Hogwarts

Biodata

Admissions and administration

• Admission is recorded when the Acceptance Quill writes a prospective student's name in the Book of Admittance; Hogwarts then sends an owl-delivered acceptance letter. Wentworth Grindelwald's name appeared late, prompting concern from McGonagall and Dumbledore. 4
• Students ordinarily begin at age eleven, with Hogwarts providing education through age eighteen. 3
• The school opens its term on September 1, when first-years depart from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters aboard the Hogwarts Express. 11
• Dumbledore serves as headmaster, while Professor McGonagall is involved in admissions and the Sorting Ceremony. 4 292
• The Board of Governors can influence the selection of the headmaster, making seats on it a source of institutional power. 210

Houses

Hogwarts divides students among four houses, whose tables are represented in the Great Hall. 103

• Gryffindor — Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and the Weasley twins are associated with this house. 103 170
• Hufflepuff — Wentworth and Cedric belong to Hufflepuff; Dumbledore praises Cedric as embodying its fearlessness and loyalty. 18 129
• Ravenclaw — Luna Lovegood is sorted into Ravenclaw. 292
• Slytherin — Cassandra and Marcus Flint are associated with Slytherin. 108 129

Campus

Hogwarts Castle

Hogwarts is centered on a large castle near Hogsmeade Village. Students live, study, and attend communal meals within the castle. 129 292

• Great Hall — Hosts meals, the Sorting Ceremony, school announcements, and owl post deliveries. 103 292 293
• Headmaster's Office — Located on the castle's eighth floor. 47
• Room of Requirement — Also situated on the eighth floor; Wentworth uses it for private spell practice and meetings of the Secret Society. Its mist-filled environment conceals faces and alters voices. 47 209
• Kitchens — Accessible by tickling the pear in a fruit-bowl painting, which becomes a green doorknob. House-elves staff the kitchens and can obtain ingredients for students. 18
• Quidditch Pitch — Used for inter-house matches and overseen by Hogwarts professors. 108
• Forbidden Forest — A dangerous area used for disciplinary patrols; students investigating a unicorn attacker encountered centaurs, an unknown hostile figure, and traces of silvery-white liquid. 230 231 234

Protected chambers

A sequence of professor-created trials leads to the chamber containing the Mirror of Erised. The obstacles include Devil's Snare, a room of attacking flying keys, and an enormous Wizard's Chess board. 205

Education

Inter-school competition

Hogwarts participates in the annual Magical Schools Potions Championship alongside Koldovstoretz, Uagadou, and Mahoutokoro—the four schools noted for outstanding Potions achievements. 333

• Dumbledore selects Wentworth to represent Hogwarts, with his championship performance determining his Potions grade for the term. 333
• The championship held at Mahoutokoro uses an unconventional survival-and-navigation format: contestants begin on separate shores of an extinct volcanic island and race to retrieve broomsticks from the summit. 390

Notable events

• Wentworth Grindelwald's admission — The Acceptance Quill unexpectedly records Wentworth's name, bringing a Grindelwald descendant to Dumbledore's attention shortly before term begins. 4
• Quidditch attack — Marcus Flint, apparently influenced by a curse or potion, causes Wentworth to fall during a match. Multiple professors halt the fall with Levitation Charms, and Dumbledore, Snape, and McGonagall investigate the incident. 108 109
• Halloween troll incident — A troll enters the castle. Wentworth and Cedric subdue it through a combined Disarming Charm and Stunning Spell after Harry, Ron, and Draco fail to stop it. 202
• Forbidden Forest patrol — Wentworth manipulates circumstances to join Harry, Ron, and Draco on a forest punishment patrol. During the expedition, he and Draco protect Harry from a mysterious figure until Dumbledore arrives with Fawkes. 230 234
• Wizarding World Central Bank proposal — Lockhart announces plans for student loans, an annual Hogwarts fund for high-achieving students, and jobs for strong graduates; Dumbledore observes the announcement carefully. 293