Boy, 10, tried to hang himself after racist bullying at school (Metro)

A ten-year-old boy tried to take his own life after being bullied by racists at his school.

One teacher told Caleb Hills that he needed to build a ‘resilience to racism’ as he faced a barrage of abuse from pupils who called him the ‘n-word’ for two years.

There were almost 200 ‘racial incidents’ recorded at the Orchard School in Canterbury, Kent, in the two years when Caleb studied there.

Records show the primary school only has four pupils of mixed ethnic background out of 101 students. Read more