Uagadou

## About

Lost amongst the misty Mountains of the Moon, the magnificent ruined temple of Uagadou is hewn from the face of the rock itself, bedecked in gold and gems, and sprawling across mile after mile of the Ugandan landscape. The boundaries between inside and outside are flexible here; walls don't stretch all the way from one side of the room to the other, windows lack glass, and rooms occasionally lack ceilings. It can be hard to tell sometimes whether you're following a corridor or merely a sheep track. Founded in the year 900, Uagadou has been here for longer than anyone can remember, and it shows; the school sits comfortably in the landscape, as though it has been there since the beginning of time itself.

## Catchment

Uagadou students may come from anywhere in Africa, but most commonly from its eastern countries. These include Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Zambia.

## Culture

Uagadou is home to a relaxed and accepting society; a true mix of wizards and witches from just about everywhere you can think of. As the world's largest wizarding school by a considerable margin, it's a busy and bustling place with something always going on somewhere; silence is a rarity in its ruined halls, and solitude an impossibility. The staff pride themselves on providing as many opportunities as they possibly can; regardless of your interests, you are sure to find someone who shares them and many more people willing to support them in such a huge pool of individuals. A place for experimentation and exploration, there are no true limits here. Some like to claim that's symbolised by the lack of true structure throughout so much of the building which plays home to the school- in reality, no one knows the ancient magic necessary to repair such an intensely magical creation.

## Curriculum

Although the interests and aptitudes of its students range far and wide, Uagadou is particularly noted for its contributions in the fields of Astronomy, Alchemy, and Transfiguration. It is home to the magical world's only under-18s group of Animagi, led for many years by the school's Head of Transfiguration- for with such a large student body, the school finds it necessary to employ several professors for each subject. The magic taught at Uagadou is almost exclusively wandless; the wand is better suited to the European style of magic, and so while students will have some classes in their use, most find them to be little more than an encumbrance. An altogether more natural and less structured approach to the use of magic is encouraged here, which some claim is the source of Uagadou's success in the experimental field of Alchemy.

## School Structure

'Structure' would be a misnomer in describing Uagadou's approach to its students; they utilise neither Houses nor any equivalent, and even their approach to year groups is somewhat loose. Classes are divided by a vague mixture of age, ability, and the number of professors available; occasionally, older more advanced students have to be drafted in to teach younger classes where the nightmare of scheduling lessons for so many goes more significantly wrong than usual. Dormitories are divided, equally vaguely, by age groups, although not by specific years, and not at all by gender. There may, or may not, be a curtain around the bed for a modicum of privacy; otherwise, students are simply expected to make do, and seem to get by one way or another.

## Uniforms

### Girls

- White polo shirt.

- Tan skirt (knee length).

- White stockings.

- Black shoes (flat).

### Boys

- White polo shirt.

- Tan shorts (knee length).

- White socks.

- Black shoes.