The Sorting Hat

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a British wizarding boarding school teaching the magical arts located in Scotland[1] inside Hogwarts Castle. The castle is in the mountains near a loch. The precise location can never be uncovered because the school is hidden by the most powerful spells possible, and is Unplottable. However, according to Hermione Granger, it is "not far" from Dufftown. The motto of the school is: "Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus". The translation is: Never tickle a sleeping dragon. There are approximately a thousand students attending Hogwarts at any given time [2]. Upon arriving at the school, students are Sorted into four houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin based on the qualities and aspirations of the student. Students are rewarded

Hogwarts, A History is a book concerning Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and its history that was written by Professor Garius Tomkink.[1] Hermione Granger often refers to this book on many things concerning Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Two of the things that are frequently brought up are the Great Hall's enchanted ceiling that shows the weather outside and the fact that you cannot Apparate or Disapparate on Hogwarts grounds. The book was also very popular in Harry Potter's second year at Hogwarts, when every copy was checked out of the library due to the reopening of the Chamber of Secrets. However, Hermione shows slight frustration with the book when scathingly renamin g the book in her fourth year because it does not mention the use of house-elves at Hogwarts.