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Josh Salisbury

‘Immediate’ action needed to protect Black schoolkids says equality charity after Ashford attack

A protest outside Thomas Knyvett College after the attack

(Picture: Thabo Jaiyesimi/SOPA Images/Shutterstock)

An “immediate and significant” culture shift is needed to keep black children protected at school, Britain’s leading race equality think tank has said, after a suspected “racist” attack in Surrey.

The Runnymede Trust said the “horrific case” of alleged racially-aggravated assault at Thomas Knyvett College was “not an isolated incident”.

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