Head of Hufflepuff House

The Head of Hufflepuff house is a professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry with the special obligation of looking after the students of their house: Hufflepuff.

Quidditch-related

 * To choose their Hufflepuff's Quidditch Captain.
 * To chose a date for Hufflepuff's Quidditch try-outs.
 * To give the Hufflepuff Quidditch team permission to practice.

Rules and obligations

 * Enforcing the rules
 * To give Hufflepuff Fifth Years career advice.

Special duties in the History of Hogwarts
The following are special duties that were performed by the Head of Hufflepuff in the past.


 * 1992-1993 school year: to inform the Hufflepuff students of new rules regarding the opening of the Chamber of Secrets
 * 1993-1994 school year:to notify their students of the rules in regards to protecteting them from Azkaban escapee, Sirius Black.
 * 1997-1998 school year: to round up their students prior to the Battle of Hogwarts.

Known Heads of Hufflepuff

 * Helga Hufflepuff
 * Pomona Sprout