The 10-year-old girl was stabbed to death by her paranoid schizophrenic mother Jaskirat Kaur, 33, on March 4, who was sentenced to an indefinite stay in a secure mental health facility on Friday at Wolverhampton Crown Court.

Due to her mother’s incarceration and the lack of a larger family, her funeral was organized by Brickhouse Primary School after raising £8,875 for the service in September.

The school’s pastoral, safeguarding and welfare officer Carla Newby said pupils, staff and parents had all been deeply affected by Shay’s violent death.

She said: “Shay was a popular pupil whose smile could brighten the darkest of days. He was a bright, happy, fun-loving child who was well liked by all. This is the most horrific and devastating situation I have ever experienced. manage.

“It was an honor for both of us to be chosen to arrange his funeral and give him the time off he deserved. May Shay find some peace now.”

Judge Michael Chambers KC told Mrs Newby: “The school has gone above and beyond in its response to this tragedy. And I would like to thank you for going above and beyond in what was a very tragic set of circumstances.”

The court heard that Kaur was “deeply grateful” to the school for organizing her daughter’s funeral.

The school plans to create a special memorial garden in Shay’s honor where students, staff and parents can visit to reflect on the young girl’s life.

In the year leading up to the murder, the school requested a “safe” visit to Shay’s home from West Midlands Police because Kaur refused to send her to the school. Officers found the mother paranoid and often in the dark and advised her to see a GP, which she ignored.

Teachers who saw body camera footage of the girl seven months out of school were shocked to see how she had regressed physically and mentally, unable to speak and walk properly.

On her return, Shay told teachers she had no one to talk to at home and spent her time in separate rooms and “did nothing and didn’t go anywhere”.

She spent her time daydreaming or playing Nintendo DS and there was no physical affection between mother and daughter.

The school also alerted Sandwell Council social services who visited the address but did not order the child to be removed from Kaur’s care.