Crisis counsellors are set to be at Sydney Academy all day as students and staff try to cope with the death of a student on Wednesday.

All classes at Sydney Academy were cancelled Thursday but the school will be open. Many students were outside the school Wednesday when a student died after being run over by a school bus.

Cape Breton police have named the 18 year old as Christopher Walter Chafe from Grand Mira North.

The police traffic unit and forensic investigation team were at the school for hours on Wednesday. They interviewed the bus driver and students who may have seen what happened.