Raphael did receive some tutoring from a local clergyman before he was thirteen years old then, in 1873, he entered Mr Watson's boarding school at Caversham near Reading.
Raphael ay tumanggap ng ilang tutoring mula sa isang lokal na pari bago siya ay labing-tatlong taong gulang at pagkatapos, sa 1873, siya ipinasok Mr Watson's paaralan at Caversham malapit sa pagbabasa.