Colleagues of murdered schoolteacher Jane Longhurst were today discussing how to help pupils deal with her death.

The 96 children at Uplands special school in Hollingdean, Brighton, where Jane taught music, have had their return to school delayed until tomorrow.

Over the weekend, more flowers and tributes have been left at the school. Pupils will be offered support by a team of counsellors.

Jane was strangled some time soon after she disappeared on March 14. Her body was dumped and set alight at Wiggonholt Common, near Pulborough, on Easter Saturday.

Headteacher Paul Atkins said members of staff were meeting city education chiefs to work on minimising the "negative impact" of Jane's death.

Mr Atkins said: "We have returned to school today without the pupils. The mood is very subdued. People are very upset.

"Today will give staff an opportunity to consider their feelings and talk amongst themselves, which is something they have not had a chance to do yet.

"Today is also a chance for us to get advice from the local education authority, and to consider how we will support the pupils."

He said: "Judging by the feelings of the staff and all the floral tributes and messages we have had from pupils past and present, it is a measure of just how much Jane meant to so many people."

Meanwhile, police are continuing to sift through statements from drivers who were passing the area where her body was dumped.

On Saturday, exactly a week after the discovery, police stopped more than 300 cars on the A283. Some 35 motorists said they were driving past the site a week earlier.

Today two police officers remained on guard outside the home of a man arrested in connection with the case.

The flat in Waterloo Street, Hove, was cordoned off on Friday when the 35-year-old was arrested. He was bailed without charge later the same day. A search of the property was continuing today.

The BBC's Crimewatch TV programme will broadcast an appeal for information to aid the investigation on Wednesday.