North Wiltshire School

North Wiltshire School (formerly Rowdeford School) is a special needs community school, near Rowde, Wiltshire, England, for young people with complex needs and autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) aged between 11 and 16.[1] The school caters for 130 pupils. In 2008 the school was awarded specialist status in communication and interaction.

North Wiltshire School
Address
Rowde Devizes , Wiltshire , SN10 2QQ England
Coordinates	51.369°N 2.034°W / 51.369; -2.034
Information
Type	Community special school
Local authority	Wiltshire Council
Specialist	SEN communication and interaction
Department for Education URN	148145 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head teacher	Sean McKeown
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 16
Website	https://www.northwiltshireschool.co.uk/

The school is run by Wiltshire Council with additional support from Rowdeford Charity Trust, an independent charity that is focused on the advancement of education for young people with disabilities and special needs. The school is built around Rowdeford House, a two-storey country house built in 1812 for Wadham Locke,[2] later MP for Devizes.

Weekday boarding places were provided for 23 children but this was reduced to 16 places in September 2016 and Wiltshire Council withdrew funding for these in March 2018 causing the boarding to be shut down in July 2018.[3]

In 2020 Rowdeford School formally merged with Larkrise School in Trowbridge and St Nicholas School in Chippenham to form North Wiltshire School. The new school will operate over the three former school sites with a unified management structure. The former Rowdeford site will act as the headquarters of the school and will be expanded.[4]