten to Year 12, and boarders from Years 7 to 12.In 1873 Canon Thomas Smith of All Saints' Cathedral, Bathurst, with the support of Bishop Samuel Marsden began the process of starting the School.The following year, on 27 January, the Bathurst Church of England College opened its doors to seven students under the headmastership of Henry Kemmis.