I cant imagine what it is exactly that the wards are supposed to do to insure the safety of the students.
All external threats (without internal assistance) for a start. As for internal threats there is the old “If you kill your fellow students with either spells or via garrotting them with your shoelaces like any mortal could do then Dumbledore, Snape, Quirrel and McG will @#%@ you up!”, and anything less than actually killing them and the staff can heal you.
None of this helps vs the “Students learn transfiguration. Everybody dies.” problem but that was outside the scope of authorial comprehension.
All external threats (without internal assistance) for a start. As for internal threats there is the old “If you kill your fellow students with either spells or via garrotting them with your shoelaces like any mortal could do then Dumbledore, Snape, Quirrel and McG will @#%@ you up!”, and anything less than actually killing them and the staff can heal you.
None of this helps vs the “Students learn transfiguration. Everybody dies.” problem but that was outside the scope of authorial comprehension.