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A damning report
A Report of the Schools Enquiry Commission issued in 1870 gave
a very clear indication that the education provided by the school
left much to be desired. The school was described as being in
"an abject and useless state". Even the new
buildings were described as inadequate, and the pupils of low
ability.
The Trustees were described as taking little interest in the
school, and not all the funds could be accounted for. This damning
report concludes "this grammar school, with its endowment
of nearly £200 a year, differs little from an ordinary
National or British School, and where it differs differs for
the worse."
Entry qualification
The creation of the National and British
schools in the town left the Grammar School free to cater for
older pupils and an entry qualification was introduced. The standards
were greatly improved by the new Headmaster Mr Woodrow who came
in 1870. Despite a well organised scheme for the further advancement
of the school, Mr Woodrow was removed and his successor Charles
Green led the school into so steep a decline that by 1883 when
he was dismissed, there were only five boys attending the school.
The Rev T.M. Newbery, former Headmaster at Llandrindod College,
was appointed and he got the school back on a firm footing.
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