A 13-YEAR-OLD student from Acton High School has suffered racial bullying at school because he is Polish, according to his mother.

Monika Sowinska, 32, of Hill Drive, says her son is a good student and has done very well at the school but wants to move him because of on-going conflict between Polish and black students.

She said, through a translator: “My son had his phone stolen and his new jacket cut with a sharp knife on the back.

“A boy’s hair was lit up on fire during one lunchtime in the playground. The ambulance had to come.

“I haven’t reported anything to the police or school because I didn’t want to escalate the action and my son asked me not to say anything because he was afraid.

“There are many Polish students in similar situations. My son is suffering less than some of the other students. There are worse, but I want to take him out before he gets hurt.”

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