The young cast of the Harry Potter TV series will have to balance magic and muggle education, all on set

Ever since the new cast of the Harry Potter TV series has been announced, fans have been going gaga over the fresh new faces who will be taking over the roles of Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

However, one thing that is getting severely unnoticed is how the lead trio, Arabella Stanton, Dominic McLaughlin, and Alastair Stout, along with a huge number of other kids who will be a part of the Harry Potter TV series, will miss out on school.

These child actors will be receiving their education at the Warner Brothers’ Leavesden studio in Watford, where there will be tutors for them and the ambience will be somewhat like a mini-school.

It will not exactly be homeschooling for these children because they will be there in groups, and that is why it will be more like a private school where they will familiarize themselves with the muggle world as they get ready for the magic of Hogwarts.

The child actors of the Harry Potter TV series will receive their education on set

The child actors who are selected to be a part of the Harry Potter TV series are currently aged between 9 and 11 years, and given that the show is expected to run for some 10 years, these kids will be spending their teens on set.

That naturally calls for their education being accommodated in their schedule, and that is why there will be tutors on set. Judith Phillips, who worked on the Harry Potter films, told The Guardian that children should ideally be getting at least 15 hours of teaching per week with teachers on call at 8 in the morning.

Judith further added,

“Time is money on the film set, so when you get a knock on the door saying they need your pupil on set, it’s not a case of finishing up what you’re working on – it’s put your pen down and go.”

Talking about how the Harry Potter TV series is fairly unique, Tayberry Tuition’s Jo Austin said,

“This Harry Potter series is fairly unique in that it is child-based. The children are the stars and they are going to be on screen all the time. I can’t imagine many days filming when you haven’t got any children on set, so I think they are going to be in there most of the time and working very hard. They will be out of school for a period of six to nine months to film and complete each series.”

Co-founder of Simply Learning Tuition, Nathaniel McCullagh, who has experience working on both sides of the camera as a director and tutor, mentioned that given the scale of this project, the team would need to have everything related to education in place, including a head teacher, individual tutors, and a director of students.

He also added,

“It’s far more complex than a typical on-set tutor who is tasked with looking after a couple of kids for a few hours each day for a month. I don’t know who is going to get the gig, but it’s a wonderful opportunity to look after maybe 30 children for months at a time and maybe longer ... They have got those children for 10 years or thereabouts, and they’ll be responsible for their entire education.”

The fact that these kids will be practically growing up on the set of the Harry Potter series is what makes the educational aspect of the project so important. Child actors have always had to juggle their studies with their acting careers, but here, a huge number of children will be coming together, and that is why the mini-school and the teachers will be an integral part of the project.

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