Retired teacher, 75, who worked at two £15,000-a-year boarding schools is charged with sexually assaulting 15 pupils over 20-year period between 1965 and 1985
A former teacher at two £15,000-a-year boarding schools has been charged with sex offences against 15 pupils over a 20-year period.
Retired Piers Le Cheminant has been accused of a string of historic assaults against boys at the prep schools in West Sussex and Wiltshire.
Now aged 75, Le Cheminant is charged with indecently assaulting 10 youngsters at Oakwood Preparatory School in Chichester and sexually assaulting five boys at Salisbury Cathedral School.
Retired teacher Piers Le Cheminant, 75, has been charged with sexually assaulting five boys at Salisbury Cathedral School between 1981 to 1985
The Oakwood allegations are said to have been between 1965 and 1985, while the alleged victims in Salisbury were said to have been attacked from 1981 to 1985.
The prosecution was authorised by the CPS, follows an investigation by detectives from the Sussex Police Complex Abuse Unit.
Information about the allegations was first passed to officers in 2017, Sussex and Wiltshire Police said in a joint statement.
Le Cheminant, of Newton Abbot, Devon, has been served with a summons to appear at Worthing Magistrates Court on February 2 next year.
The five alleged victims at Salisbury Cathedral School were said to have been attacked from 1981 to 1985.
Sussex Police emphasised that the allegations relate to more than 35 years ago and have no connection with any current or recent staff, management or pupils at either school.
Current management at both schools have 'given full co-operation throughout the investigation', police said.
Oakwood Prep School costs around £15,330 a year, with parents of pupils in Years 5 and 6 paying £5,110-a-term.
Parents of students at Salisbury Cathedral School fork out £5,390 per term for Years 4 to 8, according to the school's website.