Caretaker

The Caretaker is a person employed to care for and maintain Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Their duties include keeping the school tidy and clean, patrolling corridors, keeping order, upholding school rules and punishing wrongdoers.

About

The Caretaker at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry didn't necessarily have to use magic. Argus Filch was a Squib and was still given the role. They havr their own office. Their main duty is to keep the school tidy and clean. They patrol corridors, especially at night to ensure students were well-behaved and they could punish students who break the school rules. This includes sending students to their Head of House. They could also give detentions by filling in a record form. Filch had a office of labelled filing cabinets with lists of every student and what they did wrong, and a cabinet for confiscated and dangerous objects.

Filch's specific duties have included checking which students had permission to go to Hogsmeade, supporting staff and standing guard, conducting searches and evacuations, fixing broken portraits and doors and adding chairs to the High Table when needed. Caretakers knew the layout of the school best. Filch was thought to have known at least four of seven secret passageways. In the distant past, they used to be in charge of corporal punishment which involved caning and using chains.

History

Argus Filch was a very strict Caretaker who gave lists of what he considered forbidden objects to the Head of Hogwarts, Professor Dumbledore and asked him to keep informing students about the school rules. He had a cat, Mrs Norris who helped him keep an eye on everyone. They were very unpopular.

Known Caretakers

• Apollyon Pringle
• Argus Filch