Do you start Hogwarts at 11?

On the Harry Potter Wiki page for Hogwarts, it has the following to say about first years: First years are typically eleven to twelve years of age.
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Do you have to be 11 to go to Hogwarts?

First year if for students age 11-12, second is for those age 12,13 and so on. For example, Hermione's birthday is September 19th so she would have turned 12 after a mere 19 days of Hogwarts, where as Harry was born on July the 31st and would have been 11 for the whole school year, only turning 12 in the Summer.
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What year do you start Hogwarts?

Travelling to Hogwarts

First-years were typically eleven to twelve years of age, and began the year by boarding the Hogwarts Express at exactly 11 a.m. on 1 September from King's Cross Station, from which they travelled to Hogwarts.
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Do wizards go to school before 11?

They can't sit at home for the first 10 to 11 years of they're lives! But magic is taught from the very basics in the first year of hogwarts and it doesn't seem like wizard kids have that much of a upper hand compared to muggle borns. So they aren't taught magic before that.
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Can you go to Hogwarts at the age of 10?

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (/ˈhɒɡwɔːrts/) is a fictional British boarding school of magic for students aged eleven to eighteen, and is the primary setting for the first six books in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series and serves as a major setting in the Wizarding World universe.
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What Wizarding Children Do BEFORE Hogwarts - Harry Potter Theory



Why do kids go to Hogwarts at 11?

Answer: The age 11 is based on the "in-universe" detail of sleeping at the school. The students are only accepted to Hogwarts after they complete primary school, because they sleep in the dormitories, which is a level of independence, which is after completing primary school, and not specifically the age number 11.
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Why is Goblet of Fire PG 13?

Both “Goblet of Fire” and “Order of the Phoenix” were rated PG-13 for “sequences of fantasy violence and frightening images,” according to descriptors provided by the ratings board. “Half-Blood Prince” is rated PG for “scary images, some violence, language and mild sensuality.”
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What's it called when a wizard turns 17?

Adulthood. Upon leaving Hogwarts, witches and wizards are considered “fully qualified”. This is not the same as being “of age,” which is simply a matter of turning 17; seventh year students are often “of age” even though they haven't become fully qualified (OP5).
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What do wizard children do before they are 11?

From an interview with JK Rowling: Kai: "Where do wizarding children go to school before Hogwarts?" JK Rowling: "They can either go to a Muggle primary school or they are educated at home.
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What age is adult in Harry Potter?

Wizards Come Of Age At 17

In the US, you traditionally are considered an "adult" at 18, but some people don't really consider you a full-blown grown-up until you've turned 21 years old. In the wizarding world, you come of age at 17.
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How old are 7th years in Harry Potter?

A seventh year is a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry who is in their seventh and final year of formal magical education. Seventh years are usually seventeen to eighteen years of age.
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Can I join Hogwarts?

You can attend Hogwarts without even leaving your bed. For free. The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has officially opened, and they have open enrollment! You don't even have to wait until July 23rd to receive your acceptance letter, you can make one yourself right here.
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How old are Year 4 at Hogwarts?

A student in their fourth year at Hogwarts was called a fourth-year (with a hyphen). Fourth-years were typically 14 to 15 years of age.
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Whats the birthday cutoff for Hogwarts?

At the very least students who have August birthdays would need to receive their letters prior to their birthdays as the cut off date for confirming their places is July the 31st and they would also need time to get supplies.
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Does Hogwarts cost?

Back in 2015, JK Rowling confirmed on Twitter that Hogwarts doesn't charge tuition, with the school's day-to-day operations subsidised by the Ministry of Magic.
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Is Hogwarts real?

But while Hogwarts Castle isn't real, the Hogwarts that we have grown to love through inhaling the films IS a place that we desperate fan-people can visit… in one way or another.
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Do they have math at Hogwarts?

But those were, in a sense, the core subjects of Hogwarts: the English, maths and science of the wizarding world; the classes we're well-acquainted with through the adventures of Harry Potter.
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At what age do wizards go to Hogwarts?

Although, keep in mind that the Hogwarts program is academically challenging - most wizards and witches begin their studies at ages 11 or 12, so the workload will be incredibly rigorous for older exchange students. Muggles are encouraged to apply, since we no longer need to worry about He Who Must Not Be Named.
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What age do wizards graduate?

Hogwarts is a great school, but its students graduate at just 17. Furthermore, it only starts at age 11, making a total of seven years of schooling. Is that really all the education a young witch or wizard gets?
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Why can only Death Eaters fly?

In the Order of the Phoenix film, Death Eaters and Order members Apparate and Disapparate in clouds of black and white smoke respectively. In the film, both sides also appear to be able to "half-apparate" in which their bodies were made out of smoke, giving them the ability to fly.
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Why can't Harry Apparate?

The Order couldn't have immediately Apparated out of Harry's house because, as Moody explains, the Imperiused Pius Thicknesse has "made it an imprisonable offence to connect this house to the Floo Network, place a Portkey here, or Apparate in or out."
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Can adults go to Hogwarts?

While it's possible that there is some way for adults to learn magic if they were unable to learn it as children at the “normal” age for starting at wizarding school, there's no way currently mentioned for adults who were for some reason unable to as children to attend wizarding school.
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Why is Harry Potter 4 rated M?

MPAA explanation: sequences of fantasy violence and frightening images.
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What age rating is Harry Potter 4?

The MPAA rated Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire PG-13 for sequences of fantasy violence and frightening images.
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What is Harry Potter 6 rated?

Why is Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince rated PG? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is rated PG by the MPAA for scary images, some violence, language and mild sensuality.
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