CAMPAIGN GROUP Black Equity Organisation has demanded answers from the charity which runs a school where a boy received twenty racist notes.

BEO has asked the Slough-based Pioneer Educational Trust – which runs four schools – to clarify what systems and policies they have in place to deal with racist incidents.

The move comes after it was revealed that a Black boy at Desborough College, in Maidenhead, had twenty racist notes stashed in his bag which were sent to him by fellow pupils.

The year 9 pupil, of African heritage, was sent messages like “go back to the plantation”. Other notes, all in different handwriting, called the boy the n-word, a “monkey”, and telling him to “go pick some cotton.”

The child’s mother said the issue of racism had been raised with the school earlier this year but nothing was done.

Thames Valley Police are now assisting the school with their investigation.

Today, Dr Wanda Wyporska, chief executive of BEO, wrote to Pioneer demanding “decisive steps” and asking what the trust will be doing to support the school to address racism.

The mother previously told the Daily Mirror: ““He doesn’t normally check the outside pocket of the satchel but he was looking for something and that’s when he searched the outside pocket and found these little notes in there. He showed me and said, ‘look mum, someone is bullying me.’”

“They failed me and my son totally. I said to them, ‘you never came to me with an update about the previous incident. Whatever you did didn’t work.

“You didn’t deal with the issue properly now this is an escalation.”

Desborough school has condemned the racism as “wholly unacceptable”, adding: “We can confirm the school has already determined those who were involved in this incident and we have taken the necessary actions in regards to these individuals.

“We are also continuing to liaise with the appropriate authorities on this matter and are fully supporting them in their enquiries.”

A spokesperson for the Trust, said: “We welcome engagement with this organisation on this important matter.

“We will respond to the letter, whilst ensuring anything we do continues to be in line with the wishes of the family involved, as part of our duty of care. We have a zero tolerance policy for any form of discrimination, including racism.

“As soon as we became aware of this incident we took immediate action and are continuing to support the pupil and family involved.

“We consider behaviour of this nature wholly unacceptable and as such are currently conducting a full investigation around this and a prior incident, in line with our relevant procedures and policies, including safeguarding and behaviour.

“We can confirm the school has already determined those who were involved in this incident and has taken the necessary actions in regards to these individuals. We are also continuing to liaise with the appropriate authorities on this matter and are fully supporting them in their enquiries.

“Our aim as a trust and as a school is to provide a safe, nurturing and welcoming environment so that every pupil, colleague and family member feels welcome in our community.

“This is supported through the school’s assemblies, its personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) lessons and wider curriculum, and we will be increasing these over the coming weeks to reaffirm our commitment to these values.”