J.K. Rowling attended Wyedean School in Sedbury, England.
Wyedean School is a comprehensive school in Sedbury, Gloucestershire, near the Welsh border. Rowling attended it during her secondary education after growing up in the surrounding area. Her time there is part of the biographical background often discussed in accounts of her early life and literary ambitions.
Sedbury is sometimes overlooked because Rowling’s biography also names nearby places, including Tutshill, Winterbourne, and Yate. Tutshill was where she spent part of her childhood, while Yate was her birthplace. These locations are geographically connected but represent different stages of her early life.
Rowling later studied French and Classics at the University of Exeter. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked in several jobs, including as a researcher and bilingual secretary. Her experiences and reading interests eventually fed into the creation of the Harry Potter world, although the novels are not simple fictional versions of her school years.