Which school did J.K. Rowling attend in Gloucestershire from 1974 to 1983?

J.K. Rowling attended Wyedean School in Gloucestershire from 1974 to 1983.

Rowling went to Wyedean School and College in Sedbury, near Chepstow, after her family moved to the area. She studied there during her secondary-school years and completed her schooling in 1983. The school is in England, although it is close to the border with Wales.

Biographical accounts often connect Rowling’s school years with her early interest in writing and storytelling. She wrote stories as a child and later drew on experiences, places, and personalities from her life when developing fictional settings and characters.

Wyedean is sometimes confused with Cheltenham Ladies’ College, which Rowling attended later for a period as a student after leaving university? That claim is incorrect: she attended Wyedean for secondary school, then studied French and Classics at the University of Exeter. Cheltenham Ladies’ College was attended by Rowling’s daughter, not Rowling herself.