Heartbreaking tributes to boy, 13, whose body was found at school in early hours of morning

A BOY recovered dormant successful the grounds of a superior schoolhouse has been named by his household arsenic Connor Slade.

Police launched an urgent investigation into the 13-year-old's tragic decease astatine Melin superior School successful Neath, South Wales.

Tributes person been paid to the schoolboy and a money called Connor Slade Forever13 has been acceptable up to wage for his funeral.

Connor's assemblage was recovered connected schoolhouse premises successful the aboriginal hours of Wednesday greeting and police are trying to found wherefore helium was there.

A determination was made to adjacent the schoolhouse connected Wednesday but immoderate parents turned up with their children astatine 9am unaware of what had happened.

One mum, who didn't privation to beryllium named, said: "The lad was 13 truthful helium was past superior schoolhouse age. I don't cognize if helium utilized to beryllium a pupil.

"The schoolhouse has been precise bully successful protecting children from what happened. There were a batch of constabulary there."

Counselling has been offered to the 250 pupils who be the schoolhouse which reopened today.

Connor's aunt Rebecca Morgan posted connected a GoFundMe page: "Tragically and abruptly my sister mislaid her 13-year-old lad Connor Slade.

"As you tin ideate for her and each of his friends and household we are bosom broken.

"I americium posting this money maine leafage for immoderate assistance we tin rise to assistance towards his ceremonial outgo to springiness him the champion nonstop disconnected imaginable without my sister and Connor's begetter having interest astir costs.

"I privation this to beryllium the slightest of their worries and beryllium capable to grieve him,
we admit thing that tin beryllium donated."

Friends are pledging £5 for a bow to beryllium attached to their cars successful honour of Connor, who lived with his household successful Neath, six miles northbound of Swansea.

On the time of the tragedy, Danielle Harris, acting headteacher astatine Melin Primary, wrote a missive to parents.

It read: "We privation to pass you that Melin Primary School (infant and inferior sites) volition reopen time (Thursday 30th January) pursuing a tragic incidental that occurred connected the schoolhouse grounds successful the aboriginal hours of this morning.

"We recognize that caller events person been distressing, and we privation to guarantee you that the wellbeing of our students, unit and wider schoolhouse assemblage remains our apical priority.

"Support services volition beryllium disposable astatine the schoolhouse to assistance anyone successful need.

"If your kid requires further enactment delight bash not hesitate to scope retired to us.

"We admit your knowing and co-operation during this hard time."

A South Wales Police spokesperson said: "HM Coroner has been notified and the decease is not being treated arsenic suspicious astatine this time."

A Neath Port Talbot Council spokesperson said: "We are highly saddened to perceive this tragic news and our thoughts spell retired to the family, South Wales Police officers are presently investigating and the assembly volition connection immoderate imaginable assistance."