Overview

• Daniel Clarke admitted to multiple sexual offences and creating indecent images of children between 2013 and 2024.
• Clarke targeted special needs boys through his roles at a Solihull school and a Midlands charity, exploiting his position of trust.
• He used grooming tactics such as 'truth or dare' games, alcohol, isolation, and secret recordings to manipulate victims.
• Judge Michael Chambers KC sentenced Clarke to an extended 12-year term, with at least two-thirds of a 7½-year jail term to be served, plus a 4½-year extended licence period.
• Police continue a complex investigation, believing there could be over 81 victims, most of whom are yet to be identified and approached.