'I ain't coming in Miss': Harvey Willgoose's desperate email warning about knives to teacher before death
Email shows Harvey Willgoose urgently tried to warn his teachers about knives, days before his death
The mum of Sheffield murder victim Harvey Willgoose has published an email showing her teenage son desperately tried to warn his teachers about knives in his school, days before his death.
An email sent by the 15-year-old to a teacher, days before he was fatally stabbed at All Saints Catholic High School, has been shared online by his devastated mother, Caroline.
Harvey was stabbed to death on February 3, 2025, dueing an attack at school.
Fellow pupil, Mohammed Umar Khan, 15, was handed a life sentence with a minimum of 16 years for the murder.
The email, sent from Harvey’s school account on January 29, came after a teacher had messaged him earlier that morning asking why he had not attended school that morning.
Harvey replied: “I ain’t coming in miss while people got knives.”
Just minutes later, the teacher responded: “That’s not the truth,” before adding: “We’ve got lots to catch up on.”
The exchange has now been made public by Harvey’s mum, who said it showed her son had voiced fears about attending school just five days before he was killed.
She said: “Harvey sent this to his teacher and days later- after being badgered to go to school by everyone - he gets stabbed to death in the playground.”
Caroline referenced a recent Ofsted inspection of the school, where an ‘expected standard’ rating was awarded, which was previously known as ‘good’ under the previous grading system.
The Ofsted report from its mosyt recent visit also states that safeguarding standards have been met.
Caroline said: “And that school gets ‘good’ for safeguarding.
“That school is disgraceful how they have treated our Harvey, it’s heartbreaking.
“We have to live with this for the rest of our lives.”