Editing Devizes (section)

==Education==
[[Devizes School]], a secondary school with a sixth form, takes pupils from the town and surrounding area. It is situated in the grounds of the [[Southbroom House]] estate and the [[listed building#Categories of listed building|Grade II listed]] house forms its administrative core.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

Downland School is a Community Special School for boys aged 11–16.<ref>{{cite web|title=Downland School|website=EduBase|publisher=Department for Education|url=http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/establishment/establishmentdetails.xhtml?urn=126550|access-date=31 May 2016}}</ref> Braeside is an outdoor education centre run by Wiltshire Council.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rightchoice.wiltshire.gov.uk/Services/4016|title=Braeside Education & Conference Centre|website=Wiltshire Council: Right Choice|access-date=10 December 2018}}</ref>

Devizes has six primary schools: St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Southbroom St James Academy, Southbroom Infants' School, Wansdyke Community School, Nursteed Community Primary School and The Trinity CofE (VA) Primary School. Nearby is Rowde CofE Primary Academy in the adjacent village of [[Rowde]].

Long Street has had a number of private schools,<ref>[http://www.devizesheritage.org.uk/private_school_41_long_street_devizes.html Devizes Heritage: Private Schools at 41 Long Street Devizes] – now the home of the [[Wiltshire Heritage Museum]]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009083923/http://www.devizesheritage.org.uk/private_school_41_long_street_devizes.html |date=9 October 2011 }}</ref> beginning in the 18th century and proliferating in the 19th. [[Brownston House]], a Grade I listed building, was the home of Miss Bidwell's Ladies Boarding School from 1859 to 1901.<ref>[http://www.devizesheritage.org.uk/bidwell_ladies_school.html Devizes Heritage: Bidwell Ladies School] {{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> A private Devizes Grammar School was established in Heathcote House in 1874 by the Reverend S.S. Pugh and carried on until 1919 by his twin sons.<ref>[http://www.devizesheritage.org.uk/devizes_grammar_school.html Devizes Heritage: Devizes Grammar school] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009083530/http://www.devizesheritage.org.uk/devizes_grammar_school.html |date=9 October 2011 }}</ref>

The closest third-level institution is the [[University of Bath]].