He also left bequests for founding a separate school for girls at Buxted and for providing apprenticeships for local boys.
[7] In 1855, after there had been an accumulation of funds, the Charity Commissioners approved an improved scheme for funding the school by a charity called the Buxted and Uckfield Saunders Foundation, and in 1865 The Worthies of Sussex noted that the school was then devoted to "middle class" education.
[2] In 1876 a scheme of management was approved by Queen Victoria under which the master of the school must be a graduate of a British university.
In 1880, the Saunders foundation sold Rocks Farm and paid for the building of dormitories for sixteen boarders and a gymnasium.
[3] The Saunders educational charity still exists, using its income to assist Church of England schools and to provide scholarships for local children.