Two of the nine children who disappeared from Bradford and are suspected of travelling to Syria attended a school where a teacher was stabbed last week.
Junaid Ahmed Iqbal, 15, and his brother Ibrahim Iqbal, 14, had been pupils at Dixons Kings academy before they went to Saudi Arabia with their mother, Sugra Dawood, 34, and three siblings on 28 May.
Sugra’s two sisters and their four children were also on the trip but failed to return to Bradford as planned on 11 June. It is feared some or all of the family have crossed into Syria, where a brother of the sisters is thought to be fighting with Islamic State.
Last Thursday, a 14-year-old boy from Dixons Kings was arrested in Bradford after Vincent Uzomah, a science teacher, was stabbed in the stomach during the first lesson of the day. He appeared in court on Saturday charged with attempted murder and possession of cannabis.
In 2012, Ibrahim posted a photograph of David Cameron visiting the school, with the caption: “Prime minister comes to Junaid’s [his brother’s] school.”
Pictures taken after this show the teenager in the school’s distinctive uniform.
The academy, which opened in 2011, was originally touted as one of the Conservatives’ flagship free schools but has been hit by a series of incidents.
It changed its name in January from the Kings science academy following a scandal in which its former head and four staff members charged with fraud after an investigation by the Department for Education found that nearly £80,000 of public money had not been used for its intended purpose. The five deny the charges and have yet to stand trial.
After being ordered to improve last year by Ofsted, the school was taken over by the Dixons academies chain. A recent inspection praised progress made by the new management team.
Nick Weller, the executive principal of Dixons Academies Trust, said he could not comment.
