 In 1845 , local members of the Church of England , as part of a petition calling for funding , stated that they had established a new school . By 1848 there was also a Wesleyan Sunday School with 20 students . By 1867 there was a secular state school in the town , though funding was inconstant and the school was closed for at least the next two years . This school never grew large ; as of 1903 it had an average attendance of 20 students . 
