[HPforGrownups] Re: Stan Shunpike and class distinction

[Suzanne Chiles]

No: HPFGUIDX 56714

Pip said:

> If Hogwarts follows UK practice, it is customary for many children
> to leave school at 16. The implication from OWLS is that they do -
> that's what public exams at 16 are *for* in the UK. They provide
> evidence that children who leave school early have studied
> particular subjects to an agreed level.

I don't believe there is any evidence whatsoever that Hogwart's students
leave school after taking their OWLS. While it's obvious that JKR used OWLS
and NEWTS to mimic the standard tests in the UK, nothing has ever been
mentioned in canon that students would leave Hogwarts until the end of their
seventh year.

Suzanne