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A student in their seventh year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was called a seventh-year (with a hyphen). Seventh-year students were usually seventeen to eighteen years of age.

Overall[]

The seventh year contained the most important exams given at Hogwarts — the N.E.W.T exam pertaining to each of the subjects, concluding their N.E.W.T.-level studies that they started in their sixth year and continued into the seventh year.[1]

A student in the seventh year would have the same schedule he or she had in the sixth year, and would sit only those classes in which they received the O.W.L. grade needed and decided by the professor for that subject. However, not all students took N.E.W.T.s, as many occupations accepted applicants who only received O.W.L.s.[2] It was likely that specialised subjects only offered from the sixth year would be continued at N.E.W.T. level.

Every year, a male and female seventh-year student were appointed as Head Boy and Head Girl respectively by the Headmaster or Headmistress.[3]

Miriam Strout greeting students in St Mungo's HM719

Student programme at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries

Thanks to a special arrangement between Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and various other places around the world, students who had reached this stage of their education were offered the opportunity to explore various wizarding professions first-hand by signing up for an internship programme.[4] Students could seek internship programmes at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries in order to learn how to become Healers.[5][6]

One of these programmes was at the Ministry of Magic in London, and was at one point headed by Amos Diggory of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. As of the 1990–1991 school year, however, this task had instead been given to Wilkie Twycross, from the Department of Magical Transportation.[7][8]

Curriculum[]

Subject Curriculum

Astronomy[]

Charms[]

Potions[]

History of Magic[]

Transfiguration[]

Defence Against the Dark Arts[]

Official curriculum[]
Bill Weasley's extracurricular classes[]
Chameleon Ghoul exposed HM73

Muggle Studies[]

Muggle Studies class HM

Care of Magical Creatures[]

Divination[]

Herbology[]

Behind the scenes[]

  • J. K. Rowling said in an interview that there is some form of graduation ceremony for seventh-years that includes riding the Hogwarts boats back across the lake as they leave, but that she chose not to include it in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, as "to have a graduation scene on top of what just happened would've been an absurd bit of anti-climax."[77]
  • J. K. Rowling also stated in the same interview that although Harry, Ron, and Hermione skipped their seventh year to hunt for Voldemort's Horcruxes, Hermione went back to Hogwarts to get her N.E.W.T.s and properly graduate. Harry and Ron, however, chose not to return, and instead worked with Kingsley Shacklebolt to round up stray Death Eaters.[77]
  • In another interview, J. K. Rowling has stated that Marcus Flint had to repeat his seventh year, due to failing his N.E.W.T.s the first time around.[78][79] This is due to Marcus appearing in Prisoner of Azkaban, but being described as a sixth-year student in earlier versions of Philosopher's Stone. In later versions he was a fifth-year in Philosophers Stone, which means he never repeated a year.
  • By Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 26 (Gringotts), the Gryffindor seventh-year boys' dormitory was empty; Harry and Ron were out searching for Horcruxes, Dean was in hiding, and Neville and Seamus were in the Room of Requirement.[80]
  • Sixth and seventh-years in Hogwarts bear a strong resemblance to Sixth Form in England or 5th and 6th Year in Scotland, although sixth and seventh-years in Hogwarts appears to be compulsory, whereas Sixth Form is not.

Appearances[]

Notes and references[]

  1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 9 (The Half-Blood Prince)
  2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 29 (Careers Advice)
  3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 1 (Owl Post)
  4. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 1 (Year Seven Begins)
  5. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 19 (St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries)
  6. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 20 (A Different Kind of Hospital Drama)
  7. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 5 (The Ministry of Magic)
  8. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 6 (A Window of Opportunity)
  9. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 1 (Year Seven Begins) - Astronomy Lesson "Dark Cloud Constellations"
  10. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 16 (Trials and Tribulations) - Astronomy Lesson "Rogue Planets"
  11. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 28 (The Last Laugh) - Astronomy Lesson "Dark Matter and Dark Energy"
  12. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 38 (Tensions Rise) - Astronomy Lesson "Black Holes and Wormholes"
  13. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 46 (Total Recall) - Astronomy Lesson "Jupiter's Moons"
  14. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 1 (Year Seven Begins) - Charms Lesson "Ascendio"
  15. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 17 (An Infestation of Doxies) - Charms Lesson "Anti-Alohomora Charm"
  16. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 30 (It All Falls Down) - Charms Lesson "Lumos Solem"
  17. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 41 (That's Awkward) - Charms Lesson "Impervius"
  18. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 2 (More Questions Than Answers) - Potions Lesson "Veritaserum"
  19. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 9 (A Beast of a Division) - Assignment "Track the Werewolf"
  20. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 14 (The Search for Zenith Xeep) - Potions Lesson "Rat Tonic"
  21. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 20 (A Different Kind of Hospital Drama) - Assignment "Ward for Serious Bites"
  22. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 25 (Swan Dive)
  23. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 40 (Family Matters) - Potions Lesson "Draught of Living Death"
  24. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Side Quest "Trouble Brewing"
  25. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 52 (All Good Things Come in Threes) Potions Lesson "Mandrake Restorative Draught"
  26. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 2 (More Questions Than Answers) - History of Magic Lesson "Emeric the Evil"
  27. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 8 (Back to Hogwarts) - Assignment "Duelling Mastery"
  28. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 10 (The Wampus Cat's Out of the Bag) - History of Magic Lesson "Alchemy in Medieval Europe"
  29. 29.0 29.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 10 (The Wampus Cat's Out of the Bag) - Assignment "Transportation Regulation"
  30. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 18 (Long Live the Doxy Queen) - History of Magic Lesson "Founding of St Mungo's Hospital"
  31. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 21 (Burning Up) - Assignment "Dragon Pox"
  32. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 31 (Circle Up) - History of Magic Lesson "Warlocks' Convention of 1709"
  33. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 36 (Impenetrable and Unplottable) Assignment "Stolen Goblin Treasure"
  34. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 37 (Lockdown) - Assignment "Azkaban Orientation"
  35. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 39 (The Aftermath) - Assignment "Mischief Management"
  36. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 40 (Family Matters) - Potions Lesson "Draught of Living Death"
  37. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 3 (On the Case) - Transfiguration Lesson "Toad to Toadstool"
  38. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 16 (Trials and Tribulations) - Transfiguration Lesson "Tortoise to Trumpet"
  39. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 34 (The Scroll and the Sarcophagus) - Transfiguration Lesson "King to Rook"
  40. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 48 (Archival Evidence) - Transfiguration Lesson "Rubbish to Raccoon Dog"
  41. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 42 (A Study in Green) - Defence Against the Dark Arts Lesson "Bombarda Maxima"
  42. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 49 (Revelations) Defence Against the Dark Arts Lesson "Nogtail"
  43. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 51 (A Simple Demonstration) - Defence Against the Dark Arts Lesson "Furnunculus"
  44. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 3 (On the Case) - Defence Against the Dark Arts Lesson "Chameleon Ghoul"
  45. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 13 (Side Effects May Include Memory Loss) - Defence Against the Dark Arts Lesson "Gnome"
  46. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 20 (A Different Kind of Hospital Drama) - Defence Against the Dark Arts Lesson "Manticore"
  47. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 33 (Double Agents) - Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson "Concealment Charms"
  48. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 35 (The Auror Programme) - Assignment "Poltergeist Problems"
  49. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 37 (Lockdown) - Assignment "Dementors"
  50. 50.0 50.1 50.2 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 3 (On the Case)
  51. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 4 (A New Assignment) - Muggle Studies Lesson "Rotary Phone"
  52. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 9 (A Beast of a Division) - Muggle Studies Lesson "Rubber Duck"
  53. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 15 (The Counter-Serum) - Muggle Studies Lesson "Hair Spray"
  54. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 22 (The Search for Ryu) - Muggle Studies Lesson "Toaster"
  55. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 27 (Now That's What I Call a Cursed CD) - Muggle Studies Lesson "Roller Blades"
  56. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 35 (The Auror Programme) - Muggle Studies Lesson "Cars"
  57. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 44 (The Memory Heist) - Muggle Studies Lesson "Blender"
  58. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 50 (Turning Point) - Muggle Studies Lesson "Flight"
  59. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 8 (Back to Hogwarts) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Quintaped"
  60. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 18 (Long Live the Doxy Queen) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Occamy"
  61. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 34 (The Scroll and the Sarcophagus) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Demiguise"
  62. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 45 (The Fallout) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Dugbog"
  63. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 11 (Goodbye, Magical Creatures…) - Divination Lesson "Ornithomancy"
  64. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 27 (Now That's What I Call a Cursed CD) - Divination Lesson "Smoke Patterns"
  65. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 36 (Impenetrable and Unplottable) - Divination Lesson "Phyllomancy"
  66. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 38 (Tensions Rise)
  67. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 47 (The Circle and the Crown) - Divination Lesson "Lithomancy"
  68. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 17 (An Infestation of Doxies) - Herbology Lesson "Asphodel"
  69. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 19 (St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries) - Assignment "Healing Hands"
  70. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 21 (Burning Up) - Assignment "Dragon Pox"
  71. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 22 (The Search for Ryu) - Assignment "The Wolf's Bane"
  72. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 25 (Swan Dive) - Assignment "Faux Floo"
  73. 73.0 73.1 73.2 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 26 (No Laughing Matter) - Assignment "A Witch's Garden"
  74. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 30 (It All Falls Down) - Herbology Lesson "Alihotsy"
  75. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Side Quest "No Laughing Organic Matter"
  76. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 38 (Tensions Rise) - Herbology Lesson "Sopophorous Bean"
  77. 77.0 77.1 PotterCast Interviews J.K. Rowling, December 2007
  78. Online chat transcript, Scholastic.com, 3 February 2000
  79. Rowling's Official Site (text only), accessed 25th July 2011
  80. J.K.Rowling Official Site F.A.Q.
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