Miss Cackle’s Academy for Witches

Introduction

An all-girls boarding academy for witches located in Great Britain with a select enrolment of 60 students. The academy is stood at the top of a high mountain surrounded by a pine forest.

The Winter Term began in September, continuing until January, and the Summer Term began in March, ending in July.

School Uniform

Winter

Black gymslip, black stockings, black hob nailed boots, grey shirt, grey and black tie, coloured sash tied round the gymslip (a different colour for each house) and school badge (black cat sitting on a yellow moon).

Summer 

Black and grey checked summer dress and grey ankle socks.

However, the summer dress was redesigned during Mildred's second year at the academy after Miss Hardbroom managed to persuade Miss Cackle that black and grey checks were too frivolous for the students.

Plain black summer dress

Special Occasions

Long black robes worn with a tall pointed black hat. 

Sports 

Grey aertex shirt, black culottes, grey socks and black plimsolls.


Swimming costumes

Old-fashioned Victorian bathing-costume, in black and grey stripes, with elbow-length sleeves and knee-length legs. The school badge, depicting a black

cat on a yellow moon, was embroidered across the chest, and to crown this outfit was a close-fitting black swimming-hat.

Nightwear

Black and grey striped pyjamas

Presentation

All first year students are presented with their own black cat, a broomstick and a leather bound copy of The Popular Book of Spells.

Student Bedrooms

Standard furnishings include: a wardrobe, an iron bedstead, a table, a chair, slit windows and an embroidered quotation on the wall.

Sample Student Register

BLACKWOOD, Griselda

CROW, Clarice

FEVERFEW, Fenella

GOODCHARM, Harriett

HALLOW, Ethel

HALLOW, Sybil

HUBBLE, Mildred

MOONSHINE, Maud

NEWT, Gloria

NIGHTSHADE, Enid

PADDOCK, Drusilla

RAVEN, Dawn

Members of Staff

Miss Cackle - Headmistress

Miss Hardbroom - Deputy Headmistress, Form Mistress, Potions Teacher

Miss Bat - Chanting Teacher

Miss Drill - Gym Teacher

Miss Mould - Art Teacher

Miss Tapioca - Cook

School Rules

Obey The Witches Code.

Lessons

Potions

Broomstick Flying

Display Formation

Art

Gym

Compulsory

End of Year Exams

Third Year Major Project

Qualifications

Higher Witches Certificate

School Song

Onward, ever striving onwards,

Proudly on our brooms we fly

Straight and true above the treetops,

Shadows on the moonlit sky.

Ne'er a day will pass before us

When  we have not tried our best,

Kept our cauldrons bubbling nicely,

Cast our charms and spells with zest.

Full of joy we mix our potions, 

Working by each others side.

When our days at school are over

Let us think of them with pride.

Distinguished Guests

Egbert Hellibore – Chief Magician

Algernon Rowan-Webb – Magician

2021 update: 

According to the Grand High Witch, "‘There isn’t actually any rule concerning which sort of animal is allowed on a broom. It could be anything at all, even an elephant, except for its size! It’s just become a tradition that most schools have cats because they are small and easy to care for – and there’s nothing in any rule-book stating that they have to be black cats. It’s just turned out that way over the years because black ones are less conspicuous for night flying."

Bat-nav: A specially trained long-eared bat. You say the name of a town or village into a special device clipped to its ear, which translates it into sonar squeaks, and the bat just takes you there like magic. They’re specially trained to fly whenever you give them instructions, whatever hour of the day. Bat-navs are not allowed at Cackle's Academy.

All information were derived from The Worst Witch series written by Jill Murphy.