Qualla: Murder of Ann Maguire https://qualla.com/murder-of-ann-maguire en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:24 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Murder of Ann Maguire https://qualla.com/murder-of-ann-maguire Murder of Ann Maguire: Introduction https://qualla.com/murder-of-ann-maguire/ Ann Maguire had taught at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Halton Moor, east Leeds, for forty years. Generations of students passed through her Spanish lessons; she had married, raised four daughters with her husband Don, become a grandmother. Former pupils called her the teacher they loved. On the morning of Monday 28 April 2014, she went to work as she had on thousands of other Mondays. She was 61 years old. Halfway through her Year 11 Spanish lesson on the top floor of the school building, a 15-year-old pupil stood up and attacked her with a 21-centimetre knife he had brought from home. She died of her injuries that day.

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/w/f/murder-of-ann-maguire-wp/gcwf-murder-of-ann-maguire-who-she-was.mp3 0:06 2 full Murder of Ann Maguire: The Last Morning https://qualla.com/murder-of-ann-maguire/ She arrived at school as usual that Monday. After morning break she walked up to the top floor for her Spanish lesson with Year 11s - the pupils she had taught since their first day at the school nearly five years earlier. The attack came halfway through. Susan Francis, the Head ...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/w/f/murder-of-ann-maguire-wp/gcwf-murder-of-ann-maguire-halton-moor.mp3 0:06 4 full Murder of Ann Maguire: What the Inquest Found https://qualla.com/murder-of-ann-maguire/ The inquest was supported by Ann Maguire's family and resisted by West Yorkshire Police, by the school, and by Leeds City Council. Its verdict, returned in November 2017, was that opportunities to prevent her murder had been missed. The inquest found that other pupils had heard t...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/w/f/murder-of-ann-maguire-wp/gcwf-murder-of-ann-maguire-what-the-inquest-found.mp3 0:06 5 full Murder of Ann Maguire: Remembering Her https://qualla.com/murder-of-ann-maguire/ Ann Maguire was the first teacher killed by a pupil in a British classroom in modern memory. The fact alone gave the case a brutal singularity. But the family and former pupils have resisted letting that singularity define her. She is remembered at Corpus Christi by the prize nam...

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