 The bottom of the valley, especially close to the river, was unhygienic, and this episode engendered consideration of moving away to a fresh site.At this time, too, the Welsh Intermediate Education Act 1889 introduced a state system of secondary education in Wales.Some charity and private schools were exempted from its provisions and there had been advocates for Friars, too, to be exempted, but ultimately this brought Friars School into the state system, under Caernarfonshire County council.