The Staff and Their Positions
| Character | Subject/Position | Background |
|---|---|---|
| Bathsheda Babbling | Ancient Runes | The Ancient Runes teacher during the entire series. The character is never mentioned in the books nor appears in the films, but Rowling has named her on her official site. |
| Cuthbert Binns | History of Magic | The History of Magic teacher during the entire series. 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 teachers’ lounge/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 said to be notoriously boring and it is mentioned that the most exciting thing that ever happens in his class is his "entering through the 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. |
| Charity Burbage | Muggle Studies | The Muggle Studies teacher from Harry's first to sixth years, but first appears in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Because her teachings about Muggles gave an overall favourable impression of them, going so far as to write an editorial praising Muggles in the Daily Prophet, she runs afoul of the Death Eaters, whose philosophy asserts the supremacy of pure-bloods. She becomes a prisoner of Lord Voldemort in the seventh book, who tortures, kills, and feeds her to Nagini. |
| Alecto and Amycus Carrow | Muggle Studies / Dark Arts | The Carrows are 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 Snape's regime as Headmaster in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Alecto Carrow taught Muggle Studies; however, instead of encouraging increased relations with Muggles, they were taught ideologies that Muggles were no better than animals. Amycus Carrow taught Defence 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. |
| Albus Dumbledore | Headmaster | 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. Dumbledore served previously as Transfiguration teacher during Tom Riddle's time at Hogwarts and as Head of Gryffindor House and Deputy Headmaster. |
| Argus Filch | Caretaker | The squib caretaker of Hogwarts during the entire series owns a cat named Mrs. Norris. He hates all students and he is bitter of not possessing magic. |
| Firenze | Divination | 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 sacked him from 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. |
| Filius Flitwick | Charms | The Charms teacher and Head of Ravenclaw House during the entire series. He is also shown to be the director of the school's choir in the film adaptation of Prisoner of Azkaban and Order of the Phoenix. |
| Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank | Care of Magical Creatures | A substitute Care of Magical Creatures teacher. She first appears in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, taking lessons when Hagrid is unable to teach, and substitutes again in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix when Hagrid is away on a mission for the Order of the Phoenix. |
| Rubeus Hagrid | Care of Magical Creatures | The Half-giant gamekeeper, Keeper of Keys and Grounds, and, from Harry's third year at Hogwarts, the Care of Magical Creatures professor. He has a habit of introducing dangerous creatures, which he considers harmless, to the students. |
| Rolanda Hooch | Flying | The Quidditch referee during the entire series, and flying instructor for first year students. She is described as having short, spiky, grey hair, with piercing yellow hawk-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. |
| Silvanus Kettleburn | Care of Magical Creatures | The Care of Magical Creatures teacher since Armando Dippet (Dumbledore's predecessor) was headmaster. He eventually retires to "spend time with his remaining limbs", and his place is eventually taken by Hagrid in Prisoner of Azkaban. |
| Gilderoy Lockhart | Defence Against the Dark Arts | The Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry's second year at Hogwarts). |
| Remus Lupin | Defence Against the Dark Arts | The Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry's third year at Hogwarts). He is loved by most students (except for those in Slytherin house) for being the best Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher in spite of being a werewolf. |
| Minerva McGonagall | Transfiguration | The Transfiguration teacher and Head of Gryffindor House during the entire series. Deputy Headmistress during the first six novels. Temporary Headmistress when Dumbledore was sacked in Chamber of Secrets. Temporary Headmistress after Dumbledore's death in Half-Blood Prince. Permanent Headmistress after the Battle of Hogwarts until sometime before the epilogue. |
| Alastor Moody | Defence Against the Dark Arts | The Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts). It transpires at the end of the book that Moody had been impersonated by Barty Crouch, Jr. It has therefore been Crouch that has been teaching at Hogwarts for that year; however it is told that the opinions and techniques are similar between individuals. |
| Irma Pince | Librarian | 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. |
| Poppy Pomfrey | Matron | The Matron and nurse in charge of the hospital wing during the entire series. |
| Quirinus Quirrell | Defence Against the Dark Arts | The Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry's first year at Hogwarts). He later on turns out to being possessed by Voldemort and is dead by the end of the book. |
| Aurora Sinistra | Astronomy | The Astronomy teacher during the entire series. Sinistra assists Professor Flitwick in moving a petrified Justin Finch-Fletchley to the hospital wing in Chamber of Secrets. She attends the Yule Ball in Harry's fourth year with the fake Mad-Eye Moody. |
| Horace Slughorn | Potions | The Potions master during Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows. Head of Slytherin House in Deathly Hallows. Slughorn had served as Potions master and Head of Slytherin during various decades prior to Harry's birth, at least since Tom Riddle's time at Hogwarts. |
| Severus Snape | Potions / Defence Against the Dark Arts / Headmaster | The Potions master from Harry's first to fifth years. Head of Slytherin House from Harry's first to sixth years. The Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts). Snape serves as Headmaster in Harry Potter 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. |
| Pomona Sprout | Herbology | The Herbology teacher and Head of Hufflepuff House during the entire series. Her position is eventually taken by Neville Longbottom who, by the time of the epilogue, is said to be the Herbology teacher. |
| Sybill Trelawney | Divination | The Divination teacher from 1980 (Harry's birth year) until Order of the Phoenix, when she is fired by Umbridge. Trelawney returns to the work in Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows, sharing the position with Firenze. |
| Dolores Umbridge | Defence Against the Dark Arts / Headmistress | The Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts). She was appointed by the Ministry of Magic to 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 even appointing herself Headmistress, despite not being able to enter Dumbledore's office. |
| Septima Vector | Arithmancy | The Arithmancy teacher during the entire series, known to give her students large amounts of homework. |
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