Which school did J.K. Rowling attend before studying French and Classics at Exeter?

J.K. Rowling attended Wyedean School and College before studying French and Classics at the University of Exeter.

Wyedean School and College is a comprehensive school in Sedbury, Gloucestershire, near the Welsh border. Rowling attended it from 1976 to 1983. The school is frequently mentioned in biographical accounts of her education and early writing interests.

Rowling had earlier attended St Michael’s Primary School in Gloucestershire. She then moved on to Wyedean after her family relocated to the Chepstow area. Her time there preceded university, where she studied French and Classics and graduated in 1987.

The school is sometimes confused with Tutshill Primary School because both are connected with Rowling’s childhood near Chepstow. Tutshill is associated with her earlier education, while Wyedean was her secondary school. The distinction matters because biographies often list several schools from different stages of her youth.