Hogwarts School

Is ​the British wizarding school, located in the Scottish Highlands.

​It accepted magical students from Great Britain and Ireland for enrolment.

​It was a state-owned school, funded by the Ministry of Magic.

The school appeared to be an old, abandoned castle. Similarly, most wizarding schools' locations were protected in order to prevent their ways of teaching being revealed, as well as protect the students and schools themselves from any harm.​

​Is Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus (Draco Dormiens Nvnqvam Titillandvs), which, translated from Latin, means "Never tickle a sleeping dragon".

​Term began on 1 September. Students usually reached Hogwarts via the Hogwarts Express, which left Platform 9¾ of London's King's Cross Station at 11 a.m. sharp.

​The Hogwarts Express brought the students to Hogsmeade station.