In pictures: Community in shock after stabbing of Ann Maguire

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A photograph of teacher Ann Maguire (third left) sits on floral tributes outside Corpus Christi Catholic College
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Pupils, colleagues and friends of Ann Maguire - shown here in a photograph placed outside the Leeds school where she was stabbed yesterday - have been paying tribute to the 'inspirational teacher'

Tribute scene outside the school
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Students taught by Mrs Maguire say they have been left devastated by the news of her death. The attack happened in front of other children at Corpus Christi Catholic College

Former pupil Nichola Davies reacts outside Corpus Christi Catholic College after teacher Ann Maguire was fatally stabbed in Leeds
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Nichola Davies, 34, broke down as she arrived at her former school on Monday. She said: "She was just amazing. She was such an incredible lady. It's just so heartbreaking, it really is."

Tributes left outside Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds
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Mrs Maguire has been described as a fantastic teacher who 'could not do enough for people'

The local community attend Corpus Christi Catholic Church to pay their respects to teacher Ann Maguire
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Following Monday's stabbing, members of the community gathered at Corpus Christi Catholic Church to pay their respects

A woman and child light a candle in Corpus Christi Catholic Church after teacher Ann Maguire was fatally stabbed at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds
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Many lit candles in memory of Mrs Maguire, who has been described as 'the heart of the school'

A child is comforted in Corpus Christi Catholic Church after teacher Ann Maguire was fatally stabbed at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds
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Hundreds of people crammed into the pews of the church

Pupils arrive at Corpus Christi Catholic College where teacher Ann Maguire was fatally stabbed in Leeds
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The school itself opened as usual on Tuesday as police continued to question a 15-year-old boy about the attack

A police officer patrols as pupils arrive for school at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds
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Mrs Maguire's death is thought to be the first time a teacher has been stabbed to death in a British classroom, and the first killing of a teacher in a school since the 1996 Dunblane massacre

A woman and child look at floral tributes left at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds
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Many in the community say they are still trying to come to terms with what happened

Schoolchildren arrive at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Neville Road on April 29, 2014 in Leeds, England.
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Among tributes left outside the school was a shirt from members of the school's Year 11 football team