The death of a 14-year-old girl who took her own life at home has left her family struggling ‘beyond words’ to come to terms with the tragedy.Charley Pointon, from Bucknall in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, was found at her family home on February 9 after hanging herself.An inquest into her death, which has recorded a verdict of suicide, heard she had gone to school as normal that day and shared ‘unconcerning’ messages with her mother as she visited a friend’s house that evening before coming home.In a statement released after the coroner’s ruling, Charley’s parents Lisa and Steve Pointon said their daughter had a ‘fun personality with a smile that lit up a room’ – and that they would ‘never come to terms’ with the loss.The inquest heard that Charley was found at 10.30pm, two and a half hours after she had come home from a friend’s house without concern. Charley Pointon was found dead at home in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire in February this year The teenager’s parents say they will ‘never come to terms’ with the loss of their beloved daughterShe was rushed to Royal Stoke University Hospital where she was tragically pronounced dead.She left a note, the hearing was told, ‘stating her intention not to be alive any longer’.Mr and Mrs Pointon said in their statement, reported by Stoke-on-Trent Live: ‘Charley had a fun personality with a smile that lit up a room.’She loved her family and friends deeply and had a passion for fashion and holidays, with her favourite place being New York, which we visited four times. ‘The death of Charley, as a family, is beyond words as we struggle to navigate through the days without her. As a family we will never come to terms with our loss and the pain we endure every day.’Teachers at her school, The Discovery Academy in Stoke-on-Trent, said Year Nine pupil Charley would be remembered for her ‘kindness and beautiful nature’.The school offered extra support to pupils at the time of her death. Assistant principal Becky Luby said in February: ‘Charley navigated high school in the same way she faced anything new, with determination and a smile.’Her personality shone through in the first week, helping others who were finding high school a little daunting, with friendliness and compassion.’Charley was a popular girl, always willing to help others and had a large circle of friends, not only within her peer group but across the school.’She always kept us laughing with her quick wit and was affectionately known as our ‘little firecracker’, not because she was hot-headed but because she would always speak up for the things she believed in.’It is said that school leaves an impression on students. Charley will leave a lasting impression on us for the smiles she put on our faces.’Charley will always be remembered for her kindness, beautiful nature and the smiles she put on our faces.’ Charley had been a pupil at Stoke-on-Trent’s Discovery Academy, which remembered her as a ‘little firecracker’ A photograph released through Discovery Academy of Charley Pointon as it made a statement remembering her earlier this yearWest Midlands Ambulance Service said it had been called to an address in Bucknall at 10.34pm on February 9 and had taken a female patient to hospital after treating her at the scene.A spokesperson told MailOnline shortly after her death: ‘Unfortunately, shortly after arrival at hospital it became apparent nothing could be done to save the patient and she was confirmed deceased.’The teenager was buried in the Lawn Cemetery at Carmountside Chapel on March 5 during a service that saw white balloons released at her graveside in her memory.North Staffordshire assistant coroner Duncan Ritchie, concluding the inquest, said: ‘Charley Pointon was a schoolgirl who lived with her loving family and she had a normal and happy life.’My short form conclusion is one of suicide. Having considered the evidence I am driven to the conclusion that Charley did this deliberate act to end her life and at the time this was her aim as a result of her actions.’