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'''Head of House''' is the title for a [[Professor]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] who is responsible for the one of the four [[Hogwarts Houses|Houses]]: [[Gryffindor]], [[Hufflepuff]], [[Ravenclaw]] or [[Slytherin]]. It is possible for a Head of House to serve concurrently as [[Headmaster|Deputy Head]] but not as [[Headmaster]].
  
'''Head of House''' is the title for a [[Professor]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] who is responsible for the one of the four [[Hogwarts Houses|Houses]]: [[Gryffindor]], [[Hufflepuff]], [[Ravenclaw]] or [[Slytherin]]. It is possible for a Head of House to serve concurrently as [[Headmaster|Deputy Head]] but not as [[Headmaster]].
   
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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.
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A Head of House must have been a member of that House while a student at Hogwarts.<ref name="jkfaq">[http://web.archive.org/web/20110721043724/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=62 J.K. Rowling Official Site FAQ, available via Internet Archive]</ref> 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.
   
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A Head of House is also in charge of discipline over its students as well as making decisions regarding the House's [[Quidditch]] team.
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A Head of House is also in charge of discipline over its students as well as making decisions regarding the House's [[Quidditch]] team. A student's expulsion usually rests within the decision of the Head of the specific house; other Heads cannot interfere, with the exception of the Headmaster.
   
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A Head of House also gives the [[fifth year]]s of their House advice for the student's future career.
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A Head of House also gives the [[fifth year]]s of their House advice for the student's future career.
   
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The precise mechanism by which a Head of House is chosen is not known.
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The precise mechanism by which a Head of House is chosen is not known, though it is likely they are appointed by the Headmaster of the school, as McGonagall appointed Slughorn as the interim Head of Slytherin when Snape had been temporarily relieved of his position at Hogwarts after killing Dumbledore.
   
 
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File:SeverusSnape.jpg|[[Severus Snape]], [[Head of Slytherin House]]
 
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Head of House is the title for a Professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry who is responsible for the one of the four Houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw or 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.[1] 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 also in charge of discipline over its students as well as making decisions regarding the House's Quidditch team. A student's expulsion usually rests within the decision of the Head of the specific house; other Heads cannot interfere, with the exception of the Headmaster.

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, though it is likely they are appointed by the Headmaster of the school, as McGonagall appointed Slughorn as the interim Head of Slytherin when Snape had been temporarily relieved of his position at Hogwarts after killing Dumbledore.

Known Heads of Houses

Gryffindor

Hufflepuff

Ravenclaw

Slytherin

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ J.K. Rowling Official Site FAQ, available via Internet Archive
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