Kayleigh Haywood’s school describes her as a 'lively and fun-loving girl' in statement

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Thursday 19 November 2015 at 11:28am

Kayleigh Haywood's school have described her as 'lively' and 'fun loving'. Credit: Family handout

Kayleigh Haywood’s former school has issued a statement following the confirmation by police that a body found during searches for the teenager is that of the 15-year-old.

Kayleigh went missing on Friday evening after being dropped off at Ibstock Community College.

Kayleigh was in Year 11 at Ashby School and studying for her GCSEs.

The head teacher said:

It was with great sadness that we learned yesterday that the disappearance of Kayleigh Haywood is now being treated as a murder enquiry and that a body had been found late last night. On behalf of everyone connected with Ashby School, our thoughts are with her family at this difficult time. Kayleigh was a lively and fun-loving girl in her final GCSE year who had started Year 11 with a real determination to be successful. It would appear that this opportunity has sadly been taken away from her. Ashby School has a long tradition of being at the heart of our community and the students have an outstanding reputation for overcoming and dealing with adversity. We have no doubt that at this, the most difficult of times, they will show their resolve, resilience and true community spirit in supporting each other through this period. However, we know that as the days, weeks and months progress, there may be individuals who find it difficult to come to terms with events and with their grief. As a school, we will have mechanisms in place to provide a level of support that may be required to help those students. We respectfully ask the media to allow us, as a community, to move forward in private without unnecessary press intrusion to enable us to focus on supporting our students at this difficult time and then helping them return their attention to their academic studies. We would like to thank all our students and parents for providing information to either the school or directly to the incident room and to all members of our wider community who have made offers of help and support. >

Before Kayleigh went to Ashby school she was a pupil at Ibstock Community College, who also put out a statement this morning saying:

Two men aged 27 and 28 are being held on suspicion of murder.