Few schools would wish to dwell for long on the possibility of a pupil dying, and certainly not long enough to establish a procedure for dealing with such an event. But high-profile deaths, such as the Soham murders and the Luke Walmsley case in Lincolnshire, show that schools have a significant role to play in dealing with the grief of their pupils.
One school in North Lincolnshire found itself in the position of dealing with not one but two tragic deaths in the space of six months. Each time, in the absence of any clear policy on how to support pupils and staff, they made well-meaning concessions that had unfortunate consequences.
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