 An 1868 inspection by Henry Richmond of the Schools Inquiry Commission notes that the school was in a poor state of repair ; the school once had many boarders , but this was no longer possible because the largest dormitory needed extensive repairs . As a result , attendance had fallen from 60 to 22 scholars . Richmond records that the upper boys were reading Cicero , and their knowledge of Latin grammar was " satisfactory " . He also records the teaching of Greek , algebra , and English language , noting that French was taught as an extra . The inspector suggests that the reason for its decline may have been a nearby commercial school , and hints that the feeling in the town was that the largely Classical curriculum was " irrelevant " . He also implies that the state of the building may have been the result of differences between the headmaster and the Corporation . 
