A much-loved teacher who was stabbed to death in front of her pupils will be remembered today at the church connected to the school where she taught for more than 40 years.
A 15-year-old boy remains in custody following the death of Spanish teacher Anne Maguire, 61, at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds yesterday.
The school is open as normal today and children began arriving early to add tributes to the more than 200 bouquets of flowers that now cover the railings outside the gates.
Mrs Maguire's death is thought to be the first time a teacher has been fatally stabbed in a British classroom, and the first killing of a teacher in a school since the 1996 Dunblane massacre.
Outside the school today, Monsignor Paul Fisher, from the next-door Corpus Christi Catholic Church, said Mrs Maguire would be remembered at a normal morning service later.
Hundreds of pupils, former students and their parents packed the church last night to pay their respects and light candles.
Monsignor Fisher said: "It's obviously a very difficult time. We're having our normal service this morning and obviously we're going to be remembering her.
"Our administrator is in the school now, offering what support we can to the staff and the students.
"What you see here is everybody helping each other - the community and the school coming together.
"I think you see from the tributes that have been paid what an impact she had on this school."
Children leaving the school yesterday said Mrs Maguire was attacked as she taught a routine Year 11 Spanish class in the Modern Languages block.
Some pupils reported hearing screams as other members of staff rushed to the scene and restrained her attacker before police arrived.
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