At the gates of All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield, the tributes to Harvey Willgoose continue to arrive.
Flowers bearing notes from friends and former teachers, balloons and cards, one woman even arrived with a shirt of his beloved Sheffield United.
The school remains closed but some youngsters were allowed through the locked gates by police to lay flowers at a small garden bed outside the main entrance.
Those coming to lay flowers all spoke of their shock at Harvey’s death.
Luisa Meco’s daughter knew Harvey from when they were both in nursery school and also attended All Saints.
She said: “It’s just shocking, really sad, heartbreaking.”
Her thoughts were with Harvey’s family. She said: “Obviously we’re all putting ourselves in their shoes and thinking ‘What on earth?’. It is hard to describe, it is just unreal.”
Luisa was also concerned with how her daughter would feel returning to school when it reopens.
“I will wait and see what she says and if she’s not comfortable, I will just have to keep her off for a couple of days,” she said.
She added: “It’s not something that’s easy to get over, it’s not an easy thing even as an adult to understand, how it could happen at school, so for 14 and 15-year-olds it’s even harder.”
Flowers have also been placed at the Bramall Lane home of Sheffield United.
The club said it was aware discussions were taking place about how best to pay tribute to Harvey.
A line of flowers had also appeared outside Harvey’s family home, on a quiet housing estate five miles from All Saints.
Not far from the home, a family friend, who saw Harvey on his way to school on the tram on Monday morning, said she was “in shock” at the death of a boy she considered to be “like a brother” to her.
The 17-year-old told Sky News that Harvey was “funny, he’s cheeky, he’s caring, just a lovely boy, he’d never hurt anyone. He’s never been nasty, he’s just not a nasty person at all”.
The girl and Harvey’s family went on numerous holidays together.
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“We’re just so close. I can’t believe he has gone,” she said.
At the gates of All Saints, some families came to look at the tributes and reflect.
Brenda Bartholomew’s granddaughter witnessed the incident on Monday lunchtime.
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“This should just not be happening,” she said.
