 The aim was to provide a high quality education that was academically strong and well rounded, delivered in a clear Christian context.William Clarke College opened in 1988 with 113 students in Years 7 and 8 using the St Stephen's Anglican Church in Kellyville as a temporary site.The College is named after the Rev William Branwhite Clarke, who was a minister of the gospel and the first incumbent of the Parish of Castle Hill, Rouse Hill and Dural.