Student assistant

A Student assistant referred to any student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry entrusted the task of assisting a member of the staff with the execution of their daily duties, presumably giving them extra credit for their trouble or simply allowing them to reap the benefits of the experience. If job well done, they would presumably be rewarded with house points or possibly even a Special Award for Services to the School.

Known student assistants

 * Jacob's sibling was a part-time student assistant of the Matron of the day, Madam Poppy Pomfrey, and helped her in treating and looking after sick and injured students during the 1980s.
 * The Music Professor had to momentarily step out of his classroom during a lesson during the 1992-1993 school year, leaving the task of monitoring the class to student assistant from Ravenclaw House.
 * During the same year, the school's Muggle Studies teacher had also appointed a young man in Hufflepuff House to be his student assistant.