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[[folder:Miss Nightingale]]
!!Miss Nightingale
'''Portrayed by''': Indra Ove
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The art teacher at Cackle's in ''The New Worst Witch.'' She's very kind and understanding towards the students, and like Miss Drill before her is often at odds with Miss Hardbroom about how to deal with them.
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* CoolTeacher: The students adore her. Miss Hardbroom does not.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She vanishes inexplicably between season and is replaced by her SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute, Miss Widget.
* LastNameBasis: Well, most of the teachers are generally called by their last names in general, but Miss Nightinggale is a somwhat unique case in that she's the only teacher in the entire series who is ''never'' called by her first name by ''anyone.''
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: An older version, and obviously not in any romantic sense, but her behaviour definitely fits this. She encourages creativity and passion, and is always trying to liven up the school.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Miss Myrtle Widget]]
!!Miss Myrtle Widget
'''Portrayed by''': Elizabeth Bower
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wwwidget_infobox.png]]
The art teacher at Cackle's who takes over the job from Miss Nightinggale. A little more brash, energetic and sarcastic than her predecessor, but with the same passion for art and creativity.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She has some strange ideas sometimes, she dresses like a hippie and she has a definite fondness for TrueArtIsIncomprehensible.
* GenkiGirl: An older version, but her lessons are ''energetic.'' Her "self-expression workshop" is a study in organized chaos, with students running around while Miss Widget plays the drums and shouts "Wonderful! ''[[LargeHam LET IT ALL OOOOUT]]''!"
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: She fulfills roughly the same role as Miss Nightinggale did.
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[[folder:Caspian Bloom]]
!!Caspian Bloom
->'''Portrayed by''': Ian Lindsay
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wwcaspian_infobox.png]]
The school librarian and resident wizard at Cackle's Academy in ''The New Worst Witch''. More likely to be found asleep over his desk or eating jam doughnuts than actually doing his job, but he repeatedly demonstrates that he shouldn't be underestimated.
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* CoolOldGuy: With traces of GrumpyOldMan, but if you treat him with respect he's actually very friendly and helpful.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's absent-minded and often seems like he's not all there, but he's actually very handy to have around in a crisis. Not only does he have a lot of knowledge and can spot the details other people miss, but he's a pretty powerful wizard.
* SeniorSleepCycle: He's often found asleep over his desk.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Jam doughnuts. Though he laments that they have less jam in them nowadays than they did when he was young.
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The other teachers at Miss Cackle's Academy.
For the main teachers, go [[Characters/TheWorstWitchMainCharacters to this page]]
[[folder:Miss Drill]]
!!Miss Drill
'''Portrayed by''': Claire Porter (1998 series), Shauna Shim (2017 series)
[[quoteright:186:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_inline_nn2m8xn1pu1qmf55n_540.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:1998]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/md_2017.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:2017]]
The PE teacher at Cackle's. Although a little strict when it comes to exercise, she's still much nicer than Miss Hardbroom. In the 1998 TV series she's also the only non-witch member of staff, while in the 2017 series she has witch ancestry.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The book's illustrations show her to be a hard-faced BrawnHilda. The TV series has her played by a slender and kind-faced actress.
* AdaptationalBadass: Inverted (but not to AdaptationalWimp). She was implied to be a witch in the books but is a {{Muggle}} in the '98 TV series.
* AgeLift: Inverted. The book illustrations show her as a stern middle-aged woman. The TV series have her as a woman in her twenties.
* AscendedExtra: Much like Drucilla, Miss Drill only made one brief appearance in the books written before the 1998 TV series. In the books written afterwards, she makes several further appearances in which her affable nature (when not playing DrillSergeantNasty) is a lot more prominent.
* BadassNormal: Although she doesn't have powers, she still saves the girls a few times.
* BoyishShortHair: Used to contrast her with the rest of the teachers.
* ButtMonkey: Occasionally, as she laments in the HalloweenEpisode.
--> '''Miss Cackle:''' We all have our own roles to play in the running of the school.
--> '''Miss Drill:''' Well mine seems to be gooseberry.[[note]]An expression meaning the odd one out or inferior one in the group.[[/note]]
* CoolTeacher: In Season 3. She volunteers to be the chaperone for Mildred's new club. She's also the one who usually argues in favour of the students.
* DrillSergeantNasty: She's this from the girls' perspective - since what teenage girl enjoys rigid exercise every day? More so in the books, where she threatens to punish the girls with extra PE.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Sometimes feels this way, especially when HB pulls rank on her and reminds her that she's not a witch.
* EvilTeacher: When she gains full witch powers. But even then she has a HeelRealisation.
* GenerationXerox: Her mother appears in the 2017 series, played by the same actress (and from what we see, a very similar personality).
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She's blonde-haired (in the '98 series) and very caring.
* HookedUpAfterwards: In between Seasons 1 and 2 she started some kind of relationship with Serge Dubois.
* MeaningfulName: Since she's a PE teacher.
* MeaningfulRename: When she briefly gains witch powers, she renames herself Hilary Hemlock.
* {{Muggle}}: In the '98 TV series the only non-witch member of staff.
* OfficialCouple: The only character to be in a canon relationship - with Serge Dubois from the Rocky Mountain Rangers.
* RaceLift: She's played by a black actress in the 2017 series. Her mother is too.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Although she's often seen in workout clothes, she has a love for drama and plays too.
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[[folder:Frank Blossom]]
!!Frank Blossom
'''Portrayed by''': Berwick Kaler
[[quoteright:171:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blossom_1.jpg]]
The school caretaker and gardener in 1998. The only male member of staff at Cackles.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: "Green Fingers and Thumbs", which centres around his participation in a gardening competition.
* BumblingDad: Bumbling Uncle to Charlie.
* BunglingInventor: When it comes to creating an alarm system in a school with no electricity.
* FirstNameBasis: He's called by his first name by most members of staff.
* MeaningfulName: In this case it refers to him being a gardener.
* {{Muggle}}: Along with Miss Drill, the only non-witch members of staff.
* TheOneGuy: As far as the school itself goes. There are other male recurring characters.
* OopNorth: He has a distinct northern English accent.
* PutOnABus: To Horticultural College in season 3.
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[[folder:Miss Lavinia Crotchet]]
!!Ms Lavinia Crotchet
!!'''Portrayed by''': (Polly James)
[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/crochet.jpg]]
After Miss Bat leaves between Mildred's second and third years in the 1998 series, Ms Crotchet replaces her as chanting teacher.
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* CoolTeacher: She gets on very well with the girls.
* GranolaGirl: By witch standards anyway. In her first episode, she's trying to tune up a mood synthethiser and she believes in cleansing rituals and the like.
* TheMakeover: In "The Hair Witch Project", she has Enid and Drucilla give her a rather radical one by magic.
* MeaningfulName: Hers references that she's a music teacher.
* OnlySaneMan: She slips into this on occasion, as the newcomer to the arguing between the other three teachers.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: A CloudCuckooLander chanting teacher just like Miss Bat. She's a little less wacky than her though.
* TarotTroubles: She reads a deck of tarot cards in "The Unfairground" that foreshadow revolt and revolution.
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[[folder:Mrs. Maria Tapioca]]
!!Mrs Maria Tapioca
->'''Portrayed by''': Annette Badland (1998 series) Zita Sattar (2017 series)
[[quoteright:163:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tapioca.jpg]]
The school's dinner lady.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: In the 2017 series, she's a haughty and sour-faced woman who doesn't much like children -- a far step from her jovial BigFun characterization from the 1998 series. Turns out she has a FreudianExcuse; stuck in a job she doesn't like and never getting anything other than complaints and insults from the students. She also has a strained relationship with her daughter.
* AllThereInTheManual: Her first name Maria is never said by any of the characters.
* AscendedExtra:
** She appears only in the fourth book, but makes more appearances in the TV series.
** In the 2017 series, she's a pretty minor character in the first two seasons but in the third season she's a lot more prominent. Not only does she get her own ongoing plotline about her problems reconnecting with her estranged daughter Mabel, but a fair bit of attention is paid to the developing IntergenerationalFriendship between her and Beatrice.
* BigFun: She's chubby and portrayed as a fun person. She's especially enthusiastic about the food she would love to prepare.
* BrotherChuck: She disappears without explanation during Season 2.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Sort of, in both TV series.
** "When We Feast At The Midnight Hour" in the 1999 series gives her a sizeable supporting role.
** "Magical Mum" from the 2017 series gives her a good deal of attention, going more into her background and introduces her estranged daughter Mabel.
* EekAMouse: Subverted. She's not scared of mice in her kitchen, but she does want them gone in case they eat all the food.
* LethalChef: Inverted. She's a good cook but is forced to make everything out of a book of traditional school dinners. As the food takes half an hour to carry upstairs, it always arrives cold.
* MeaningfulName: The cook is named after a desert.
* {{Muggle}}: She appears to be this, as she's not shown doing any magic.
* RaceLift: Her nationality isn't said in the books, but she becomes Italian in the TV show.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Miss Deirdre Swoop]]
!! Miss Deirdre Swoop
->'''Portrayed by:''' Stephanie Lane
[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wwdydra.jpg]]
A sporty and physical Pentangle girl who first showed up as a rival in an episode of the 1998 series, then attended Weirdsister College along with Mildred, before in ''The New Worst Witch'' taking over the job as Cackle's PE teacher after Miss Drill. She is the only character other than Mildred and Miss Hardbroom to appear both in the 1998 series, ''Weirdsister College'' and ''The New Worst Witch'' -- and the only character who has more than a short cameo role in all three series.
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* AcademicAthlete: She was the top student at Pentangle's, and she's also very athletic, usually dominating the scene in anything sports-related. At Weirdsister College she's the secretary of sports and hobbies, and of course at Cackle's the teaches PE.
* AscendedExtra: Only appeared in one episode of the original 1998 series, but became part of the regular cast in ''Weirdsister College'' and ''The New Worst Witch''.
* CompetitionFreak: A staple of her character. She's very competitive and loves to show off -- though she becomes a lot more mature about it as she gets older.
* IAmVeryBritish: She speaks in a ''very'' posh voice, though she's toned it down slightly by the time she's become a teacher.
* OpenMouthInsertFoot: She has a tendency towards unthinkingly insulting people, though she gets somewhat better at catching herself in this.
* TookALevelInKindness: As a Pentangle's student she's very haughty and full of herself. In ''Weirdsister College'' she's grown up a lot and becomes good friends with Mildred, even if she's still very competitive. In ''The New Worst Witch'' she's the friendly and encouraging (if slightly awkward) new teacher.
* UpperClassTwit: Definitely comes across as this at times.
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[[folder:Miss Nightingale]]
!!Miss Nightingale
'''Portrayed by''': Indra Ove
[[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wwwidget.png]]
The art teacher at Cackle's in ''The New Worst Witch.'' She's very kind and understanding towards the students, and like Miss Drill before her is often at odds with Miss Hardbroom about how to deal with them.
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* CoolTeacher: The students adore her. Miss Hardbroom does not.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She vanishes inexplicably between season and is replaced by her SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute, Miss Widget.
* LastNameBasis: Well, most of the teachers are generally called by their last names in general, but Miss Nightinggale is a somwhat unique case in that she's the only teacher in the entire series who is ''never'' called by her first name by ''anyone.''
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: An older version, and obviously not in any romantic sense, but her behaviour definitely fits this. She encourages creativity and passion, and is always trying to liven up the school.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Miss Myrtle Widget]]
!!Miss Myrtle Widget
'''Portrayed by''': Elizabeth Bower
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wwwidget_infobox.png]]
The art teacher at Cackle's who takes over the job from Miss Nightinggale. A little more brash, energetic and sarcastic than her predecessor, but with the same passion for art and creativity.
----
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She has some strange ideas sometimes, she dresses like a hippie and she has a definite fondness for TrueArtIsIncomprehensible.
* GenkiGirl: An older version, but her lessons are ''energetic.'' Her "self-expression workshop" is a study in organized chaos, with students running around while Miss Widget plays the drums and shouts "Wonderful! ''[[LargeHam LET IT ALL OOOOUT]]''!"
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: She fulfills roughly the same role as Miss Nightinggale did.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Caspian Bloom]]
!!Caspian Bloom
->'''Portrayed by''': Ian Lindsay
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wwcaspian_infobox.png]]
The school librarian and resident wizard at Cackle's Academy in ''The New Worst Witch''. More likely to be found asleep over his desk or eating jam doughnuts than actually doing his job, but he repeatedly demonstrates that he shouldn't be underestimated.
----
* CoolOldGuy: With traces of GrumpyOldMan, but if you treat him with respect he's actually very friendly and helpful.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's absent-minded and often seems like he's not all there, but he's actually very handy to have around in a crisis. Not only does he have a lot of knowledge and can spot the details other people miss, but he's a pretty powerful wizard.
* SeniorSleepCycle: He's often found asleep over his desk.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Jam doughnuts. Though he laments that they have less jam in them nowadays than they did when he was young.
[[/folder]]
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For the main teachers, go [[Characters/TheWorstWitchMainCharacters to this page]]
[[folder:Miss Drill]]
!!Miss Drill
'''Portrayed by''': Claire Porter (1998 series), Shauna Shim (2017 series)
[[quoteright:186:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_inline_nn2m8xn1pu1qmf55n_540.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:1998]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/md_2017.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:2017]]
The PE teacher at Cackle's. Although a little strict when it comes to exercise, she's still much nicer than Miss Hardbroom. In the 1998 TV series she's also the only non-witch member of staff, while in the 2017 series she has witch ancestry.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The book's illustrations show her to be a hard-faced BrawnHilda. The TV series has her played by a slender and kind-faced actress.
* AdaptationalBadass: Inverted (but not to AdaptationalWimp). She was implied to be a witch in the books but is a {{Muggle}} in the '98 TV series.
* AgeLift: Inverted. The book illustrations show her as a stern middle-aged woman. The TV series have her as a woman in her twenties.
* AscendedExtra: Much like Drucilla, Miss Drill only made one brief appearance in the books written before the 1998 TV series. In the books written afterwards, she makes several further appearances in which her affable nature (when not playing DrillSergeantNasty) is a lot more prominent.
* BadassNormal: Although she doesn't have powers, she still saves the girls a few times.
* BoyishShortHair: Used to contrast her with the rest of the teachers.
* ButtMonkey: Occasionally, as she laments in the HalloweenEpisode.
--> '''Miss Cackle:''' We all have our own roles to play in the running of the school.
--> '''Miss Drill:''' Well mine seems to be gooseberry.[[note]]An expression meaning the odd one out or inferior one in the group.[[/note]]
* CoolTeacher: In Season 3. She volunteers to be the chaperone for Mildred's new club. She's also the one who usually argues in favour of the students.
* DrillSergeantNasty: She's this from the girls' perspective - since what teenage girl enjoys rigid exercise every day? More so in the books, where she threatens to punish the girls with extra PE.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Sometimes feels this way, especially when HB pulls rank on her and reminds her that she's not a witch.
* EvilTeacher: When she gains full witch powers. But even then she has a HeelRealisation.
* GenerationXerox: Her mother appears in the 2017 series, played by the same actress (and from what we see, a very similar personality).
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She's blonde-haired (in the '98 series) and very caring.
* HookedUpAfterwards: In between Seasons 1 and 2 she started some kind of relationship with Serge Dubois.
* MeaningfulName: Since she's a PE teacher.
* MeaningfulRename: When she briefly gains witch powers, she renames herself Hilary Hemlock.
* {{Muggle}}: In the '98 TV series the only non-witch member of staff.
* OfficialCouple: The only character to be in a canon relationship - with Serge Dubois from the Rocky Mountain Rangers.
* RaceLift: She's played by a black actress in the 2017 series. Her mother is too.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Although she's often seen in workout clothes, she has a love for drama and plays too.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Frank Blossom]]
!!Frank Blossom
'''Portrayed by''': Berwick Kaler
[[quoteright:171:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blossom_1.jpg]]
The school caretaker and gardener in 1998. The only male member of staff at Cackles.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: "Green Fingers and Thumbs", which centres around his participation in a gardening competition.
* BumblingDad: Bumbling Uncle to Charlie.
* BunglingInventor: When it comes to creating an alarm system in a school with no electricity.
* FirstNameBasis: He's called by his first name by most members of staff.
* MeaningfulName: In this case it refers to him being a gardener.
* {{Muggle}}: Along with Miss Drill, the only non-witch members of staff.
* TheOneGuy: As far as the school itself goes. There are other male recurring characters.
* OopNorth: He has a distinct northern English accent.
* PutOnABus: To Horticultural College in season 3.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Miss Lavinia Crotchet]]
!!Ms Lavinia Crotchet
!!'''Portrayed by''': (Polly James)
[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/crochet.jpg]]
After Miss Bat leaves between Mildred's second and third years in the 1998 series, Ms Crotchet replaces her as chanting teacher.
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* CoolTeacher: She gets on very well with the girls.
* GranolaGirl: By witch standards anyway. In her first episode, she's trying to tune up a mood synthethiser and she believes in cleansing rituals and the like.
* TheMakeover: In "The Hair Witch Project", she has Enid and Drucilla give her a rather radical one by magic.
* MeaningfulName: Hers references that she's a music teacher.
* OnlySaneMan: She slips into this on occasion, as the newcomer to the arguing between the other three teachers.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: A CloudCuckooLander chanting teacher just like Miss Bat. She's a little less wacky than her though.
* TarotTroubles: She reads a deck of tarot cards in "The Unfairground" that foreshadow revolt and revolution.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mrs. Maria Tapioca]]
!!Mrs Maria Tapioca
->'''Portrayed by''': Annette Badland (1998 series) Zita Sattar (2017 series)
[[quoteright:163:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tapioca.jpg]]
The school's dinner lady.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: In the 2017 series, she's a haughty and sour-faced woman who doesn't much like children -- a far step from her jovial BigFun characterization from the 1998 series. Turns out she has a FreudianExcuse; stuck in a job she doesn't like and never getting anything other than complaints and insults from the students. She also has a strained relationship with her daughter.
* AllThereInTheManual: Her first name Maria is never said by any of the characters.
* AscendedExtra:
** She appears only in the fourth book, but makes more appearances in the TV series.
** In the 2017 series, she's a pretty minor character in the first two seasons but in the third season she's a lot more prominent. Not only does she get her own ongoing plotline about her problems reconnecting with her estranged daughter Mabel, but a fair bit of attention is paid to the developing IntergenerationalFriendship between her and Beatrice.
* BigFun: She's chubby and portrayed as a fun person. She's especially enthusiastic about the food she would love to prepare.
* BrotherChuck: She disappears without explanation during Season 2.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Sort of, in both TV series.
** "When We Feast At The Midnight Hour" in the 1999 series gives her a sizeable supporting role.
** "Magical Mum" from the 2017 series gives her a good deal of attention, going more into her background and introduces her estranged daughter Mabel.
* EekAMouse: Subverted. She's not scared of mice in her kitchen, but she does want them gone in case they eat all the food.
* LethalChef: Inverted. She's a good cook but is forced to make everything out of a book of traditional school dinners. As the food takes half an hour to carry upstairs, it always arrives cold.
* MeaningfulName: The cook is named after a desert.
* {{Muggle}}: She appears to be this, as she's not shown doing any magic.
* RaceLift: Her nationality isn't said in the books, but she becomes Italian in the TV show.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Miss Deirdre Swoop]]
!! Miss Deirdre Swoop
->'''Portrayed by:''' Stephanie Lane
[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wwdydra.jpg]]
A sporty and physical Pentangle girl who first showed up as a rival in an episode of the 1998 series, then attended Weirdsister College along with Mildred, before in ''The New Worst Witch'' taking over the job as Cackle's PE teacher after Miss Drill. She is the only character other than Mildred and Miss Hardbroom to appear both in the 1998 series, ''Weirdsister College'' and ''The New Worst Witch'' -- and the only character who has more than a short cameo role in all three series.
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* AcademicAthlete: She was the top student at Pentangle's, and she's also very athletic, usually dominating the scene in anything sports-related. At Weirdsister College she's the secretary of sports and hobbies, and of course at Cackle's the teaches PE.
* AscendedExtra: Only appeared in one episode of the original 1998 series, but became part of the regular cast in ''Weirdsister College'' and ''The New Worst Witch''.
* CompetitionFreak: A staple of her character. She's very competitive and loves to show off -- though she becomes a lot more mature about it as she gets older.
* IAmVeryBritish: She speaks in a ''very'' posh voice, though she's toned it down slightly by the time she's become a teacher.
* OpenMouthInsertFoot: She has a tendency towards unthinkingly insulting people, though she gets somewhat better at catching herself in this.
* TookALevelInKindness: As a Pentangle's student she's very haughty and full of herself. In ''Weirdsister College'' she's grown up a lot and becomes good friends with Mildred, even if she's still very competitive. In ''The New Worst Witch'' she's the friendly and encouraging (if slightly awkward) new teacher.
* UpperClassTwit: Definitely comes across as this at times.
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[[folder:Miss Nightingale]]
!!Miss Nightingale
'''Portrayed by''': Indra Ove
[[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wwwidget.png]]
The art teacher at Cackle's in ''The New Worst Witch.'' She's very kind and understanding towards the students, and like Miss Drill before her is often at odds with Miss Hardbroom about how to deal with them.
----
* CoolTeacher: The students adore her. Miss Hardbroom does not.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She vanishes inexplicably between season and is replaced by her SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute, Miss Widget.
* LastNameBasis: Well, most of the teachers are generally called by their last names in general, but Miss Nightinggale is a somwhat unique case in that she's the only teacher in the entire series who is ''never'' called by her first name by ''anyone.''
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: An older version, and obviously not in any romantic sense, but her behaviour definitely fits this. She encourages creativity and passion, and is always trying to liven up the school.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Miss Myrtle Widget]]
!!Miss Myrtle Widget
'''Portrayed by''': Elizabeth Bower
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The art teacher at Cackle's who takes over the job from Miss Nightinggale. A little more brash, energetic and sarcastic than her predecessor, but with the same passion for art and creativity.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She has some strange ideas sometimes, she dresses like a hippie and she has a definite fondness for TrueArtIsIncomprehensible.
* GenkiGirl: An older version, but her lessons are ''energetic.'' Her "self-expression workshop" is a study in organized chaos, with students running around while Miss Widget plays the drums and shouts "Wonderful! ''[[LargeHam LET IT ALL OOOOUT]]''!"
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: She fulfills roughly the same role as Miss Nightinggale did.
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!!Caspian Bloom
->'''Portrayed by''': Ian Lindsay
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The school librarian and resident wizard at Cackle's Academy in ''The New Worst Witch''. More likely to be found asleep over his desk or eating jam doughnuts than actually doing his job, but he repeatedly demonstrates that he shouldn't be underestimated.
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* CoolOldGuy: With traces of GrumpyOldMan, but if you treat him with respect he's actually very friendly and helpful.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's absent-minded and often seems like he's not all there, but he's actually very handy to have around in a crisis. Not only does he have a lot of knowledge and can spot the details other people miss, but he's a pretty powerful wizard.
* SeniorSleepCycle: He's often found asleep over his desk.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Jam doughnuts. Though he laments that they have less jam in them nowadays than they did when he was young.
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