She further explained that this had resulted from her creating only 40 characters for Harry's year. She later suggested around six hundred, while acknowledging that this number was still inconsistent with the small number of people in Harry's year. Rowling initially said there are about one thousand students at Hogwarts.
Education at Hogwarts is not compulsory, with some students being home schooled as stated in the seventh book. Hogwarts is a coeducational, secondary boarding school, taking children from ages eleven to seventeen. An attempt was made in the 1994-95 school year to revive the tournament, but the consequential death of Cedric Diggory resulted in its permanent discontinuation. The tournament continued for six centuries before being discontinued. Since then, Hogwarts educated most wizarding children in the United Kingdom and its surrounding areas, keeping its location hidden from other wizarding schools and muggles.Ībout three hundred years after the school was founded, the Triwizard Tournament was established as an interscholastic competition among the three most prestigious magical schools in Europe: Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang.
Theory has it that Rowena Ravenclaw came up with the name of Hogwarts after dreaming of a warty hog that led her to a cliff by a lake. 3.1 Hiding place of the Philosopher's Stoneįounded in the 10th century by Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff and Salazar Slytherin, Hogwarts was established in the Highlands of Scotland to educate young wizards and witches as well as to keep students safe from muggle persecution.
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