Where do the professors sleep?

I have NO IDEA and i was wondering...

i'm sure they sleep in hogwarts also...possibly a section where the teachers sleep in...

I always wondered this too. I had one theory that they used the Floo Network to go home at night and after classes. Maybe they have some kind of alarm system so they know when they have to come back to Hogwarts. But then probably not, as they eat all of their meals at Hogwarts and we know that Dumbledore at least sleeps at Hogwarts. So probably, it's more likely that they have bedrooms off of their offices.

I know in the 5th book that Prof. Telwaney (sp?) lives at the Hogwarts. I think that the other proffesors do too. Telawney and Dumbedore are some of the few teachers who don't go home during Christmas.
But as for where they stay in the castle that is up for much debate.
I think that that Snape and McGonagall stay near their House dorms.
Dumbeldore may stay in his office somewhere.
The Professors couldnot leave the castle at during the school year. Although I'm not sure about the weekends or summer break. Any thoughts on that?

In their beds most likely. Though Flitwick would probably be just as comfortable on a couch.

Off course Snape as house leader would be obliged to sleep in the Slytherin house, and so would the other house leaders. Well that takes care of four professors. And since Hogwarts is so big, I sure that there is a guest room or two , or two hundred most likely.
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mmmm...i am sure they all live at hogwarts. In book5 mcgonnagall came running to harrys aid in the dead of the night in hey night clothes. and also in book 5, dumbledore was entertaining the portraits in his office in his night clothes. I am thinking they have bedrooms somewhere in their offices, or theres a special teachers wing or something.

I think that they have doors leading to their bedrooms in their offices. It's the most likely explanation, because whenever Harry, Ron and Hermione were sneaking around the castle in the dead of the night, the Marauder's Map always showed the teachers to be in their offices. Not some special dormitory where all the teachers were sleeping.

They probably have their own rooms with their own en suite bathrooms. Jammy devils.

I didn't read all the replies, so if there is a reply exactly like mine, forgive me :)

I think they sleep in the staff room. They are always in there anyway :)

I'm sure they have wonderful teacher's quarters and the rooms match their personalities. That castle is big enough for just about anything!

I always figured they had their own rooms, with the Head of houses being near the dorms. Since students and teachers eat their meals together, it doesn't seem like they would live off the school grounds.

I doubt they'd all sleep in the staff room. I'd think it'd be more likely they just slept in their offices. It's an interesting question though. As to where they sleep and change their close and take showers. I guess they should have a room off of their offices. Hagrids got the best deal with his little house/hut thing going on

i think the teachers have a special shower room. the prefects' bathroom gave me that idea

Yeah, i don't think that the heads of houses sleep in the houses. I mean, there are so many party's and other uh.. things that go on in there. They probabley have beds in there officess... that are hidden of course!
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In the first movie when Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Draco are in Mcgonnagals Office she is in her night dress so I am guessing that her quarters are right next to her office. Also, in Goblet of Fire when Snape (in his night garments) meets Filtch in the stairway he explains that he was checking on his office and noticed it had been broken into. Perhaps, sense his office and classroom are right next to eachother, his bed chambers would be close by.

or in the same place

Perhaps

I hope their bathrooms are at least on par, if not better, than the prefects bathrooms. The professors should get some perks. After all, they give up the better part of the year to educate the dunderheads-- oops, I mean students. :)

Originally posted by pottersprincess143 (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?postid=449359#post449359))
i'm sure they sleep in hogwarts also...possibly a section where the teachers sleep in...


:censored: Or like if the rumors are right teachers never sleep so they do not need a room of there own. I mean Dumbore does not seen to ever sleep! Or because there is differnet rooms that we do not know about maybe you have to go through a wall or say a password to get through them I wonder! :??: See you around! J.M :clappy:

of course they'd be hidden. a student can easily slip in the teacher's office and through their dormitory room. that's why the teachers know a certain way to open them up

I think each teacher has private living quartes cleverly hidden in Hogwarts so the students can't access them. In their quarters they probably have their bed, personal bathrooms, belongings and whatever else they need.

i wonder what teachers stay over for the summer vacation at hogwarts..

lolz! i have a funny idea that one of the hp students will eventually find where the teachers stay (aka.. next book!)

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I am guessing they have a faculty section for the professors in Hogwarts... like faculty housing in universities....

again, i'm gonna repeat this.


whenever the trio was out late and looking at the marauder's map, the teachers were always in their offices. when snape came to hear what the noise was about (harry cracked the egg open on the staircase) he was in his night cap. before that passage harry said snape was in his office. that means their bedrooms are in their offices somewhere

I always assumed that each teacher had an offshoot of their office somewhere that was their bedroom. As snitch14 said, Snape was in his nightcap in GoF, and the Marader's Map said he was in his office, so it's safe to assume they sleep in their offices.

In a recent book, I think I remember McGonnagal storming into the Gryffindor Common Room while everyone was partying one late night, citing that she couldn't sleep... So her rooms must be atleast nearby Gryffindor Tower.

does anyone know where mcgonagall's office is?


in OoPT when harry had the vision of mr. weasley being attacked by a snake, neville went for mcgonagall. harry said that it was either one or ten minutes before she came in.

so, that means it's somewhere close to the common room. but where?

Originally posted by Cat (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?postid=450586#post450586))
They probably have their own rooms with their own en suite bathrooms. Jammy devils.


agreed!

i've always figured that this was the case. I oubt they slkeep in the houses, tho.

So far we all know that Professor Moody used to sleep in a trunk !!! :elaugh:

LOL. That's a real winner :D

Sorry if there was already a thread on this but do people ever wonder where the teachers sleep, and if we will ever come across it?i mean teachers like snape and moody just seem to chill in their office at night. And as for Dumbledore and McGonagall they seem to have pyjamas but not bedrooms. I dunno its just i was having a wee think and we know they stay at school i'd just like to know where :shrug: :huh: what u all think? Later

I would figure there would be a staff wing where the teachers and most of the other staff live, if they wish to live on school grounds. I expect there's a private exit and entrance that spouses can use to leave and enter school grounds (so they can apparate to work outside of school defenses). I expect there are plenty of places that the students can't get access to normally. Remember that Fred and George had to tell Harry and friends how to get to the House Elves.

Sorry if there was already a thread on this but do people ever wonder where the teachers sleep, and if we will ever come across it?i mean teachers like snape and moody just seem to chill in their office at night. And as for Dumbledore and McGonagall they seem to have pyjamas but not bedrooms. I dunno its just i was having a wee think and we know they stay at school i'd just like to know where :shrug: :huh: what u all think? Later

very good question..I dont know the answer unfortunately. We'd have to ask JKR.. :lol: anywhooo...I think that they probably have rooms in their Towers (Heads of Houses anyway) and the rest of the staff probably live in some forbidden wing that the student's don't know about. Dumbledore, I think he lives in his office b/c it sounds really big and there like a back room or something mentioned and I'm thinking that could be where he sleeps. As for spouses, we don't know if any teachers are married or not. So.... yeah.

I think there might be a teachers wing, where all the teachers sleep. It would be hidden from the students of course, so they wouldnt have them running in, pulling pranks and things. Or maybe in their offices they all have a secret way to get up into a room connected to it, which would be their sleeping quarters.

Since none of the professors seem to be married, I would deeply doubt a "secret" entrance for spouses.

I have always just assumed that they lived near their office, in a private room. And I thought we knew that DD slept in his own bedroom near his office.

Where would Firenze sleep since he is a centaur? (I think it was Firenze who took over for trelawney.)

We all know where Hagrid sleeps.... basically in his office, which also serves as his house.

Good question!

I do remember JKR mentioning in an interview, that some of the staff are married. I think that they have sleeping quarters conected to their offices. Just a guess really, but it seems to make sense in my little mind.

Yeah, i agree ith sirius_fan, i think they have sleeping quarters connected to their offices.

But are all of their offices together, I didn't think that they were and I get the impression that they at least sleep somewhat close to each other because of how quickly they get together in times of need.

I don't think the teachers have secret dorms, it just can't be. For example in OotP, chapter 21, p. 410 (british edition) Neville goes to fetch McGonagall because Harry had this dream about Mr Weasley. So Neville had to know where to go and when he shows up with McGonagall she wears her tartan dressing gown. That obviously means she's been sleeping.

But I was wondering about this question too. Maybe every teacher has a little chamber or something like that next to his/her office in which they sleep?

But are all of their offices together, I didn't think that they were and I get the impression that they at least sleep somewhat close to each other because of how quickly they get together in times of need.

I'm not sure if they necessarily have to sleep close to each other, they could have means of communication we don't know already. Maybe they're just using the fires in their offices(--> floopowder).

I do hope we find out this for sure, it's driving me nuts, just like the question where Hogwarts teachers go during the summer... :banghead:

The teachers could have other homes because in one of the books (drawing a blank as to which one) when Trelawney is about to sit down at the table there are only 13 including Harry and I highly doubt that there are only 12 teachers at Hogwarts (we have probably heard of more than that). Which means to me that either they just didn't eat at that meal or they go somewhere else or they have other homes.

I agree- although certainly they stay at least during the week at Hogwarts- perhaps they go "home" on some weekends and during most holidays? Good evidence, guys!

I really have no clue, but I remember Harry bringing Hedwig to the staff room when she had her broken wing. Its probably not far from that area.

i like the idea of them having their own homes. maybe they apparate to school (i know apparating is a big no-no, thanks to hermione haha) but you know, there is some way for them to get to school everyday. maybe there's some button for emergencies so that the students can reach them during crises. i believe that the teachers do have homes because i think they do have families and it would be utterly ridiculous not to see your family for months at a go.

I would guess that they have a wing just for the teachers and they have their own rooms.

i always thought they just had their own rooms... probably connected to their offices and classrooms. but the question of professor's families comes up... where would they exactly stay? unless the professors left them for months at a time...

i like the idea shanobyl brought up of having homes... but it does bring up the question of how the professors get to school each day. i guess it's also possible the professors just have a special wing to themselves in the castle...

I think teachers who want to live outside the castle live at Hogsmeade. Perfect village for a school staffer, isn't it? Close proximity, all-magic village, etc.

Maybe they have homes and travel to school using floo-powder. You can't apparate at hogwarts but as seen in GoF and OotP all the fires seems connected to the floo-network.

I always think they have their own home inside the school. I mean it should not be to much to aks for to have your own family place if you are teaching in one of the most famous school, right?
As for the head-master, I always though they have their own room near their student, so student can find them when needed.
I bet some teacher can choose to communte, if they do not like live in the school.

I always assumed that the heads of houses (McGonagall, Flitwick, Snape, and Sprout) slept somewhere close to where the common rooms were because in PoA, when Sirius enters Gryffindor Tower after the Gryffindors win the Quidditch Cup, McGonagall heard the noise coming from the common room pretty quickly. I think Dumbledore sleeps in a room off of his office. Also, I always thought the teachers had seperate houses that they stayed in over the summer (and sometimes winter), so their spouses wouldn't have to live at Hogwarts. But this is one of those small nuances that has been bugging me for ages!

I think there's a room connected to their offices. Or perhaps their desks turn into beds (magic, you know). I don't think that's of much relevance to the whole plot, though, but it's an interesting questoin.

It would make sense if they had other homes. I mean regular teachers do stuff on holidays and summer.

Hello again Mad I!!!! I think you're right about them having other homes. Because there has to be more then 12 teachers. We've only seen a fraction of them. :D

Also, I'm not sure where the offices are(except Dumbledore). Maybe they are connected to their offices... Maybe not... :?

And yeah, they must have a means of communication, maybe something we've yet to hear of of?

What about the heads of houses? They should have rooms next to the House Tower right? So they could get to them easily in case of emergency(Like Neville did).

Hmmm So much to think about.!

rons-lover we meet again..... I am thinking that the teachers do have a special wing, but I would think that we would have heard about such a wing. I would think that Hogwarts teachers would be no different from any other boarding school's teachers (which I really don't know about) but there is no way that they could just live at school all year around. Maybe someone who goes to a boarding school could post. I am going to go with the floo powder idea until something else comes up.

rons-lover we meet again..... I am thinking that the teachers do have a special wing, but I would think that we would have heard about such a wing. I would think that Hogwarts teachers would be no different from any other boarding school's teachers (which I really don't know about) but there is no way that they could just live at school all year around. Maybe someone who goes to a boarding school could post. I am going to go with the floo powder idea until something else comes up.


floo powder..never thought of that..and every teacher does have a fireplace w/floo powder in their office....makes perfect sense!!!

well i still think they've got their own houses outside hogwarts but i also think that they do stay in school during important events like the triwizard tornament.

I thik the teachers do stay at the school to sleep , espcailly the head of houses but i dont think they sleep in their houses. I think we would have know if Pro M slept in the Grifindoyr quaters. They proabably have their own quaters somwhere. SOme might go home via floo powder or appratieng, to go home unless they have to potroal I mean we only ever see this people at the teacher table anyways. all 4 heads of house, Hagrid, DD. We know there are more teachers

Hogwarts is a big place. I suppose snape may live somwhere in the dungeon, as for as the tohers who knows

I think Snape's bedroom is connected to his office, because his office is connected to his classroom, as we see in Occlumency lessons. And the entrance to the Slytherin common room is right next to the dungeons, and so is almost next door to the Potions classroom.

And when Lockhart is packing his stuff to make a run for it in CoS, he seems to have all his stuff done up and ready to go when Harry and Ron burst in on him. (At least he does in the movie, and I'm pretty sure he does in the book if my memory is accurate.) How could he have everything packed that quickly if his bedroom was in a different part of the school? And I have an idea Lockhart would have a lot of stuff to pack!

Of course it's been mentioned that McGonnogal sleeps somewhere close to the Gryffindor common room. That's how she's been able to get there so quickly on at least two separate occasions that I can remember.
(This does present a flaw, however--- if her bedroom is connected to her office, which as we know is connected to her classroom, that means Transfiguration can't be anywhere too distant. Where is Transfiguration held, anyway?)

My two cents :)

Somewhere in Hogwarts, I guess (duh)

Neville was able to run and get Prof. McGonagall when Harry has his vision of biting Mr.Weasley. And in PoA, McGonagall appears at night to stop the Griffindors from celebrating throughout the night when their team wins a match. Also, she appeared when Ron saw Sirius at night.
On those terms, we can see that the teachers definetly live inside Hogwarts.

or maybe they teachers take turns staying in school at night? so that should anything happen, there would still be at least an adult around..

(This does present a flaw, however--- if her bedroom is connected to her office, which as we know is connected to her classroom, that means Transfiguration can't be anywhere too distant. Where is Transfiguration held, anyway?)


According to here:
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/mcgonagall.html
at the bottom of the page, her office is on the first floor, up the main staircase and down a corridor. So if it is connected to her classroom, then that's where it is.

But anyway, I actually think that teachers sleep in rooms the come out from the teacher staffroom. That seems like their common room, so it would make sense for them to sleep right next to there.

EDIT: Although . . .
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/hogwarts_inside.html
At the bottom, it says that this is the one location in Hogwarts that the location is not known exactly. It is only miles from Umbridge's office, which is on the second floor, according to the same page.

Well, this is a magical world, so I guess the teachers could sleep anywhere in the universe. They could all have something like portkeys in their offices that are connected to their homes. They could have listening devices that will wake them up if their houses are partying too loudly and late, or that will bring them back to the school in an emergency.

They can do that whole magical extension thing - like expanding the back seat of a car or a tent's interior. They could have a whole house in an office closet. They could walk through a closet door and arrive at home halfway across the world.

Dumbledore, and Trelawney, however, don't ever seem to leave Hogwarts. I think this is pretty much stated as fact, except when Dumbledore is called away on an emergency. And Dumbledore never seems to sleep. Perhaps he relaxes in a bed in his office. After all, he could "draw up a bed" as easily as he can "draw up a chair". But anytime Harry goes to his office, no matter what time it is, it seems he's talking to someone - even if he is in his night clothes.

Filch also seems like he pretty much hangs around the castle. I don't see him as the type to go out much. The kids don't ever mention seeing him in Hogsmead. He's probably got a tidy little efficiency apartment in the castle, where he enjoys having tea with Mrs. Norris.

I'm with Popkin on this, I think... it makes sense

Good question. I think that they sleep in Hogwarts!

I think that they sleep in their offices in a certain room without moving pictures

i suppose they probably have living quarters that students dont kno about.... with beds, maybe a small refriderator or two.... coffeetables.... i dont believe they would be reduced to sleeping in the same places they teach

McGonagall sleeps at Hogwarts, as we've seen on numerous occasions (PoA, OotP).
Trelawney calls Hogwarts "home" and has "her lodgings" there (OotP).
Hagrid obviously makes his home at Hogwarts.

As for the others, who knows? Maybe they just stay during the day, and Floo home for the nights.

But now that Voldemort has returned, maybe the teachers will stay at Hogwarts 24/7, along with their spouses and families if they have any. Good protection for themselves, their families, and the students.

Can teachers be married? There doesn't seem to be any that are, and if they have to stay at school all the time it seems difficult.

Can teachers be married?I hope they can be. It would be too restrictive to have an occupation where you can't be married. :td:

I suppose the professors sleep in their private quarters, just like how it is in typical boarding schools. And I bet some of them are married, only not mentioned because it's irrelevant really, unless their spouses become somehow significant in the plot.

I think the Heads of Houses have quarters adjacent to each house. The rest of the teachers probably stay in similar suites located throughout the school. I always got the impression (and this could be partially due to the movies) that Dumbledore lived in the upstairs part of his office.

I always imagined there was a secret passage way in their office that lead to a cozy bedroom. I didn't bother to ask myself I just imagined :blush: .

a good point made by tane.... the teachers eat breakfast at hogwarts..... all of them have been mentioned at some time or another. McGonnagall seems to be one teacher that stays at hogwarts... because in OoTP she ran into harrys dormitory in a night gown after he saw mr. weasley attacked, neville went to fetch her.... maybe other teachers are free to come and go as they please with the floo network.... maybe only head of houses have to stay around the clock and make hogwarts a second home.

Good question! I always imagined it like my old school: In every dorm (or House, in the case of Hogwarts) two of the teachers and their families lived in apartments/houses that could be entered through the dorm. The headmaster's house was the only freestanding one, on campus. I always imagined that McGonnagal lived in a house attached to Gryffindor house, Snape in a house attached to Slytherin house, etc. I think they'd need to be nearby, since the kids there are still v young.

Yes, and McGonagall can hear the kids when they stay up too late partying or can run quickly to the rescue when needed (like when Harry had the dream about Arthur's attack).

Good question. I think that they sleep in Hogwarts!

Or also I think that they sleep on a special room where there is also a picture of someone and moving. And that they have a password to enter that room!

I thought they had sleeping quarters off of their offices.

It would only make sense for the teachers to have their own 'apartments' at Hogwarts.
The Heads of House would need to have theirs close to each house dorm as well.

It would only make sense for the teachers to have their own 'apartments' at Hogwarts.
The Heads of House would need to have theirs close to each house dorm as well.

When professor McG was woken by the goings on in the Common Room, in PoA where Ron woke up the house with his story of Sirius standing over his bed with a knife. So she would have to sleep or be in hearing distance from there. Because she came in immediately after it happened, or really soon I can't remember the exact quote.

I think they sleep in their offices.

I always just assumed they slept in their office. In CoS Harry made the comment that he realized that Dumbledore's office was where the headmaster lived.

I don't think that teachers sleep in their offices. If they did, then I doubt that Barty Crouch Jr. (masquerading as Moody) would have been foolish enough to sneak into Snape's office in the dead of night.
I believe that teacher's sleeping quarters are near, or perhaps even adjacent to their offices, however, because Snape does say that he passed through his office on the way to investigate a sound in the hall (Harry's egg wailing). GoF 469 US version

i doubt they sleep in their offices. afterall, whenever they describe someone's office, nothing about beds or personal rooms are described.

J.K. needs to write a chapter about this, it could be hilarious. I always loved the scene in "The Trouble With Angels" when Hayley Mills and June Harding went looking for the nun's private living quarters.

by floo powder or a port key they could go home to families ( a lot like muggles taking a bus or driving a car to work)? Maybe they can choose housing at hogwarts (handy for the unmarried teachers) or use magic transport of some kind to get home with the exception of Dumbledore and the 4 house heads? just a suggestion i know nothing of boarding schools.

I think the professors live at Hogwarts, probably near their office. When Umbridge sacked Trelawney, Trelawney said she lived at Hogwarts so I would guess that they live in the castle. By the way, where are the bathrooms for the students beside the prefects? I mean, where does Harry brush his teeth and stuff? I was just wondering...

Yeah, I think they live in the school.
Remember the talk Dumbledore had with Umbridge about needing a room for the new Divination teacher? So it must be normal that teachers live in the school.

I agree with the others that speculate that the teachers live in bedrooms off their offices. How else could Ron fetch Pf. McGonagall so quickly when Harry saw Mr. Weasly get bit by the snake. Ron went somewhere to fetch her, and I doubt it was by floo network. Thats all for me

I assumed Filch went round at night putting them back in their cupboards. Apart from Snape of course who probably sleeps in a coffin

Dunno, they probably have a room somewhere

Dunno, they probably have a room somewhere
most probably

I read in a fan-fic that the teachers each have their own little room off of a teacher's wing. This is probably the case.

I read the same fan-fic and also think they have a own ward/dormitry/wing. It seems reasonable as they probably wouldn't sleep on the ground or in a coffin.

Yep, I agree that they most likely sleep in a special teachers place bit, where none of the students could find it, but wouldn't Harry see it on the Marauders Map?

Here's my own little theory on where the teachers sleep...
I imagine most of the teachers sleep at Hogwarts, and I think their sleeping quarters are in their offices. But they have a different key for office & bedroom, and whichever key they use that's the room that opens. Y'know, kinda like Moody's trunk. Pretty clever, eh? :eyebrows:

I do think some of the professors are married, and they would be the ones most likely to commute (probably by floo network) from Hogsmeade. Unless maybe they were married to another professor! (Snape & Trelawney? Erm, NO! :rotfl: )

I guess I always assumed that the professor's had their own private apartments somewhere in the castle, as there is probably a ton of Hogwarts that we have no idea about...

By the by, in the movie Prisoner of Azkaban, when Harry is looking for Pettigrew in the hallway, there is a room on the Marauder's Map labelled "The Room of Doom." Just a movie thing? Or does it actually exist?

i guess you are right but i never realized that when he is on the marauders map that all of the teachers are in their office so maybe their bedrooms are right next to their office or something of that sort! although when harry sneaks out to find pettigrew i dont think it is that late! i think their curfew at that point in time was probably like 9 o clock or something becuase of sirius lurking around the area at that time! so it might have only been 11-1130 when he talked to lupin so maybe the teachers do have a ward somewhere also?? do you think it possible that the teachers take potions so they dont have to sleep and th patrol the school all night or grade papers or anything??

What I have a hard time believing is that my post makes 97 post to this thread, and they all say pretty much the same thing.

Where do you think the teachers at Hogwarts go of the long break, me personally I think they stay at Hogwarts.

I am sure some of the teachers are married, though we don't really hear of spouses. We know that marriages occur in the wizarding world. The weasley parents are married. James and Lily were married. So I am guessing some of them return home to their respective spouses. Or maybe they're all like Hagrid and live in some hut somewhere on the property.

What I wanna know is where do they go to the bathroom?

Like Potters Goblet, I think the teachers stay at Hogwarts unless they have spouses or families to go home to.
What I wanna know is where do they go to the bathroom?
Good question... lol. I guess they have a special bathroom, or something.

When I saw the title of the thread I thought it was going to ask where they sleep at night and I had a post about a 'Staff Wing' ready in my head.

I guess they go to the same place teachers at boarding schools go to, So would anyone who goes to boarding school like to tell us where your staff goes over holiday?

Well, Jo told us that Filch always stays to take care of the place.

I believe other staff members go to their own homes, like they would at a regular "muggle" boarding school. :)

Yea I bet Dumbledor stays at Hogwarts for sercurity puoposes, wounder if he his married.

Some stay and some go to there homes. Where do they sleep?

I think they sleep in there classrooms, or teachers study, funny though if they have a teachers dormintory

I think they sleep in there classrooms, or teachers study, funny though if they have a teachers dormintory
"Filch stays at school to watch over things and the rest of the teahcers have their own homes to go back to in the holidays.

I'm sure that some of the teachers go home on the holidays. But as for where they sleep when it is durring school. I think it is somewhere close to their house's dormitory. Because in the OotP when Harry has the vision about Ron's dad, they are able to get McGonagall pretty fast.

Teachers MUST live somewhere, it's just impossible for them not ti be. Imagine, the only private space you have in your life is your bedroom and office(and even that, isn't very private) So i think that, for thier sanity the have to have somewhere to go to.

I am sure some of the teachers are married, though we don't really hear of spouses. We know that marriages occur in the wizarding world. The weasley parents are married. James and Lily were married. So I am guessing some of them return home to their respective spouses. Or maybe they're all like Hagrid and live in some hut somewhere on the property.

What I wanna know is where do they go to the bathroom?

I don't know, but I don't think marriages would work for Hogwarts teachers because of the fact that teachers would never be there, but i do beleive that teachers have their own homes they go to when shcool is out.

I don't know, but I don't think marriages would work for Hogwarts teachers because of the fact that teachers would never be there, but i do beleive that teachers have their own homes they go to when shcool is out.

Actually Jo has mentioned in interviews twice that some of the teachers are married. There is a reason that we don't know which ones yet -- That's classified info. ;)

Actually Jo has mentioned in interviews twice that some of the teachers are married. There is a reason that we don't know which ones yet -- That's classified info. ;)

Fair enough, I'm not married so wouldn't know but it doesn't seem like it would be a very good relationship if your separated for that long.

I think that there is a teacher's dormitorie, but maybe it's hid like Gryffindor house or it's behind the staff room. Anyways, I think teacher's mainly stay at Hogwarts and otherwise maybe go on vacation.

In the movie we saw that Lupin's shoes and things were in his personal office... maybe that's a clue...

I would imagine that they have families of their own and go home to be with them. This has never really been explained in the books but that would be my guess.

Perhaps they have a room (hidden?) actually, I'm curious too...

Fair enough, I'm not married so wouldn't know but it doesn't seem like it would be a very good relationship if your separated for that long.

I dug up the quotes for you. :)

From Comic Relief Chat (March 2001)

Sheila McCleary - Have any of the Hogwarts professors had spouses?

Jo - Good question - yes, a few of them but that information is sort of restricted - you'll find out why.

(I can't find the 2nd marriage quote, but it basically says the same thing.)

And here's another one, which is applicable.
Q: Where do the Hogwarts teachers live during the school holidays ? Do they stay at Hogwarts ? (Andrew Zimmer)

A: No, they don't. Filch, the caretaker, stays.

What I wanna know is where do they go to the bathroom?

Remember when Dumbledore said he accidently found the Room of Requirement when he was looking for a bathroom because he needed to go to the toilet? From that statement I take that the teachers go to the same toilets as *** students or have their own toilets. At our school there are student's toilets and teacehr's toilets. They need a special key to get in, so maybe they need to know a special password, like to get into the Prefect's bathroom.

What I wanna know is where do they go to the bathroom?
Remember in GOF when Cedric told Harry about the Prefects bathroom, and then Harry went there to open his egg under the water?
I'm pretty sure that had some sort of password... maybe the teacher's have their own bathroom like the prefects do... I wouldn't be suprised.
(Sorry if this was brought up, I haven't read all the posts >.<)

Remember in GOF when Cedric told Harry about the Prefects bathroom, and then Harry went there to open his egg under the water?
I'm pretty sure that had some sort of password... maybe the teacher's have their own bathroom like the prefects do... I wouldn't be suprised.
(Sorry if this was brought up, I haven't read all the posts >.<)
I wrote that in the post right above you but nevermind :)

Maybe in brakes they go to thir houses. They have a life tough.

i think they have their own lives and homes so they go there or even go on holidays to the beach!;)(imagines snape on the beach:lol:)

I wrote that in the post right above you but nevermind :)
Oh! Hah! I'm sorry :upset:

If any of the teachers are married, and I would assume that at least a few are, it must be tough to stay away from their spouses all year long! Well, I guess it goes the same for the students missing families.
I know it's a bit off topic but marriage was brought up a few times!

There are some profs I really doubt are married, (i.e. Snape and Dumbledore) maybe some profs are married to other profs, they could just keep their maiden names, but I doubt it, hmm... McG must sleep near Griffindor, cos she appeared pretty quickly when Sirius broke into the common room.

About the spouses: we don't know what teachers do in their free time. I mean, they could just act like normal teachers and apparate home every now and then, couldn't they? (Yes, Hermione, I know you can't apparate from Hogwarts, but they could just go to Hogsmeade and apparate from there, couldn't they?) And ha, that sounded funny, 'Like normal teachers, apparate home every now and then'....:lol:

I agree with you Skittles, I had honestly never even thought of that - apparation I mean! I'm sure on weekends and such all the teachers don't have to be at Hogwarts, and apparating from Hogsmeade seems like a reasonable thing to do!

I remeber reading in COS that when Harry got in trouble he had to go to Dumbledor and this is how it went " He knew now where he was being taken. This must be where Dumbledor lived. " so I think they sleep in there own offices, or I know Dumbledor does.

When you were asking there was one section coming to my mind, I don't know which book it was, but in one of them Harry imagines Dumbledore lying on some beach trying to get a tan or something ... *laughs*

Sorry, that was sort of off topic, but it came to my mind immediately when I found this thread ... ;o)

I think they stay there or maybe have a life and visit family or go for a holiday

I remeber reading in COS that when Harry got in trouble he had to go to Dumbledor and this is how it went " He knew now where he was being taken. This must be where Dumbledor lived. " so I think they sleep in there own offices, or I know Dumbledor does.
I think that they sleep at Hogwarts during term time - when Trelawney is sacked by Umbridge she is, albeit very temporarily (ie until Dumbledore says she can stay) homeless.

In PoA there are only 13 people (inlcuding students) who sit down to Christmas dinner. The teachers who form part of the 13 are Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape, Sprout, and Flitwick. I read this as implying that not all teachers stay at Hogwarts even during the Christmas and Easter holidays. If they did say, where are Sinistra and Vector for a start?

I think that some of the teachers are married (my money's actually on Dumbledore being, or having been, married) and that they spend the holidays with their families. Or they go travelling (like Quirrell), or perhaps they just go to Eastbourne for a nice seaside break! :rotfl:

I think that the teacher go home to their spouses, and take a vacation. For them sleeping, amybe they cahange their desks into bed with their wands.

Or maybe the Spouces live in Hoegmeade, because it aint that far away from school, or the Shreaking Shack, or somthing, and maybe the teachers go there for the night dont know why though, maybe it will be brought up HBP. hopefully.

Where do you think the teachers at Hogwarts go of the long break, me personally I think they stay at Hogwarts.



i always thought of dumbledore having a beautiful summer cottage up in the mountain somewhere. i don't think he stays at the school. but he may......i mean, think about it. unless you're in a boarding school, your teachers go home over summer and other breaks through the year. since hogwarts is somewhat similar to the schools we go to, the professors there probably do the same. but, then there's the fact that jkr tries to make things as different as possible in the wizard world from the muggle world. so, they may live/stay at hogwarts over the summer.

I believe J.K. meantioned that most of the teachers leave during the summer break, but Dumbledore and McGonagall stayed all year around and took care of things at the school... but it could have been a dream, right?

I guess they go to the same place teachers at boarding schools go to, So would anyone who goes to boarding school like to tell us where your staff goes over holiday?
Well, I do not go to a boarding school, but I work in a college dorm and I have looked into working as a teacher and living at a boarding school, so I may be able to offer some insight.

Here in the college dorms, we have live in management staff. The Resident Assistants (I guess like prefects?) live on the floors with the students and are students themselves. Managers, however, get a small apartment on the first floor of the building. They live their regular lives during the off hours, but eat with students in the cafeteria and can be called on after hours if necessary. Most of the managers are single, some are dating and have company over a lot, and our old manager was even married, living with his wife in the dorms! But most of the students are unaware that the managers live here, or that they have company over or live with their wives.

I suspect that Hogwarts is very similar. Professors probably have their own apartments (or flats) elsewhere in Hogwarts, entertaining company and living their lives after hours without the students even realizing it. A few of them are married, living in the apartments with their spouses and may a young child or two. The spouse just travels to work each day and tolerates living at school because it is free housing! And since they live in apartments like it is a regular apartment, they are probably free to go visit relatives and friends on holidays or whenever they don't have to work.

Well I think that the teachers sleep in small bedrooms off of thier offices . I also think that some of the teachers go home on the weekends and on holidays . Someone earlier suggested that they could apparate home from Hogsmeade. I think the teachers would only have to get off of the school grounds to be able to apparate home ,they wouldn't have to go into Hogsmeade to do it. Someone asked if the teachers had thier own private bathrooms?. I feel the answer is yes they probably have two or three of each Mens & Womens ,each one protected by passwords known only by the teachers :huh:

I figure that they just leave the Hogwarts Apparation protection tehn just apperate home, to there family, or house. Then just apperate back when classes resume.

Some of them proabably go home, do things with family. We must assume some of the teacher are married and may have kids, even grand kids.

Some of the teachers may even go home at night, i doubt they all stay at hogwarts though they probably could if they wanted to, there is what probably 20 teachers

I'll have to check but didn't Lupin say he slept in his office when he turned into the Werewolf?
If he was sleeping in his Office then maybe he always does, unless they put some magical ward on his Office so he couldn't escape and eat some Students. XXD.

Be uncomfortable though unless he conjours up a bed every night because noone ever mentions there been a bed in there.


Also doesn't Dumbledore have a fire in his office? he could of been alerted and came by Floo powder when Harry was sent to his Office.



Professor Trewaleny (sp?) appears to live in her tower since Dumbledore says she can stay there. I'll have to check that aswell, hehe.


Or maybe the Spouces live in Hoegmeade

thats probaly about right. None of the Students would know because they're never in Hogsmeade after hours to actually see any Teachers go into houses.

Partners would want to stay close aswell, although Floo powder more or less eliminates distance so it might not be a issue in Wizarding relationships.

If you were a Muggle living in London and your partner was off in some magic castle for months on end it would be dire! ^^



Id imagine the Teachers go on holidays like everyone else, they'd go and visit their other friends and family that are littered around England.

yea thats prablly true, but I still think Dumbledor stays at Hogwarts of break for security measures, also I think Hagrid stays since he is the Gameskeeper. I wounder if the ghousts stay over break, expecially Pevees.

I would guess that the ghosts are pretty much confined to Hogwarts.

I also wounder if Fawks will go whereever Dumbledor go if Dumbledor goes on a long trip, ps. I still hope this gets mentioned in HBP

or maybe most of the spouces stay in Diagon Ally, or The Leaky Caldron.

I know they have to stay at Hogwarts. They stay there to plan out lessons, and to protect the school if something has happened during the summer

I think a lot of them stay at Hogwarts. Maybe not Snape though, he seems like he has such a dislike for ALL the teachers. He even sometimes disagrees with Dumbledore, and doesn't hold his tongue.

Given the size of the castle, there is probably a wing that has apartments/flats for the faculty and their spouses. Hagrid either chose to live outside of the castle or none of the apartments could accommodate his size (yes, they could use an engorgement charm), but I doubt any of the staff wanted to live in the apartment below Hagrid - I know I wouldn't. Love the guy, but him stomping overhead would be a nightmare.

I assumed during the regular school year that teachers stayed at the school (maybe have a bedroom off of their office). And that the house heads probably had a room in their house's dorms, like off of the common room or something along those lines, but just needed another password to get into it. Then for the summer and breaks that they just went to their house elsewhere. I didn't think any professors stayed at Hogwarts during the long breaks... but who knows! I could be totally off, there are a lot of good ideas out there!

Fair enough, I'm not married so wouldn't know but it doesn't seem like it would be a very good relationship if your separated for that long.

Jo did say somewhere that there are teachers who are married but won't tell us who, as it's classified BUT we'll find out later why. Maybe that would answer why they're married and still teach at a boarding school. Maybe it's possible that that go to see their families and not just in the holidays.

Maybe they go on holiday I like the picture of DD rubbing sun lotion into his nose!Or maybe they stay at Hogwarts, Tom Riddle did ask if he could stay in COS. Or maybe London lots of them turned up at the Order

Yea thatss true but I also think that they ethier have offices in their offices, but for example, Harry goes in, lets say Snapes office and doesent see a bed, but when Harry leaves maybe Snape does a spell to get al of his bed stuff out, I think that is what the teachers do except Hagrid, I wounder if the ghousts sleep on beds.

Also I think they the teachers might use floo powder or they just transport themselves to the place and then go back to Hogwarts the same way, does the giant squid stay there every year, bet it does.

That's a good point they could go ages away each night except we know some of them stay over night cause When Colin Creevy was attacked Dumbledore was going to get hot chocolate and Mcgonnagal was there and Madame Pomfry of course

I am sure that they live in Hogwarts during the school year.Trelawny said Hogwarts is her home when Umbridge sacked her. Dumbledore said that she could keep living there also. I have wondered what happens to Hogwarts in the summer. If there are spells protecting the school or what the teachers do and if they stay there. I know that teachers in the Order stay at home. It is curious isn't it? :huh:

I have often wondered where the professors actually "live." I don't think any of them go "home" for the weekends! Hogwarts is so big though that they could be hiding anywhere with complete and good living conditions without the students ever knowing where exactly. I would not want my students to have any way of playing pranks etc. on me if I were a teacher there!

Does anyone here have the DVD? I rented the CoS DVD once and during the tour of Lockhart's office it mentioned that Lockhart lives there, or something. I can't remember very well, and don't have the DVD to tour the DADA classroom.

I don't think their spouses would live at Hogwarts. Wizards can travel so easily that the ones who are married probably go home on weekends. It would just seem so odd to learn that a bunch of adults were living there and we've never seen them before. You'd think that they'd want to eat breakfast with their spouse once in a while, or have Christmas dinner with them too. Yet we never see anyone other than the teachers, headmaster, and students in the Great Hall.

I figure the ones who are married go home during Christmas, and weekends, and don't eat in the Great Hall every morning and evening. If we go back and check who is always there during Christmas break, we'd have a hint at who is not married. Hagrid, McGonagall, Snape, Dumbledore, and Trelawney, off the top of my head, all appear in the PoA Christmas chapter, so they didn't have spouses to go home to. And Lupin was there too, but he was "sick" that day.

I think there is enough place for the teachers.
But what about the house-elves?????
I think they have to sleep too. They cant work the whole time throug!

But what about the house-elves?????
I think they have to sleep too. They cant work the whole time throug!
Welcome to the CoS forums Pantera. Your siggy is very interesting, racism being a major theme in HP.

The House Elves probably sleep in the cupboards in the kitchens, or on top of the boxes of cleaning supplies in the broom cupboards. Slavery isn't fun, and the sad thing is the Elves are probably grateful for it "Oh Headmaster, we is having a place to sleep, we is not needing beds, you is so kind to offer us such riches but we is refusing..." It's sickening.

Yea thats true, the house elves do sleep in cups and things, also in one of the books, Herminoe had this thing to help the House elves in Hogwarts

Thank you Durandal.
In which book is this written?

I always thought they lived in their office and that was where they slept. However, in Prisoner of Azkaban, when Sirius went into Gryffindor tower and escaped, McGonagall came out in her pajamas/sleeping clothes and was scolding everyone for what she thought was a continued celebration for their Quidditch win. That means that she sleeps somewhere near Gryffindor tower. Perhaps all the Heads of Houses have their own rooms near the common rooms? Or maybe all the Heads of Houses have offices near their respective house common rooms?

I have always thought that the professors sleep in their office... I don't know why but i've always thought this for some reason or another....

I thought on this rather much too.. I had this theory about them sleeping in bedrooms which are hidden. Maybe just like the kitchen and kept as a secret just so the students dont come up with some mischief.
I remember reading something about this but I want to ask ... Do they marry? Please post a thread about this if there is none...

I think they sleep in the offices, cause every time Harry looked on the marauders map at night, Snape is in his office, not on a bedroom. I also think that some of them do marry . I think Jo said something about we leaning more about the techers family in the future, though I m not sure.

I think the teachers who are head of a house sleep somewhere in their house's area. Those teachers who are not might have a bedroom section in their library. Just a theory. :)

In beds!! :p Sorry, it had to be said.

They probably sleep in their own offices

In the gameboy colour versian of PS/SS the teachers offices had beds in them - also, in that versian McGonocalls office was on the first floor (not the ground one - which is where the Great hall is)...

I'm not sure how much weight that holds outside that game, but it is something...

I think they must each have their own room somewhere, probably near their office...the Heads of Houses must sleep somewhere near the dorms/common room, because in PoA when Sirius Black shows up in the middle of the night and runs away, Ron screams and wakes everyone up. Then they all head for the common room, and Fred and George think they've started the Quidditch party again and everyone's really loud, and McGonagall comes and tells them to be quiet and go back to bed...so obviously she was near enough to hear them all. And I'm sure they don't go home for the evenings - Filch and McGonagall were both out in the hall in the middle of the night when Harry and Hermione had the dragon.

At night they just push all their papers off their desks, grab a potions text and curl up on their desk for the night.

I'm pretty sure that teachers have their own personal quarters with bed room, sitting area, bathroom, maybe a little kitchen. My guess is that these would be attached to their offices or nearby to them.

I think they sleep in there house dormitories...
And for the others... They sleep in there offices i guess..
Or maybe they have a seprate secret room in the castle...

In beds!! :p Sorry, it had to be said.
Well maybe not in beds, but definitely on a pillow!

well, they each have an office to themselves, don't they? so, i think, they have a little hidden bedroom somewhere in each of their offices!

i think they sleep somewhere in their office

i think they sleep in their houses common room or near their office for those professors who are not head of any houses.

I have NO IDEA and i was wondering...
I don't know I was wondering that myself not long ago. They probably sleep in some kind of quarters hidden in their office. I'm not really sure but I've always wondered. It's probably some kind of hidden door so students can't get in. Then again it might be near the house portraits for the head of houses, because Mc'gonagall came in after the quidditch party went on for a long time. There for it would have to be somewhere near there wouldn't it? For her to hear the noise level and such. I doubt the noise can carry all the way to her office.

I've always kind of assumed that they have little 'apartments' off their offices. I mean, they seem to live there through the school year, and the castle is big enough.

Well, I've always thought that the Professor's slept in their office's...i mean, they might have a little hidden room in the office, or maybe they conjure up beds for the night...good question, by the way!!!

I've always thought that the professors had rooms next to their offices. So, there would be a door in the office that leads into the bedroom.

I assumed some where in their office, maybe a room seperate from their offices but some where in there.

Some of them are married so there are probebly sleeping with wife/hsuban and other familly member
Maybe there is a way that sometimes teachers may sleep in the castle for 1 night or something

remember in GOF, Ludo Bagmam ask Barty if he was goign to sleep in the castle
so for sure there is bed for adult

Well, I've always thought that the Professor's slept in their office's...i mean, they might have a little hidden room in the office, or maybe they conjure up beds for the night...good question, by the way!!!


:cool: Yeah i thought the same, the Professor's probably slept in their offices, where else...huh

I've always kind of assumed that they have little 'apartments' off their offices. I mean, they seem to live there through the school year, and the castle is big enough.


huh....interesting

In their office, probebly.

probably already said.... but they probably have like... some kind of special door or something that can open up and lead to their bed or maybe they just use some magic and make a bed appear somewhere??

I think that their rooms are very close if not inside the offices of the teachers. I think the heads live in the houses though. I thought there were some parties/celebrations that went on in Gryfindor a couple times and were told to quiet down? Just a thought.

i think that they sleep in their offices, or in rooms off their offices. the maurauders map would show up teachers dormitories i think, if they all slept together. also harry sees on the map that teachers are in their offices at night. the offices of the heads of house must be close to the house dormitories, as professor mcgonagall's in her night clothes when she is telling the gryffindors to stop celebrating so she must be near enoughth to cheer, also she arrives fairly quickly when ron sees sirius black in PoA.

Ya. I had always wondered about that too. If they live at Hogwarts what about their families (if they have them). Let's assume they have young kids. What would they do? Or if they were married.

I've always kind of assumed that they have little 'apartments' off their offices. I mean, they seem to live there through the school year, and the castle is big enough.


I agree like Lockharts office area

maybe the offices have a spell similar to the Requirement Room, so it can change from office to sleeping room to an awsome bathroom...

I like the idea that they have bedrooms off their offices, thats a really cool idea.

They must have their own dormitories, I believe.

I never really thought about where the professors slept; I just assumed that they had their own rooms. But, I'm sure they have bedrooms off their offices. They might sleep in dormatories, though (but have their own rooms).

I would assume that they have their own quarters or bedrooms in a special area of the castle.

I'm pretty sure the professors have their classroom and an office and in their office is some sort of bed I imagine.


Hilary :p :blush:

I've always kind of assumed that they have little 'apartments' off their offices. I mean, they seem to live there through the school year, and the castle is big enough.
Little aparments? I like that idea but they wouldn't need so much as an aparment would they? I mean yeah, the school's big enough to hold them all but wouldn't it be a bit too nnotticeible? I'm not sure about that. Plus with the great hall and all they would only need a bed room.

I used to believe that all teachers' desks pulled out into beds. I was wrong.

I imagine they have their own sets of rooms all over the castle- probably the Heads of House live near their students' common rooms.

What I wanna know is: do all teachers get the same cool bathtubs the prefects have?

they probably sleep in hogwarts...maybe they have rooms connected to their offices or rooms connected to their Houses

I have to be careful what I say...

Well....In a certain book which really can't be discussed here, this seems to be answered when some certain teacher is found in a certain spot thought of above still wearing their apparel for the time that they're in bed. Also, this person made a comment that hinted that he/she was sleeping.

I really can't get in trouble for anything since I didn't spoil anything, but eventually all of you shall see what I'm talking about when you read this certain HP book.

i believe teachers, or at least some of them, sleep in their office, because in HBP when ron eats the chocolate cauldrons with Romilda Vane's love potion in it, Harry takes him to Slughorn's office to get an antidote. Slughorn comes out and says something like, "it's a bit early for a call Harry, i usually sleep in on Saturdays," which seems to mean he was sleeping before Harry came.

I would say for the Head Master, the Head Masters Office would have sleeping Quaters. Each House area(I am sure theres a name for it, but i cant think of it...its where the Houses common rooms and Dormitories are...is there another name for it?) would probably have a sleeping quater off it or near it for the corresponding Head of House. The other teachers would probably have something off or near their offices.

I have two theories on this. One being that some of them, like Trewlaney (sp?) live at Hogwarts and possibly have a door from their office to where they sleep. My other theory is like someone else said is that they use the Floo Network to get back to their house.