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No, you do not have to read this to roleplay, but feel free to read it at any time or to refer back to it. It’ll help you to determine you or your character’s/characters’ year(s) at Hogwarts, which will, in turn, determine how skilled you or your character(s) are/is, what you or your character(s) have/has learned, are capable of, and are allowed to do; and this will determine what classes you or your character(s) SHOULD be roleplaying in, but this doesn’t mean you necessarily 100% have to follow this format.

NOTE: 1st years are ages 11-12 (starting at age 11). 2nd-year students are ages 12–13. 3rd-years are ages 13–14. 4th-years are 14–15, and 5th-year students are 15-16. 6th-years are ages 16-17, and 7th-years are ages 17-18.

~ Spells ~
✨https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_spells = IMPORTANT BUT TMI; go here whenever you need to remember a spell or find a spell to use for anything you’re thinking of✨

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👏👏👏👏Note that I looked up this information a long time ago and saved it to a Microsoft Word document for the sake of a Hogwarts story I was typing, so I’m going to try my best to put everything from the websites as notably part of the websites, and my paraphrasing in italics.👏👏👏👏

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~ School Curriculum by Year ~
https://screenrant.com/hogwarts-school-curriculum-by-year/
NOTE: I GOT ALL THE CLASS INFORMATION OFF OF THE WEBSITE CALLED ScreenRant. The majority of this writing is not my own. I tried to take out things if need be, but I may have forgotten a “…” somewhere.

1st years are ages 11-12 (starting at age 11). 2nd-year students are ages 12–13. 3rd-years are ages 13–14. 4th-years are 14–15, and 5th-year students are 15-16. 6th-years are ages 16-17, and 7th-years are ages 17-18.

1st year required classes:

Charms: In Charms class, students learn how to cast, well, charms. These spells focus on changing what someone or something does…

Transfiguration: In contrast to charms, Transfiguration class focuses on changing what something or someone is rather than does… 👏 [An example] of what students learn in their first year [is] the Avifors Spell. 👏

Potions: As the name suggests, this class focuses on the brewing of potions that can achieve various results…. 👏 [S]ome of the potions they learn to brew are the Forgetfulness Potion and a cure for boils. 👏

History of Magic: …Taught by the ghost of Professor Binns, 👏 some of the topics discussed in the first year are the Gargoyle Strike of 1911 and the Werewolf Code of Conduct. 👏

Astronomy: Probably the subject that requires the least amount of explanation, astronomy in the Wizarding World doesn’t seem to be any different than Muggle astronomy. Classes for first years take place at midnight on Wednesdays, which seems rough to have a bunch of 11-year-olds up at midnight for class and expect them not to fall asleep.

Herbology: In Herbology, students learn about magical and mundane plants, their care, and magical properties… 👏 A few plants that first years learn about in the class are the infamous Mandrake and Devil’s Snare. 👏

Defense Against the Dark Arts: This class teaches students how to defend themselves against dark creatures, arts, and charms… I don’t think it’s still cursed to force a new teacher upon the class every year, and we’re going to pretend it’s not, even if it is.

Flying: This class is only mandatory for first years at Hogwarts. It teaches young witches and wizards the proper handling of a broom and the basics of flying… Most likely, someone who referees the Quidditch matches will also be the flying class professor.

2nd year classes:

During students’ second year at Hogwarts, their schedule of classes remains largely the same. They must take the seven core classes, which are Charms, Transfiguration, Potions, History of Magic, Astronomy, Herbology, and Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Flying class is not a requirement, but students who want to continue learning to fly or aspire to get involved in their house Quidditch teams may elect to continue taking it.

👏 Examples of specific class topics: The Freezing Charm (Immobulus), turning beetles into buttons, Leaping Toadstools, the Disarming Charm (Expelliarmus), and the Sleeping Draught. 👏

3rd year classes:

Students choose a minimum of two electives to add to their schedules for their third year. They still have to take the seven core classes, though, which seems like a lot of classes… The electives [AKA. OPTIONAL CLASSES WHICH YOU SHOULD SELECT TWO OF] that students can choose from are as follows:

Arithmancy: There’s something about the magical property of numbers. Apparently, there is a lot of charts and stuff to memorize…

Care of Magical Creatures: Students learn how to care for, maintain, breed, and properly treat magical creatures. In short, this class sounds amazing. When the trio took this class… they had a quite memorable class involving Hippogriffs.

Ancient Runes: This class involves studying old runes used by witches and wizards hundreds of years ago.

Divination: As Professor McGonagall describes it, Divination is “one of the most imprecise branches of magic.” It involves predicting the future, so that’s understandable. Students learn about various methods for predicting the future including palmistry, crystal balls, cartomancy, and, of course, tea leaves. And, of course, it wasn’t even correct methods to see the future, at least with Trelawney as professor! Oof!

Muggle Studies: This class teaches students about the Muggle world and how to blend in, which seems pretty important.

4th year classes:

…It’s likely that students have the same schedule as their third year, with the option to change their electives.

5th year classes (YEAR OF O.W.L.s!):

In their fifth year, students have to have some idea of what they want to do job-wise. They meet with their Head of House who let them know the requirement for the job they’d like to have. For example, to qualify for Auror training, a student has to get an “Exceeds Expectations” on at least five N.E.W.T. subjects. (Alternatively, you can fight in a battle against the forces of evil, but this probably isn’t the recommended method.) Knowing the N.E.W.T. requirements prepares students for their O.W.L. exams. Their grades on the exams, in turn, determine whether they can take their desired N.E.W.T.-level course the year after.

6th year classes:

The sixth year is the first year that Hogwarts students don’t have a required list of classes. Instead, students sign up for classes they qualify for based on their marks on their O.W.L.s. Professors determine the minimum grade required to take their N.E.W.T.-level class. As long as students meet that requirement, they can elect to continue with the subject. The catch is if you take a subject in your sixth year, you have to take it on your seventh, too.

👏 As a bonus, students are also able to take classes in Apparition for a fee of 12 Galleons AKA. money, I don’t know how much, really. 👏

7th year classes:

In Deathly Hallows… [i]t’s hard to get a clear picture of the curriculum… But what we do know is that students are expected to keep taking classes in the same subjects as their sixth year.

At the end of the year, students can elect to take the N.E.W.T. exam in the subjects they studied, but it’s not required. Some occupations are fine with just a passing O.W.L. grade. According to an interview with J. K. Rowling, there is some kind of graduation ceremony for seventh years that involves riding the boats that initially brought them to Hogwarts.

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~ Hogsmeade (my favvvvvvorite :3) ~

https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Hogsmeade… Look this up for more secret passages into Hogwarts and information about them.

Hogwarts third years and above have been permitted weekend trips into (Hogsmeade). They have to have permission by their parents/godfather or godmother/caretakers/etc.

Hogsmeade Station – the railway station [NOTE THAT I CANNOT FIGURE OUT IF THIS IS THE ONE WITH THE HOGWARTS EXPRESS ON IT OR NOT, SO WE’LL JUST PRETEND IT IS, BUT GETTING OFF OF THE TRAIN SHALL JUST BE ROLEPLAYED AT THE LAKE/OUTSIDE PAGE]

Darvish and Banges – a helpful shop and sells and repairs some magical instruments

Dogweed and Deathcap – a Herbology shop

Dominic Maestro’s Music Shop

Gladrags Wizardwear – a clothing shop that also sells very lurid socks, including ones that scream when they get too smelly

Hairdressing Salon – across the street from Honeydukes

Hogsmeade Post Office – the owl post office

Honeydukes – a sweet shop that has the entrance to a secret passageway into Hogwarts in its cellar

Ollivanders – local branch of the wand shop

Potage’s Cauldron Shop – Hogsmeade branch of the shop

Ceridwen’s Cauldrons – cauldron shop

Scrivenshaft’s Quill Shop – a shop for all types of quills (MY NOTE: does that mean it includes quills that allow you to cheat? :/ …)

Spintwitches Sporting Needs – a shop that sells sporting goods

The Magic Neep – a greengrocer’s

The Three Broomsticks Inn – a pub

Tomes and Scrolls – a bookshop (est. 1768)

Wizarding Wireless Network (HQ) – main headquarters of the popular radio station

Zonko’s Joke Shop – a famous joke shop

J. Pippin’s Potions

Hog’s Head Pub/Inn – a dingy pub [at least formerly] owned by Dumbledore’s brother, Aberforth; contains secret passage to Room of Requirement [but *SPOILERS* the Room of Requirement was destroyed, which is why it doesn’t show up in the roleplay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

Madam Puddifoot’s Tea Shop – people go there on dates

Rosa Lee Teabag – a teashop located in Diagon Alley as well as in Hogsmeade (says Diagon Alley list; was this one listed in Hogsmeade? DUNNO, SORRY XD)

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~ Diagon Alley ~

https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Diagon_Alley

NOTE: You and/or your character(s) go here each year before going to Hogwarts to buy supplies for that school year.

Diagon Alley is behind the Leaky Cauldron.

2nd Hand Brooms – a shop that sells used broomsticks

Amanuensis Quills – a shop in Diagon Alley that sells quills; it is next to Madam Malkin’s Robes for All Occasions shop

Apothecary – a store located at North Side Diagon Alley which supplies merchants with ingredients for potion-making

Broomstix – a shop that sells broomsticks, duh

Eelops Owl Emporium – a pet shop in Diagon Alley that sells owls and various other things needed for the care of owls, like Owl Treats; it sells a variety of breeds, including Screech, Barn, Tawny, Brown, and Snowy

Florean Fortesque’s Ice Cream Parlor – it was owned and operated by Florean Fortesque, and was located in Diagon Alley (“WAS”?! *confused noises, XD*)

Flourish and Blotts – a popular bookshop in Diagon Alley where most Hogwarts students purchase their schoolbooks

Gambol and Japes Wizarding Joke Shop – located in Diagon Alley; Fred, George, and Lee Jordan stocked up on Dr Filibuster’s Fabulous Wet-Start, No-Heat Fireworks

Gringotts Wizarding Bank – Gringotts is the only known bank of the wizarding world; it was created by the goblin Gringott, and is located in Diagon Alley and owned and run by goblins; in addition to storing money and valuables for wizards/witches, one can go there to exchange Muggle money for wizarding money

Healer Shop – the Healer of this shop altruistically offered free treatment at her healing station, seeing it as her duty

Junk Shop – a shop that sells secondhand items such as broken wands, lopsided scales, etc.

(The Leaky Cauldron – a popular wizarding pub in London that Muggles cannot seem to see; it is the entrance to Diagon Alley)

Madam Malkin’s Robes for All Occasions – sometimes simply referred to as Madam Malkin’s, it is a shop in Diagon Alley; students get their Hogwarts school uniforms there, and also dress robes, travelling cloaks, etc.

Madam Primpernelle’s Beautifying Potions – located at 275 Diagon Alley, this shop helps witches get rid of “warts and worse”

Magical Menagerie – one of the shops where students buy their pets and supplies

Obscurus Books – located at 18a Diagon Alley, Obscurus is a wizarding book publisher; its range of titles include the popular “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”

Ollivanders – the sole wand shop of Diagon Alley; peeling gold letters over the door of the shop read: Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 B.C.; the shop’s display consists of a solitary wand laying on a faded purple cushion in the dusty window; the shop is tiny, empty except for a single, spindly chair in the corner; thousands of narrow boxes containing wands are piled right up to the ceiling of the tiny shop, and the whole place has a thin layer of dust about it

Potage’s Cauldron Shop – a shop that sells cauldrons

Quality Quidditch Supplies – a shop in Diagon Alley, its main products are things having to do with Quidditch such as Quaffles, Bludgers, and broomsticks

Rosa Lee Teabag – a teashop located in Diagon Alley as well as in Hogsmeade

Scribbulus Writing Instruments – a shop that sells ink and presumably other stationary items (quills, parchment)

Second-Hand Bookshop – what do you think? A SHOP THAT SELLS SECOND-HAND BOOKS, WOW!

Second-Hand Robes – also self-explanatory

Slug & Jiggers Apothecary – this is where the students buy their potion ingredients

Sugarplum’s Sweets Shop – a shop that sells confections

TerrorTours – located at 59 Diagon Alley, TerrorTours is presumably a travel agency for witches and wizards

The Ministry Press – a publishing house affiliated to the Ministry of Magic

The Daily Prophet’s Main Office – presumably where the Daily Prophet’s newspapers are printed

Twilfitt and Tatting’s – Twilfitt and Tatting’s is a wizarding clothing shop located in Diagon Alley; given that it is favored by elitist pure-blood witch Narcissa Malfoy, it is probably an upmarket shop

Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes – located at 93 Diagon Alley, it is a joke shop owned by Fred and George Weasley; it sells practical joke objects, such as Extendable Ears, a Reusable Hangman, and Fred and George’s special WonderWitch products, such as love potions and ten-second pimple remover; there is also a section of Muggle magic tricks in honor of their father Arthur; they’re not big sellers, but they do fairly well

Whizz Hard Books – located at 129B Diagon Alley, Whizz Hard Books is a Wizarding book publisher; its range of titles include the popular “Quidditch Through the Ages” and “Hairy Snout, the Human Heart”

Wiseacre’s Wizarding Equipment – a miscellaneous equipment shop

Various: Stalls and Peddlers {not a title} – there are a variety of street peddlers who take up space in between shops out on the main thoroughfare of Diagon Alley; included are a flower vendor, a vendor who is selling roasted chestnuts, and a jewelry vendor

BACKGROUND INFO, NOT VERY IMPORTANT: Location
Diagon Alley is accessible from Muggle London through the Leaky Cauldron, which is on Charing Cross Road, set between a bookshop and a record shop. The Muggles who pass by the inn seem to be “quite unconscious” of its existence. Knockturn Alley, a dark artefacts area, is an off shoot of Diagon Alley, as are the areas of Horizont Alley and Carkitt Market.
The entrance is behind the Leaky Cauldron in a small, walled courtyard with a dustbin. Diagon Alley can be accessed by tapping the correct brick in the wall behind the Leaky Cauldron (from the trash can, three up and two across). The wall goes in a small hole first but forms a large archway. It can also be accessed by Floo Powder and Apparition. There may be other entrances as well.
Diagon Alley connects to a second, less reputable shopping district, Knockturn Alley.

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~ Knockturn Alley ~

https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Knockturn_Alley

( I’m not sure who wrote this:
From the shops and the street vendors one can purchase (strange and suspicious) things, shrunken heads, poisonous candles, human-looking fingernails, and Flesh-Eating Slug Repellent.
A vanishing cabinet located within one of the shops provided direct access to Hogwarts. The entrance to Knockturn Alley is noted to be gloomy in comparison to that of Diagon Alley. )

Known locations
 13B Knockturn Alley – A building where Borgin and Burkes is located.
 Borgin and Burkes – An antique shop.
 Beard Trimming – A barber shop.
 Betting shop – A shop that takes bets on various events.
 Chimney Sweep Elf
 Cobb & Webb’s – A shop that sells items related to Dark Arts.
 The Coffin House – A shop that sells Dark Arts materials related to raising the dead.
 Dystyl Phaelanges – A shop that sells bones.
 E.L.M and Wizards Undertakers & Embalmers
 Fledermaus and Tanner Bats & Skins
 Markus Scarrs Indelible Tattoos
 McHavelock’s Wizarding Headgear
 Moribund’s
 Mr Mulpepper’s Apothecary – A shop that sold potion ingredients.
 Msaw Ætare
 Noggin and Bonce – A shop that sells shrunken heads.
 Potage’s Cauldron Shop – A shop that sells different types of cauldrons.
 Tallow and Hemp Toxic Tapers
 Trackleshanks Locksmith
 Shyverwretch’s Venoms and Poisons
 The Spiny Serpent
 The Starry Prophesier
 The White Wyvern – A pub.
 Wizarding Supplies
 Ye Olde Curiosity Shop – A shop where people can purchase curios related to Dark Arts.

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[SWIFT NOTE:] Shrieking Shack – an infamous and the most frightening building in Britain; the villagers thought it was haunted but it [was debunked]… Did this get destroyed? I don’t remember. You can roleplay in it in, like, the Forbidden Forest Page, but there won’t be a specific rp page for it.

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~ Animagi (I don’t think you can be one if you’re a younger student, and the theory goes that it is SUPER DIFFICULT to become one) ~

I believe this comes from https://screenrant.com/rules-hogwarts-houses-trivia-nonsense/, but I’m not sure:

However, as the skill is incredibly powerful, any student [who] becomes an Animagus must register with the Ministry of Magic or face jail time. The reason for such severe restrictions is because Animagi possess unique abilities that other wizards don’t. One of which is the ability to avoid detection even by wizards and magical beings such as Dementors.

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~ Prefects and Head Girls/Boys ~

Prefects can take House points from their own House only and also not from other Prefects. Prefects are fifth, sixth, and seventh year. The Headmaster/Headmistress and Head of House decide the Prefects. There is a female and male Prefect per House. They get badges with a P on them. Prefects patrol the halls, have a special place (like a bathroom, I think) on a floor with the Quidditch captains, patrol the train, stop bad behavior, have meetings, etc. They can also have their honor taken from them if they are abusing it.

Head Boy and Head Girl have powers over Prefects. “At the beginning of the school year the Headmaster (or Headmistress) appoints new prefects, as well as one Head Boy and one Head Girl from all of the seventh year students. These students are chosen because of their academic achievement, outstanding reputation as a student, and an honest, good, and hard-working personality.” -FANDOM website.

“It should be noted that being a prefect is not a prerequisite to being appointed a Head Boy or Head Girl.” – FANDOM website… There is a Prefects’ carriage on the Hogwarts Express and Head Boy/Girl tell them when they need to patrol the train and Head Boys and Girls have power over prefects. The trophy room contains a list of Head Boys/Girls. They can also use the Prefects’ bathroom.

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There is more to know, such as stuff about Quidditch, but I’ll just let that be more up to the roleplayers, and maybe I’ll look up (and copy and paste, like I did for most of this) a couple of things to put on the actual roleplay page for the Quidditch Pitch. 😛
I personally don’t like Quidditch and would just watch the matches instead of taking part, but to each their own. 🙂