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Moment paedophile teacher is arrested in his home for child sex offences as he’s jailed for seven years
Former secondary-school teacher Clive Bartram has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years after being convicted of offences involving the sexual exploitation of children and indecent images. The case matters because he used his position and online contact to solicit sexual images from girls, and investigators identified five victims aged 14 to 16.
Bartram, 58, was arrested at his Croydon home in June 2025 after being linked to an X account that uploaded indecent images. He offered children gift vouchers and other incentives, and used photographs of someone vulnerable to create online personas; police found images across devices and cloud accounts. He admitted 13 offences and was also given an indefinite sexual harm prevention order and barred from working with vulnerable people.
In short
- Former teacher Clive Bartram was jailed for seven-and-a-half years.
- Five victims aged 14 to 16 were identified.
- He was barred from working with vulnerable people.
Explained simply
Online platforms can allow adults to contact young people and ask them to share sexual images, sometimes using false identities or offers of money and gifts. In England and Wales, asking a child for such images or possessing indecent images of children can be criminal offences.
Clive Bartram was a secondary-school teacher, and police identified five girls aged 14 to 16 in the case. The investigation involved online accounts and images found on devices and cloud storage; the case highlights how digital evidence can help investigators trace contact and identify victims.