Abertillery Learning Community

Mother, Shantal Bailey, says she had previously alerted teachers at Abertillery Learning Community to the 'racist' bullying of her son.

I received a phone call from Raheem and then the school informing me of the incident.” “As time rolled on, it became more apparent that the possibility my son was going to lose his finger was a real one. As such, it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage.” Ms Bailey is currently crowdfunding to purchase a personalised prosthetic finger for her son. Ms Bailey complained to school staff on Monday after Raheem told her he was threatened with detention, despite him being the victim. Start your Independent Premium subscription today.

A mum has described how her son injured his finger so badly it had to be amputated as he allegedly tried to get away from bullies at a Welsh school.

I am extremely upset because from the day of the incident until now, the school has not reached out to me to check on his well-being." "We spent the next five hours waiting for an ambulance to transfer us to the location where he would undergo surgery, in Swansea, 50 miles away from his home and school. Raheem, his baby brother and I were taken to a minor injuries unit by the school bus, despite them knowing that his injury was severe. I received a phone call from Raheem and then the school informing me of the incident. "He had mentioned a few incidents of people being 'mean to him' recently, I did not realise the extent of what he was going through until an incident this week," she says. His mum claims that the 11-year-old has faced racial and physical abuse since starting at Abertillery Learning Community in September 2021, but didn't realise how bad it had got until he phoned her crying from school on Monday.

Raheem Bailey, 11, had a finger amputated after injuring his hand while fleeing an alleged attack in his school in Abertillery.

He was taken to hospital in "agony", but surgeons were unable to save Raheem's injured finger. On Tuesday, the day after she said the school had vowed to put an end to the alleged bullying, Ms Bailey described how Raheem was "pushed to the ground and then repeatedly kicked" before injuring his hand on a fence as he "made a desperate attempt to leave the school grounds in order to escape the situation". THOUSANDS of pounds have been raised in a matter of hours for a young boy who had to have one of his fingers amputated following an alleged "attack" at his school.

Raheem Bailey's mum said he suffered months of "racial and physical abuse" at Abertillery Learning Community before being…

"He was pushed to the ground and then repeatedly kicked," his mum said. "After six hours of surgery to save it, which was ultimately unsuccessful, his finger had to be amputated," she added. Matters came to a head earlier this week when her son "called me in tears...