Ibstock Place Teacher Jailed for Seven-and-a-Half Years
Clive Bartram had bribed children to send him indecent images
Clive Bartram is arrested at his home in Croydon . Picture: Met Police
A former teacher at Ibstock Place School i has been jailed for seven years and six months after admitting a string of child sexual exploitation and indecent image offences..
Clive Bartram, 58, of South Croydon, was sentenced at Croydon Crown Court on 21 October after pleading guilty to 13 offences relating to the sexual exploitation of children and the making of indecent images.
At the time of his arrest, Bartram was employed as a senior school biology teacher at the independent school on Clarence Lane in Roehampton.
The investigation began after police intelligence identified an online account suspected of sharing indecent material with children.
In body worn camera arrest footage released by the Metropolitan Police, officers are seen confronting Bartram as he sits on a sofa at his South Croydon home on 15 June 2025, informing him that they are investigating indecent images of children connected to an account linked to him.
During a search of the property, officers seized mobile phones, laptops, and USB devices. Detectives subsequently established that Bartram had access to an additional mobile phone—which he initially denied possessing—before recovering the handset from a neighbouring garden after it had been thrown out of a window.
Digital forensic examinations uncovered Category A, B, and C indecent images of children across multiple devices and cloud-based accounts. Investigators also found evidence that Bartram had communicated directly with children online, obtaining indecent images from victims in exchange for gift vouchers and other incentives.
In addition, Bartram used photographs of a vulnerable person known to him to create online personas used to contact children, telling that person it was "their secret."
Bartram never returned to work following his arrest, with no public explanation given at the time for his sudden absence. Parents were only recently informed of the case by letter following his sentencing.
Ibstock Place School has told parents that none of Bartram’s offending involved contact with minors at the school or any current or former pupils. In a statement, headmaster Christopher Wolsey added that the school was "horrified" by Bartram's actions and recognised how upsetting the news would be for the wider school community.
The school has stated that pastoral support is being made available to any pupils affected or distressed by the case.
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