Bailey, also 16, was stabbed at Cults Academy school in Aberdeen on Wednesday and died a short while later in hospital.
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Aberdeen Police has confirmed it is treating the incident as a murder investigation. He was remanded in custody and is expected to return to court on November 6.
The teenager was also charged with carrying a knife and another offensive weapon.
They were encouraged to write on the message boards, to leave notes of condolence to Bailey’s family, and to talk among themselves between the local ministers who spoke and gave readings. “Our hearts have gone with him”.
‘A special son, brother, grandson and friend – he never failed to make us smile (most of the time).
“We don’t know what we will do without our junior ‘man about the house”.
“We don’t want to fill the vigil time with words”.
But speaking of the multitude he was addressing, all packing the church to capacity to remember Bailey, Rev Gilchrist added: “Bailey’s family will hear of this, they will read about this, they will see it, and in their darkness they will find comfort”.
Cults Academy chaplain John Ferguson said: “My hope is that the love in this community will help Bailey’s family and get us all through the coming days”.
She said: “Incidents like this are deeply shocking and deeply tragic, and the impact on the lives of those who knew and loved Bailey is impossible for any of us to imagine”.
Counselling is being made available to pupils and staff at the school, which has been closed for the rest of the week.
Mr Gilchrist said: “We had no idea what to expect tonight. That opportunity has been denied to Bailey”.
She said: “The loss of a young life so full of potential is always a great tragedy but these circumstances are particularly distressing … in a place of learning, friendship and community”.
Floral tributes are left outside Cults Academy in Aberdeen, as police continue to question a teenager after a 16-year-old boy died in a stabbing at the secondary school.
Classmates and neighbours have paid their respects to 16-year-old Bailey Gwynne, who was stabbed to death at his school in Aberdeen.
Hundreds of pupils and parents from Cults Academy have taken to social media to mourn the death of the “lovely” and “polite” teenager.
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“We thought something, something must be offered to bring people together”.
