2025 Sheffield school stabbing

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2025 Sheffield school stabbing
Part of school violence in the United Kingdom
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Police at All Saints Catholic High School after the stabbing of Harvey Willgoose
2025 Sheffield school stabbing
Location All Saints Catholic High School, Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 53°22′24″N1°27′26″W / 53.37324°N 1.45712°W / 53.37324; -1.45712
Date3 February 2025;4 days ago (2025-02-03)
Unknown start time – 12:17 (GMT+01:00)
Attack type
 School violence, stabbing
Deaths1
PerpetratorUnknown 15-year-old teenager (suspected)
MotiveUnder investigation

On 3 February 2025, 15-year-old Harvey Willgoose was fatally stabbed at All Saints Catholic High School, Sheffield, at around 12:17 GMT. A teenager of the same age was also arrested on suspicion of murder and is currently in police custody. [1]

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Background

All Saints Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school located in Sheffield, England. All Saints Catholic High School is currently situated on Granville Road (A6135), next to The Sheffield College in Sheffield. Currently, there are approximately 1,300 pupils along with 114 teaching staff and 64 support staff.[ citation needed ]

Events

Threatening behaviour

Before the stabbing, the school was placed into a lockdown on 29 January after "threatening behaviour between a small number of students" was noticed. [2] [3]

Stabbing

At 12:17 GMT, police were called to the scene after Harvey Willgoose was fatally stabbed, allegedly by a 15-year-old boy. [1] [4] [5] Another pupil ran away from the attacker after witnessing the scene. [6] One pupil went outside and heard two or three Year 11's were shouting that "somebody got stabbed, come here to a teacher." [7] The pupil then said that he "went outside to see what was going on and I saw a body on the floor." Willgoose was stabbed three times in a school courtyard as pupils watched. Shortly after the police arrived, the area outside the school was subject to a cordon to aid with the investigation. [7] Emergency responders, including an air ambulance, arrived at the school, which was promptly locked down. Despite desperate efforts to save him, Willgoose died shortly before 4:00 P.M. [7]

Aftermath

Arrest

Shortly after the incident, a 15-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder. [8] The teenager was then remanded into a youth detention centre, and appeared before the city's crown court on 6 February 2025. [5] [3] The teenager had his head held down at the court throughout the hearing:

You will be aware that you are charged with offences arising from an incident on Monday the 3rd of February. There is an allegation that you murdered Harvey Willgoose on that date. It is early days in this investigation but this allegation involves a knife, a hunting knife, being taken into school and used to stab another pupil in broad daylight, resulting in the death of that pupil.

— District Judge Tim Spruce, [5]

Memorial

On 4 February 2025, Harvey's mother, Caroline Willgoose, and other members of the school paid their tributes to honour Willgoose by putting flowers on the school wall along with balloons and a Sheffield United shirt. [9] [10] Outside a local sports club, more flowers were placed with several heart shaped balloons and two large red balloons in the shape of the number 15, to reference the age of Willgoose. [11] The school was closed for the following days as police investigated. [12] A line of flowers have also been put outside Willgoose's family home, five miles away from the school. [9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Teenager arrested after boy, 15, stabbed to death at school in Sheffield". BBC News. 2025-02-03. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  2. ↑ "What we know about fatal Sheffield school stabbing as boy, 15, charged with murder". Yahoo News. 2025-02-05. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  3. 1 2 "Mother of boy, 15, stabbed to death at school pleads with pupils not to use knives". The Independent. 2025-02-05. Retrieved 2025-02-06.
  4. ↑ "Family of boy, 15, killed in Sheffield school stabbing visit scene". The Independent. 2025-02-04. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  5. 1 2 3 Brown, Mark (2025-02-05). "Boy, 15, charged with murder after stabbing at Sheffield school". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-02-06.
  6. ↑ McArdle, Tom (2025-02-05). "Harvey Willgoose: Our hearts are broken, say family". www.thetimes.com. Retrieved 2025-02-06.
  7. 1 2 3 Armstrong, Jeremy; Buckler, Liam (2025-02-04). "School pupils' chilling five words as teen dies in knife attack at school". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  8. ↑ McArdle, Tom (2025-02-05). "Teenager charged after boy, 15, stabbed to death at school". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 2025-02-06.
  9. 1 2 "Harvey Willgoose: Community in shock over teen's school stabbing death". Sky News. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  10. ↑ "Tributes paid to boy, 15, after Sheffield school stabbing". www.bbc.com. 2025-02-04. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  11. ↑ Al-Othman, Hannah; Grierson, Jamie (2025-02-03). "Boy, 15, dies after stabbing incident at Sheffield school". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  12. ↑ Vinter, Robyn (2025-02-04). "Family pay tribute to teenager fatally stabbed at Sheffield school". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-02-05.
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