Which school did J.K. Rowling attend in Gloucestershire?

J.K. Rowling attended Wyedean School and College.

Rowling went to Wyedean School and College in Sedbury, Gloucestershire, after her family moved to Tutshill. She attended the comprehensive school from 1974 until 1983. The school is near the border with Wales and became part of the biographical landscape associated with her formative years.

Rowling’s school experience is sometimes connected with her later depictions of friendship, rivalry, teachers, and school communities. However, Hogwarts is a fictional institution, and no single school should be treated as a literal model for it. Wyedean is best understood as one part of her education and background.

After Wyedean, Rowling studied French and Classics at the University of Exeter. She later worked in several administrative and research roles before writing the novel that introduced Harry Potter. The school’s connection to her is therefore a real biographical detail, not a claim that it directly became a fictional setting.