1992–1993 school year

The reopening of the Chamber of Secrets

The 1992–1993 school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, while still allowing for usual events such as Quidditch and regular classes, was largely dominated by the events surrounding the reopening of the Chamber of Secrets.

Staff

The staff at Hogwarts during the 1992–1993 school year were as follows:

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry faculty and staff during the 1992–1993 school year

Post	Incumbent	Notes
Headmaster	Professor Albus Dumbledore (suspended 8 May—30 May, 1993)	Received an Order of Suspension from the Board of Governors because of the Chamber of Secrets incidents. Reinstated when the Governors stepped up to Lucius Malfoy, who had been threatening to curse their families if they did not suspend Dumbledore.
Deputy Headmistress	Professor Minerva McGonagall (Acting Head 8 May—30 May, 1993)	Acting Headmistress during Dumbledore's suspension.
Head of Gryffindor House	Professor Minerva McGonagall
Head of Hufflepuff House	Professor Pomona Sprout
Head of Ravenclaw House	Professor Filius Flitwick
Head of Slytherin House	Professor Severus Snape
Arithmancy teacher	Professor Septima Vector
Astronomy teacher	Professor Aurora Sinistra
Care of Magical Creatures teacher	Professor Silvanus Kettleburn	Last year teaching. Professor Kettleburn retired at the end of the year in order to spend more time with his remaining limbs: one arm and half a leg.
Charms Master	Professor Filius Flitwick
Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher	Professor Gilderoy Lockhart	Was the target of a backfiring Memory Charm in the Chamber of Secrets, and was sent to the Janus Thickey Ward at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.
Divination teacher	Professor Sybill Trelawney
Flying teacher	Madam Rolanda Hooch
Herbology teacher	Professor Pomona Sprout
History of Magic teacher	Professor Cuthbert Binns
Muggle Studies teacher	Male Professor
Potions Master	Professor Severus Snape
Study of Ancient Runes teacher	Professor Bathsheda Babbling
Transfiguration teacher	Professor Minerva McGonagall
Matron	Madam Poppy Pomfrey
Librarian	Madam Irma Pince
Gamekeeper	Rubeus Hagrid
Caretaker	Mr Argus Filch

Students

Hogwarts students during the 1992–1993 school year

Year	Students
First-years	Gryffindors	Ginevra Weasley, Colin Creevey, Unidentified Gryffindor girl (IX), Curious Gryffindor Girl
	Hufflepuffs	Unidentified Hufflepuff girl (III)
	Ravenclaws	Luna Lovegood, Unidentified Ravenclaw 4th years
	Slytherins	Harper
	Unknown	Unidentified fourth year student
Second-years	Gryffindors	Lavender Brown, Unidentified brown-haired Gryffindor girl Unidentified red-haired Gryffindor girl, Seamus Finnigan, Hermione Granger, Kellah, Neville Longbottom, Parvati Patil, Harry Potter, Dean Thomas, Ronald Weasley
	Hufflepuffs	Hannah Abbott, Susan Bones, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Wayne Hopkins, Megan Jones, Leanne, Ernest Macmillan, Unidentified witch
	Ravenclaws	Amanda, Terry Boot, Mandy Brocklehurst, Michael Corner, Anthony Goldstein, Sue Li, Padma Patil, Lisa Turpin, Boy who kept a bezoar in his pocket
	Slytherins	Millicent Bulstrode, Vincent Crabbe, Tracey Davis, Gregory Goyle, Daphne Greengrass, Draco Malfoy, Theodore Nott, Pansy Parkinson, Pike, Blaise Zabini, Unidentified boy who attended Charm School, Boy who failed Avifors Spell's cousin, Boy who owned a magic hamster
	Unknown	Alice, Stephen Cornfoot, Kevin Entwhistle, Roger Malone, Oliver Rivers, Runcorn, Sophie Roper, Emma Vane, Sally Smith, Mauricius
Third-years	Gryffindors	Katie Bell, Cormac McLaggen
	Ravenclaws	Marcus Belby, Eddie Carmichael, Cho Chang, Marietta Edgecombe
	Slytherins	Unidentified witch
	Unknown	Unidentified witch
Fourth-years	Gryffindors	Angelina Johnson, Lee Jordan, Alicia Spinnet, Kenneth Towler, Fred Weasley, George Weasley
	Hufflepuffs	Cedric Diggory
	Ravenclaws	Roger Davies
	Slytherins	Cassius Warrington
	Unknown	Patricia Stimpson
Fifth-years	Hufflepuffs	Beatrice Haywood
	Slytherins	Lucian Bole, Peregrine Derrick, Unidentified first year Slytherin boy
	Unknown	Elora Dunn, Linderina Crane, Elspeth MacGillony
Sixth-years	Gryffindors	Percy Weasley, Oliver Wood, Unidentified petrified Gryffindor girl
	Ravenclaws	Penelope Clearwater
	Slytherins	Marcus Flint
	Unknown	Unidentified first year boy (II)
Seventh-years	Hufflepuffs	Juniper Hunt
	Ravenclaws	Virgil Fowler
	Slytherins	Rhys Maybury, Unidentified third-year Slytherin boy
	Unknown	Unidentified fourth-year Chaser
Unknown year	Gryffindors	Entrance Hall Gryffindor prefect, Unidentified Gryffindor prefect
	Hufflepuffs	Marilyn, Arthur
	Ravenclaws	Robert Hilliard, Music classroom monitor
	Slytherins	Adrian Pucey, Graham Montague, Terence Higgs, Miles Bletchley, Dungeon Corridor Slytherin prefect (I), Dungeon Corridor Slytherin prefect (II), Gemma Farley, Third-floor corridor Slytherin prefect
	Unknown	David Boorman I, Felix Brunt (I), Irving Cram (I), Simon Dedworth (I), Christopher Flack, Jake Flinton, Ross Gibberd (I), Nicolas Grimmett, Robert Hawking, Cyril Meakin, Eric Murley, Damian Perriss, Gordon Pummell (I), Ivan Renshaw (I), Edmund Spiers, Jonathan Spratt, Kevin Sterndale, Terry Strickland, Alex Sykes (I), Walker (Hogwarts student). Ryan Westrup, Mervyn Wynch, Unidentified Hogwarts student interested in earth magic

Timetables

Second-year Gryffindor

Period	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
First					Charms
Second
Third			Potions
Lunch
Fourth			History of Magic	Potions
Fifth				Potions

Notes

• Looking at the subjects in the order they happened for each day, it appeared there were three periods in the morning, then lunch, followed by two more periods.
• The following subjects happened in this order, on an unknown day - Double Herbology, Transfiguration, then lunch followed by Defence Against the Dark Arts.
• The following subjects also happened in this order, on another unknown day - Potions, Herbology and Defence Against the Dark Arts.
• In the late afternoon of one day, the students had Charms.
• The first lesson of an unknown day was Transfiguration.
• One morning, Defence Against the Dark Arts and then in mid morning, History of Magic, took place.
• There is a chance that fourth-year Care of Magical Creatures took place at some point on Friday.

Curriculum

Defence Against the Dark Arts

• Gilderoy Lockhart's biography (when he taught the class himself)
• Cornish Pixies

Potions

• Hair-Raising Potion
• Swelling Solution

Herbology

• Mandrake

Transfiguration

• Beetle Button
• Rabbit Slippers

History of Magic

• International Warlock Convention of 1289
• Something that involved Sardinian Sorcerers in September of 1289

Required textbooks

Magical Drafts and Potions

The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2

Break with a Banshee

Gadding with Ghouls

Holidays with Hags

Voyages with Vampires

Travels with Trolls

Wanderings with Werewolves

Year with a Yeti

One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi

A History of Magic

A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration

Events

The Basilisk

• The Slytherin Quidditch team were given seven Nimbus 2001 broomsticks as a gift from Lucius Malfoy, to ensure that his son, Draco Malfoy was made the team's Seeker.
• On Hallowe'en, Argus Filch's cat Mrs Norris was petrified, while graffiti on the wall declared that the Chamber of Secrets had been opened.
• Professor Gilderoy Lockhart founded the Duelling Club.
• Harry Potter was suspected to be the heir of Slytherin after speaking Parseltongue at the duelling club.
• Throughout the year, more were petrified by Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk:
  • Colin Creevey
  • Nearly Headless Nick and Justin Finch-Fletchley
  • Hermione Granger and Penelope Clearwater
• Close to the end of the school year, Headmaster Albus Dumbledore was suspended by order of the school governors, but was reinstated after the mystery of the Chamber of Secrets was solved.
• Hagrid was taken to Azkaban as he was connected to the original opening of the Chamber of Secrets.
• Harry and Ron Weasley ventured into the Forbidden Forest and met the Acromantula, Aragog, who informed them that Hagrid was innocent.
• Harry, Ron, and Professor Lockhart breached the Chamber of Secrets. Lockhart attempted to wipe Harry and Ron's memories, but was incapacitated himself. Harry Potter killed the Basilisk and saved Ginny Weasley who was responsible for opening the Chamber.
• All victims were revived with a draught prepared from Mandrake roots, near the end of term.
• As a school treat, Professor Dumbledore cancelled all exams, but Hermione was not happy about it.

Quidditch

Match-Results:

• Gryffindor-Slytherin: 150:60
• Hufflepuff-Ravenclaw: 70:200
• Gryffindor-Hufflepuff: cancelled due to the attack on Hermione Granger and Penelope Clearwater.
• Slytherin-Ravenclaw: cancelled
• Gryffindor-Ravenclaw: cancelled
• Slytherin-Hufflepuff: cancelled

The Quidditch Cup was not awarded this year due to the attacks on Muggle-borns (the final match was cancelled).

House Cup

1. Gryffindor
2. Slytherin
3. Ravenclaw
4. Hufflepuff

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
• Pottermore
• Wizarding World
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
• Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter for Kinect
• Harry Potter: Magic Awakened (In the Book with No Name)

See also

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• 1992
• 1993
• 1991–1992 school year
• 1993–1994 school year
• 1994–1995 school year
• 1995–1996 school year
• 1996–1997 school year
• 1997–1998 school year