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Head of House

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At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a Head of House is the title for a Professor at Hogwarts who is responsible for the one of the four houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. It is possible for a Head of House to serve concurrently as Deputy Head but not as Headmaster.

A Head of House must have been a member of that House while a student at Hogwarts.It is possible that a shortage of teachers who had been in Slytherin after the First Wizarding War paved the way for Severus Snape to become Head of that House at a remarkably young age for such a position. On the return to the Hogwarts Faculty of Horace Slughorn, who had been Head of House when Snape was a student, Snape jealously guarded the prerogatives of the Headship.

A Head of House is in charge of discipline over its students as well as making decisions regarding the House's Quidditch team.

A Head of House also gives the fifth years of their house advice for the student's future career.

The precise mechanism by which a Head of House is chosen is not known.

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Known Heads of Houses

Gryffindor

Hufflepuff

Ravenclaw

Slytherin

See also


Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Hogwarts Houses:
Namesake Founder: Godric Gryffindor · Helga Hufflepuff · Rowena Ravenclaw · Salazar Slytherin
Head of House: Minerva McGonagall · Pomona Sprout · Filius Flitwick · Horace Slughorn
House Ghost: Nearly Headless Nick · Fat Friar · Grey Lady · Bloody Baron