Character Subject/Position Background

The History of Magic teacher for the entire series,

Cuthbert Binns has the distinction of being the only
teacher at Hogwarts who is a ghost. It is said that one day
he took a nap in a chair in the staff room and died in his
sleep; later, he simply got up to go to teach his next class
and "left his body behind". His lessons are notoriously
boring and it is mentioned that the most exciting thing that
Cuthbert ever happens in his class is his "entering through the
History of Magic
Binns blackboard". As a ghost, he seems unaware of his
change from living to dead. In the second book, it is he
who describes the legend of the Chamber of
Secrets when asked by the students, but in the film
version, it is McGonagall, as Binns does not appear in
any of the films. He constantly gets the students' names
wrong and is often so absent-minded he is amazed to find
the class filled with students.

The Muggle Studies teacher before Harry's seventh year;

she does not appear until Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows (as Harry has no need to take the class).
Because her teachings about Muggles gave an overall
favourable impression of them, going so far as to write an
Charity editorial praising Muggles in the Daily Prophet, she runs
Muggle Studies
Burbage afoul of the Death Eaters, whose philosophy asserts the
supremacy of pure-bloods. She becomes a prisoner
of Lord Voldemort in the seventh book; he tortures and
kills her before feeding her to Nagini. The character
(played by Carolyn Pickles) appears briefly in the
film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1.

Sibling Death Eaters, posted as Deputy Headmaster and

Deputy Headmistress to Hogwarts to keep control over
the school, maintain a reign of fear and to take charge of
punishment under Severus Snape's regime as
Headmaster in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Muggle
Alecto Carrow taught Muggle Studies, now a required
Alecto and Studies / Deputy
course; however, instead of encouraging understanding
Amycus Headmaster and
of Muggles, she taught ideologies that Muggles were no
Carrow Headmistress / Dark
better than animals. Amycus Carrow taught Defence
Arts
Against the Dark Arts; however it is noted that there was
no defence involved because they had changed the
name to Dark Arts, so Amycus frequently taught students
the Unforgivable Curses and openly encouraged them to
practice these on their classmates who earned
themselves detention. In Harry Potter and the Deathly
 Hallows, Alecto Carrow is stunned by Luna Lovegood in
the Ravenclaw common room. Harry Potter then uses
the Cruciatus Curse on Amycus Carrow after he spat in
Minerva McGonagall's face.

The Headmaster of Hogwarts since a few decades before

Harry's birth until Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts when
Dumbledore is killed by Severus Snape on his request.
Dumbledore served previously as Transfiguration teacher
Transfiguration/Defence
during Tom Riddle's time at Hogwarts under Headmaster
Albus against the Dark Arts /
Armando Dippet and as Head of Gryffindor House and
Dumbledore Deputy Headmaster /
Deputy Headmaster. Dumbledore was also the founder of
Headmaster
The Order of the Phoenix. He was awarded many titles,
most of which were removed by Minister for Magic
Cornelius Fudge after he accused Dumbledore of
conspiring to take over the Ministry.

The Squib caretaker of Hogwarts for the entire series. He

owns a cat named Mrs Norris, who seems to possess
Argus Filch Caretaker
certain magical abilities. He hates all students and he is
bitter about not possessing magical abilities.

A centaur, he previously lived with his herd in

the Forbidden Forest. In the Order of the Phoenix, after
Sybill Trelawney is fired by Dolores Umbridge, he is hired
by Dumbledore to teach Divination in her stead. The other
centaurs found this dishonourable and banished him from
Firenze Divination
the herd. By Half-Blood Prince, Trelawney was reinstated
as Divination teacher, but due to Firenze's situation with
his herd, Dumbledore had them teach Divination
concurrently until Firenze returns to the Forest after
the Battle of Hogwarts.

The Charms teacher and Head of Ravenclaw House for

Filius the entire series. He is also shown to be the director of
Charms
Flitwick the school's choir in the film adaptation of Prisoner of
Azkaban and Order of the Phoenix.

A substitute Care of Magical Creatures teacher. She first

appears in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, taking
Wilhelmina
Care of Magical lessons when Hagrid is unable to teach, and substitutes
Grubbly-
Creatures again in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix when
Plank
Hagrid is away on a mission for the Order of the Phoenix.
A number of students in Harry's year prefer Grubbly-
Plank, as unlike Hagrid, she is quite happy to teach them
 about creatures that don't have poisonous fangs or
deadly talons. Despite Harry's initial distrust of her
abilities compared to Hagrid, she is a competent teacher
– recognising the cause of Hedwig's injuries and healing
her with little difficulty.

The Half-giant gamekeeper, Keeper of Keys and

Care of Magical Grounds, and, from Harry's third year at Hogwarts, the
Rubeus
Creatures / Grounds Care of Magical Creatures professor. He has a habit of
Hagrid
Keeper introducing dangerous creatures, which he considers
harmless, to the students.

The Quidditch referee during the entire series, and flying

instructor for first-year students. She is described as
Rolanda having short, spiky, grey hair, with piercing yellow hawk-
Flying
Hooch like eyes, usually hidden behind goggles. Her expertise is
called on along with Professor Flitwick's to test Harry's
Firebolt broom for dark magic.

The Care of Magical Creatures teacher since Armando

Dippet (Dumbledore's predecessor) was headmaster. He
Silvanus Care of Magical
eventually retires to "spend time with his remaining
Kettleburn Creatures
limbs", and his place is eventually taken by Hagrid
in Prisoner of Azkaban.

The Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher in Harry

Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry's second year
at Hogwarts). He is adored by the female students for his
Gilderoy Defence Against the charm and popularity in the wizarding world but is actually
Lockhart Dark Arts a coward and a fraud who took stories from other wizards
and then erased their memories. He loses his own
memory when a spell backfires on him and is
subsequently hospitalised for long-term care.

The Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher in Harry

Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry's third year at
Remus Defence Against the Hogwarts). He is loved by most students (except for those
Lupin Dark Arts in Slytherin house) for being the best Defence Against the
Dark Arts teacher. He resigns at the end of that year after
Snape reveals that he is a werewolf.
 The Transfiguration teacher and Head of Gryffindor
House during the entire series. Deputy Headmistress
Transfiguration / Deputy during the first six novels. Temporary Headmistress when
Minerva
Headmistress / Dumbledore was sacked in Chamber of Secrets.
McGonagall
Headmistress Temporary Headmistress after Dumbledore's death
in Half-Blood Prince. Revealed to be the Headmistress
in Cursed Child.

Moody is appointed as Defence Against the Dark Arts

teacher in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry's
fourth year at Hogwarts). A former Auror, he gained his
nickname for the magical eye he wears to replace one he
Alastor
Defence Against the lost in the line of duty. At the end of the book, Moody is
"Mad-Eye"
Dark Arts revealed as an impostor, Barty Crouch Jr, who had
Moody
captured the real Moody one day before the start of term
as part of a plan to deliver Harry to Voldemort to help his
resurrection. Moody reappears in the series as an active
Order of the Phoenix member but never actually teaches.

The librarian of Hogwarts during the entire series. She is

compared to an "underfed vulture", and is very
possessive and protective with the library books, many
times screaming at Ron and Harry. Dumbledore relates
that while she agreed to allow the Hogwarts copy
Irma Pince Librarian
of Quidditch through the Ages to be used for a special
facsimile copy, handing over the book ran so counter to
her nature that she was struck by an unusual form of
paralysis and he had to prise her fingers from the book
manually.

The Matron and nurse in charge of the hospital wing

during the entire series, being on the position for
decades. It was mentioned once that she worked at St.
Mungo's before transferring to Hogwarts. She has a
Poppy
Matron reputation for strictness, but when faced with Dolores
Pomfrey
Umbridge's and later the Death Eaters' abuse of the
students, she admits that she never even considered
resigning, refusing to leave the students when they
needed her most.

The Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher in Harry

Muggle
Quirinus Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry's first year at
Studies / Defence
Quirrell Hogwarts). He later turns out to be possessed by
Against the Dark Arts
Voldemort and is dead by the end of the book.
 The Astronomy teacher during the entire series. Sinistra
assists Professor Flitwick in moving a petrified Justin
Aurora
Astronomy Finch-Fletchley to the hospital wing in Chamber of
Sinistra
Secrets and is mentioned sporadically throughout the
series.

A former Potions master and Head of Slytherin for several

decades prior to Harry's birth, Slughorn agrees to come
Horace out of retirement and return to these functions at the
Potions
Slughorn beginning of Half-Blood Prince. He stays in the job after
Voldemort's takeover but sides firmly with the Hogwarts
staff against him in Deathly Hallows.

The Potions master from Harry's first to fifth years, head

of Slytherin House from Harry's first to sixth years and
Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher in Harry Potter
Potions / Defense and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry's sixth year at
Severus
Against the Dark Arts / Hogwarts). Snape serves as Headmaster in Harry Potter
Snape
Headmaster and the Deathly Hallows, having been appointed by the
Minister for Magic, Pius Thicknesse (who was controlled
by Voldemort), until he is killed by Voldemort in the final
chapters of the novel.

The Herbology teacher and Head of Hufflepuff House

during the entire series. She held the job for years, and
Pomona she carried the position after the Battle of Hogwarts until
Herbology
Sprout she retired and was replaced by Neville Longbottom who,
by the time of the epilogue, is said to be the Herbology
teacher.

The Divination teacher from 1980 (Harry's birth year)

until Order of the Phoenix, when she is fired by Umbridge.
Sybill
Divination Trelawney returns to the work in Half-Blood
Trelawney
Prince and Deathly Hallows, sharing the position with
Firenze.

The Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher in Harry

Defence Against the Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry's fifth year at
Dolores
Dark Arts / Hogwarts). She was appointed by the Ministry of Magic to
Umbridge
Headmistress address the rumours concerning Voldemort's return that
extended from there the previous summer. Umbridge
extracted control, becoming Hogwarts' first and only High
 Inquisitor, and briefly Headmistress after Dumbledore
took responsibility for Dumbledore's Army.

The Arithmancy teacher during the entire series, known to

Septima give her students large amounts of homework. She is
Arithmancy
Vector only mentioned, as Arithmancy is Hermione's favourite
class, but Harry never signed up for it.

Minerva McGonagall[edit]

Maggie Smith was author J.K. Rowling's personal choice for the role of McGonagall in the film series.

Minerva McGonagall is deputy Headmistress, head of Gryffindor House, Transfiguration professor,

and later Headmistress at Hogwarts. She is first introduced in the opening chapter of Harry Potter
and the Philosopher's Stone, when she meets Dumbledore at Number 4 Privet Drive, Little
Whinging, Surrey (the home of Harry's aunt and uncle, Vernon and Petunia Dursley). McGonagall is
described as a tall, rather severe-looking woman, with black hair typically drawn into a tight bun. She
wears emerald green robes, a pointed hat, and always has a very prim expression. She speaks with
a slight Scottish accent. She is, according to Rowling, a sprightly 70-year-old.[12] McGonagall wears
square spectacles that match the markings around the eyes of her Animagus form of a British
Shorthair silver tabby cat; she has the distinction of being the first Animagus introduced in the series
and being one of the few registered Animagi of the century, though she is rarely seen using the
ability. Harry's immediate impression of her is of someone who is not to be crossed. She has a
fondness for tartan, and her handkerchief, at least one hat, dressing gown, and dress robes are
patterned with it. In the films, McGonagall often wears a Scottish brooch of a specific Scots style set
with Cairngorm citrines and Scottish agate.
In the first book, after seeing Harry fly masterfully his very first time on a broom, she recommends
him to fill the position of Seeker on the Gryffindor Quidditch team and sends him a broom, even
though first-year students are normally prohibited from playing the sport or owning brooms. Despite
the fact that she can often be heard to caution Lee Jordan's biased remarks while commentating on
Hogwart's Quidditch matches, it is often indirectly revealed that McGonagall herself is an avid
Quidditch fan, resulting in a few occasions of her dropping her usual demeanour. Furthermore,
although a rigorous disciplinarian, she often assists Harry indirectly with activities that are not strictly
within the rules of Hogwarts; for example, she allows Harry and his friends to use the Transfiguration
classroom to practice for tasks in the Triwizard Tournament. She promises Harry she would do
everything in her power to help him to achieve his goal of becoming an auror, and she keeps her
promise.[13] Despite her stern front, McGonagall is shown to have good intentions at heart and has
been known to display a range of emotions, which can often be a shock to her colleagues and
students.
It is revealed in Order of the Phoenix that McGonagall is a member of the Order of the Phoenix. She
and Dolores Umbridge seem to have a mutual dislike for each other, as Umbridge continuously
usurps more and more power from the staff and from Dumbledore and McGonagall in particular.
McGonagall quietly resists, vowing to assist Harry's lukewarm desire to become an auror primarily to
spite Umbridge, and ignoring and even quietly aiding Peeves and the students in their destructive
pranks. When McGonagall attempts to stop Umbridge and her fellow Ministry cronies from unjustly
taking Hagrid away by force, she is hit by four stunning spells without warning, before she can draw
her wand, but Hagrid manages to escape due to his giant heritage. In an unconscious state, she is
rushed to St Mungo's, where she recovers for a while. McGonagall returns to the school towards the
end of the book, though she temporarily uses a walking stick. After the death of Dumbledore in Half-
Blood Prince, she becomes the acting Headmistress of Hogwarts.
However, in the series finale, she does not become headmistress at the start of term as expected;
Snape is appointed by the new Minister for Magic Thicknesse, who is actually under the Imperius
Curse and acting for Voldemort. Death eater Alecto Carrow replaces McGonagall as deputy
headmistress. Despite the many changes, she is retained as Transfiguration professor and head of
Gryffindor House. Before the Battle of Hogwarts, she goes to the Ravenclaw tower and finds Alecto
stunned by Luna and Amycus Carrow searching for Harry. She is surprised when Amycus tells her
Voldemort warned them Harry would try to break into the Ravenclaw Tower, proudly telling him
Harry has no business on the Ravenclaw Tower, for Harry is in her House, Gryffindor. When
Amycus suggests blaming the students to compensate for his sister's state, McGonagall immediately
intervenes. In response, Amycus spits in her face. Harry, who is present and hidden under his
invisibility cloak, reveals himself and uses the Cruciatus Curse on Amycus. Harry then informs
McGonagall that Voldemort is on his way and after tying up both the Carrows and placing them in a
net, she sends three Patronuses – which manifest as a cat – to warn the other three Heads of
House.[14] When on her way to meet the Heads of House, she meets Snape, who questions her
about Harry's whereabouts. Not realising that Snape is a re-doubled agent acting for the good side
and not knowing that he has important information for Harry, she attacks him, engaging in a fierce
duel. With help from Professors Sprout and Flitwick, she succeeds in driving Snape away.
McGonagall then takes charge of the school again and proceeds to secure it against Voldemort to
ensure Harry can fulfil his mission from Dumbledore. She also organises the evacuation of the
school's under-age students to ensure their safety. She then leads the remaining students, the staff
of Hogwarts, and members of the Order of the Phoenix in the fight against Voldemort. She is seen
during the battle with a large gash on her cheek and commanding a herd of charmed desks to
charge at Death Eaters. When Harry has been apparently killed, she screams, causing Bellatrix
Lestrange to laugh. Finally, McGonagall ends up duelling Voldemort alongside Kingsley
Shacklebolt and Professor Slughorn. As is confirmed in The Tales of Beedle the Bard, McGonagall
becomes Headmistress of Hogwarts after the Battle of Hogwarts and Snape's death; however, in an
interview Rowling said McGonagall would be retired by the time of the Deathly Hallows epilogue (19
years after the main events of Deathly Hallows), as she is "getting on in years".
McGonagall is played by Dame Maggie Smith in the film adaptations.[15] Smith has described her role
as "Miss Jean Brodie in a wizard's hat". Given that her role becomes progressively smaller as the
series goes on, she notes that Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is her favourite.[16] Smith
appeared in all the films of the series except for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1,
which does not take place in Hogwarts. Rowling has stated that she always pictured Smith
portraying McGonagall, and claimed the actress to be at the top of her list.[17] She was diagnosed
with breast cancer in 2008 during the filming of The Half-Blood Prince.[18] She is portrayed by Fiona
Glascott in a cameo in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.[19]
Rowling named the character after the poet (and tragedian) William McGonagall, whose name she
liked. Her first name, Minerva, comes from the Roman goddess of wisdom.[20]

Poppy Pomfrey[edit]
Madam Poppy Pomfrey is the sole magical Healer of the Hogwarts hospital wing. She is loyal,
highly skilled, non-inquisitive and tight-lipped about her patients, and very strict regarding the rules of
her infirmary.
Harry ends up under her care quite often. In Philosopher's Stone, he spends three days unconscious
in the hospital wing after the confrontation with Professor Quirrell. In Chamber of Secrets, he spends
one painful night regrowing bones in his arm, after Gilderoy Lockhart vanishes them, much to
Pomfrey's vexation. In Prisoner of Azkaban, she tends to Harry twice; once after the Quidditch match
against Hufflepuff and once after the Shrieking Shack incident. She speaks approvingly of Lupin's
prescription of chocolate to alleviate the effects of a dementor's presence on students, commenting
that Hogwarts has "finally got a Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher who knows his remedies".
In Goblet of Fire, she treats Harry twice; once for a dragon strike and once after the confrontation
with Voldemort. In Half-Blood Prince, she tends to Harry after his skull is cracked by a Bludger in a
Quidditch match.
Others who end up under her care expose more of her personality. In Chamber of Secrets,
Hermione ends up in the hospital wing for a month after a mishap with the Polyjuice Potion leaves
her half-feline. Pomfrey is careful to keep this a secret. In Order of the Phoenix, after Umbridge's
henchmen stun McGonagall, Madam Pomfrey says she would resign in protest were she not afraid
of what would become of the students without her presence. In Half-Blood Prince, she attempts to
heal Bill of his scars from Greyback's attack without much success, and bursts into tears when she
hears of Dumbledore's death. In Deathly Hallows, she and Filch oversee the evacuation of Hogwarts
before the battle. She is later seen tending to the injured fighters.
Gemma Jones appeared as Madam Pomfrey in the film adaptations of Chamber of Secrets, Half
Blood Prince, and Deathly Hallows – Part 2.[21]

Quirinus Quirrell[edit]
Quirinus Quirrell is the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts during Harry's first year
and secretly a follower of Voldemort. Prior to his employment at Hogwarts, he is said by Hagrid to
have had a "brilliant mind", and was a fine teacher while studying from books; some time before
Harry's arrival at Hogwarts, "he took a year off to get some first-hand experience". Rowling stated in
a live web chat on 30 July 2007 that Quirrell had worked at Hogwarts as Muggle Studies teacher for
a certain length of time, before taking the cursed Defence Against the Dark Arts position in the same
year that Harry joined.[22] There were rumours that he encountered vampires in the Black Forest and
one in Romania, and he apparently had "a nasty bit of trouble with a hag". After that, he was 'never
the same' – upon his return, he appears perpetually nervous and has developed a stutter and
nervous tics and Hagrid was able to say even before the beginning of the autumn term that he was
"scared of the students, scared of his own subject". Quirrell's attire includes a new
purple turban which he claims to have received as a reward from an African prince for getting rid of a
troublesome zombie. Fred and George constantly joke that the turban was full of garlic to ward away
vampires and in one part they even enchant snowballs to hit it.[23] According to JK Rowling, Quirrell
taught Muggle Studies before Harry studied at Hogwarts, which explains why he was a teacher
before but at the same time only a Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher for one year.[24]
Harry first meets Quirrell at the Leaky Cauldron, while being escorted by Hagrid to Diagon Alley to
shop for school supplies. Quirrell is next seen at Hogwarts conversing with Snape at the start-of-
term banquet, and then regularly while teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts lessons. During the
school's Halloween banquet, Quirrell appears in the Great Hall to warn staff and students of a troll in
the dungeons and then he faints, so he can freely make his way to the third-floor corridor where the
Stone is hidden. Snape who, apparently, already suspected Quirrell was up to something, goes to
the third floor in order to stop him. In later novels, the readers learn that Dumbledore had told Snape
to keep an eye on the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor. Quirrell is unable to get to the
Stone, but in the process, Snape is bitten by Fluffy. When Harry and his friends see that Snape has
been bitten, they begin to suspect Snape is after the Stone for himself. While playing Quidditch,
Harry is almost thrown off his broom by some sort of curse and he, Ron, and Hermione believe it is
Snape who is responsible. They begin to suspect that Snape is trying to steal the Stone hidden in a
secret chamber in Hogwarts; however, when Harry finally arrives in the chamber, he discovers that it
is not Snape, but Quirrell, who is the real villain.
During his European travels, Quirrell discovered the barely-alive Voldemort, who had been in hiding
since his failed bid to kill Harry as an infant. Quirrell became attracted to Voldemort's offers of power,
and returned to Britain with the Dark Lord. Quirrell addresses and refers to Voldemort by that name,
rather than "The Dark Lord" as other Death Eaters do. Initially, Voldemort allowed Quirrell to act
autonomously – Quirrell was able to shake hands with Harry in the Leaky Cauldron, and was not
wearing the turban, meaning that Voldemort was not possessing him (though this changes in the film
version, where Quirrell wears the turban at the Leaky Cauldron and refuses to shake Harry's hand).
Voldemort first used Quirrell in a plan to steal the Philosopher's Stone from its vault in Gringotts
Bank, where it had been deposited for safekeeping by Dumbledore. But Dumbledore had already
sent Hagrid on a mission to retrieve the Stone, which he did while he and Harry were shopping in
Diagon Alley, after they met with Quirrell in the Leaky Cauldron.
Voldemort, as punishment for Quirrell's failure to secure the Stone from Gringotts, decided to keep a
closer watch on his new servant. He took possession of Quirrell's body, which caused his face to
appear on the back of Quirrell's bald head. To conceal this, Quirrell took to wearing the turban. To
keep Voldemort alive, Quirrell had to kill unicorns in the Forbidden Forest, drinking their blood to
provide temporary life-sustaining powers for Voldemort. Quirrell then reveals that he was the one
who let in the troll and attempted to throw Harry off his broom while Snape muttered a counter curse.
During the climax of the story, as Harry and Quirrell try to recover the Stone from the Mirror of
Erised, Voldemort reveals himself on the back of Quirrell's head, formerly concealed by the turban,
and speaks directly to Harry, threatening to kill him if he does not assist Voldemort in recovering it.
After Harry refuses, Quirrell tries to take the Stone by force. Voldemort orders Quirrell to attack
Harry, who holds off Quirrell long enough for aid in the form of Dumbledore to arrive, at which point
Voldemort flees, in his non-physical form. Voldemort's departure, as well as the agony suffered by
him because of his contact with Harry, who continues to be protected by the love of his mother and
the spell that was cast by her sacrificing her life to save Harry, causes Quirrell to die, hence
Dumbledore's comment that Voldemort is as merciless to his followers as to his enemies.
Before he dies, Quirrell tells Harry of the rivalry between his father, the late James Potter, and
Snape: "Didn't you know? Snape went to school with your father. They loathed each other."
The film version's climax ends a little differently: As Quirrell attacks him, Harry's blood protection,
which was provided by his mother's sacrifice of her own life to save him, enables Harry to kill Quirrell
himself. Harry discovers that when he comes into direct contact with Quirrell, it immediately
produces a burning effect. In the final attack, Harry lays his hands on Quirrell, who burns into
crumbling ash. The spirit form of Voldemort renders Harry unconscious before making his escape.
Though Quirrel's first name was never mentioned in the novels, the character is given the first name
"Quirinus" in the official Harry Potter Trading Card Game.
British actor Ian Hart portrayed Quirrell in the film adaptation of the book.[25]

Pomona Sprout[edit]
Pomona Sprout is Professor of Herbology and the Head of Hufflepuff House. She is described as a
dumpy little witch with flyaway grey hair who wears a patched, frayed hat and shabby robes, often
covered in dirt due to the time she spends tending plants in the Hogwarts greenhouses. Sprout is
introduced in Philosopher's Stone, but she plays no active role until Chamber of Secrets, in which
she teaches her second year students to work with Mandrake plants. She is responsible for raising
the Mandrakes to full maturity, at which point their juice is used to revive the petrified victims of
the basilisk.
Sprout subsequently appears in Goblet of Fire in which, as the Hufflepuff Head of House, she
comforts Amos Diggory and his wife after the death of their son, Hufflepuff student Cedric Diggory,
whom she knew well. In Order of the Phoenix, Sprout is a non-vocal supporter of Harry's story about
Voldemort's resurrection. Like many teachers at Hogwarts, she detests Umbridge's presence and
does her best to disobey her. After the raid of Hogwarts in Half-Blood Prince, Sprout is a staunch
advocate of keeping Hogwarts open. She also supports the suggestion that Dumbledore should be
laid to rest at Hogwarts. Sprout attends Dumbledore's funeral, where she appears cleaner than she
has ever been seen before.
In Deathly Hallows, she chases Snape away from Hogwarts with Professors McGonagall and
Flitwick. Informed that Voldemort and his Death Eaters are coming to besiege Hogwarts, she uses
her knowledge of magical plants by improvising offensive botany, and, with the help of several
students, throws Mandrakes, Snargaluff pods, and Venomous Tentaculas off the castle walls at the
approaching Death Eaters. The epilogue of Deathly Hallows reveals that Neville has become the
new Herbology teacher at Hogwarts. The circumstances of Sprout's departure from the job are not
revealed.