By Gerard Tubb, North of England Correspondent
The church school where teacher Ann Maguire was stabbed to death by 15-year-old William Cornick in April has revealed that none of its 950 pupils tipped off staff about his repeated threats to kill teachers.
A court was told that Cornick warned friends and fellow pupils at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds over a period of four months that he planned to harm the popular Spanish teacher.
But the school says none of its staff or church figures heard any rumours and pupils stayed silent even when Cornick showed them knives and said he was going to stab another teacher's unborn child.
Cornick, who used a picture of the grim reaper on his Facebook page, was jailed for a minimum of 20 years in October for murdering Mrs Maguire in a frenzied attack in a classroom after developing an irrational hatred for her.
At his sentencing hearing Paul Greaney QC told Leeds Crown Court that from December 2013 "disturbing aspects to William Cornick's personality were becoming apparent".
Mr Greaney said Cornick told at least six pupils of his plans and on the morning of the murder "made plain to a number of his fellow pupils that he intended an attack on Mrs Maguire".
The court also heard about meetings held in school over Cornick's attitude towards Mrs Maguire including one involving his parents when he "made plain that he hated Mrs Maguire" and was subsequently disciplined.
In a Freedom of Information Act request Sky News asked the school what was known by staff, management, governors, church figures or anyone else about rumours, threats or concerns about violence involving Cornick.
The school's headteacher Stephen Mort replied: "There have been no threats, rumours or reports of threats or concerns about violence against school staff made by or concerning William Cornick made to the school."
Leeds City Council and West Yorkshire Police confirmed they were also unaware of Cornick's threats.
Leeds City Council said: "There was no contact between any member of staff at Leeds City Council and Corpus Christi Catholic college staff in connection with threats or concerns about violence in the school ... as there were no such reports made to the school."
Corpus Christi College was downgraded by Ofsted in July 2013 from "Good" to "Requires Improvement" and told to conduct an external review of governance.
The school's leadership, management and governing body were singled out for criticism by inspectors, although the students' spiritual, moral and social development were praised.
The inspection report says: "Students say they feel very safe in school. It is clear that they have a good understanding of how to keep themselves safe."
In a report published five months before the murder inspectors from the Diocese of Leeds wrote: "Pupils, staff, governors, parents, external agencies all work together in a joyful, prayerful community."
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