A TEACHER in Clitheroe arrested after indecent images of children were found on a computer will not face criminal charges.

But police have passed his file on the case to bosses at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School to conduct their own inquiry.

French teacher Ian Gott was suspended from the school when the pictures were discovered in July.

Today, he said the last few months had been very stressful and hoped now the police had completed their investigation without charge the whole matter would be "cleared up."

Officers from the force's public protection unit, based in Accrington, seized two computers as part of the probe.

One of the machines was taken from Mr Gott's Clitheroe home, while the other was removed from the school.

The images were not thought to relate to pupils at the school, a police spokesman said.

Detective Inspector Ian Critchley, of Accrington CID, said: "We have now completed our investigation. We have taken advice from the Crown Prosecution Service and have decided that no further action would be appropriate against Mr Gott.

"As a result, the case has now been referred back to the school, where the headteacher has been conducting an inquiry and we have passed our file of information to them."

Mr Gott had been answering police bail after being arrested at his home on suspicion of making indecent images of children.

He is still under suspension and a decision as to his future at the school has not yet been made by the head and school governors.

He said: "The situation has not been easy. I cannot comment on whether or not I shall return to the school.

"The school have imposed a ban on me saying anything."

A spokesperson for the Department for Education and Skills said: "No charges have been brought against this teacher by the police so ultimately it is now a matter for the school.

"What action is now taken is their decision. Whether he continues to teach at the school is a matter for his employers."

Four attempts were made to contact Clitheroe Royal Grammar School for a comment from senior staff but on each occasion a switchboard operator said no one was available.