A school has revealed its staff and parents have been left devastated after three pupils from the same year tragically died.
Students at Bassaleg High School, in Newport, Wales have mourned the death of three classmates since 2017.
The pupils died within two years of each other.
Tom Rowe, 15, tragically killed himself at his home in October 2017, just 10 months after his older brother took his own life.
There was more devastating news in May last year, when Lucy Ellis, 16, died after contracting sepsis .
Lucy was a gifted gymnast with an identical twin sister at the school, Wales Online reports .
Now, there is fresh heartbreak at the school, after teenager Izzy Withers died of a brain tumour.
The 17-year-old tragically passed away in August, less than a year after her diagnosis.
Head of Bassaleg School Victoria Lambe said the entire school has has to pull together to cope with the loss of three pupils.
"Their year group have suffered an extraordinary amount of tragedy for a group of pupils their age," she said.
"But what it has developed in them is a massive amount of resilience.
"They have pulled together as a group of friends and it is difficult for me to put into words how they have developed quite a strong bond.
"They have found it quite hard to understand why but they have reacted incredibly maturely."
Tom's older brother Matthew, 20, also a former Bassaleg pupil, took his own life while studying at the University of Manchester.
Tom and Mathew's mum Louise Rowe said: "Tom wouldn't talk about it. It obviously bothered him more than we knew.
"He was a typical 15-year-old - full of fun and mischief but nothing nasty.
"He loved football. He had loads and loads of friends. He was a really lovely and outgoing gentle giant."
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Lucy Ellis was rushed to the Royal Gwent Hospital in May, 2018, after complaining of flu-like symptoms and breathing difficulties.
She was diagnosed with sepsis but sadly died a short time later.
Since her death, her family have set up the Lucy Ellis Foundation, which aims to ensure hospitals in Wales raise awareness of the early symptoms of sepsis.
Last year Lucy's father Neil Ellis described her as a "special girl" who had "touched many people's lives in the short time of her life".
"She was the most athletic person I knew, and seeing her progress was amazing," he said.
Izzy Withers was just 16 when she was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour in September last year.
She had radiotherapy and received end-of-life care at Ty Hafan children's hospice in the Vale of Glamorgan.
Tracy Jones, head of community services and partneships at Ty Hafan described Izzy was "special young lady".
On Sunday August 4, a special festival dubbed Izzyfest was held at Crosskeys Rugby Club's Pandy Park which was arranged in just a few weeks to ensure Izzy felt well enough to attend.
On October 6, a team made up of staff at Bassaleg High School will compete in the Cardiff Half Marathon.
The group will be raising money for the Lucy Ellis Foundation, and the Jacob Abraham Foundation, a charity set up to offer mental health support, in memory of the three students.
The school have set up a GoFundMe page to raise the cash.
Miss Lambe said: "I just feel very proud that we can take something so tragic and do something positive to remember them really, and raise a bit of money for our community.
"The pupils have massively thrown themselves into fundraising and driving mental health support for other people.
"It has held the pupils, staff and parents together here. I think that is why staff felt compelled to do something and felt compelled to do it together."
