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A former teacher at a private school attended by the former chancellor George Osborne has been charged with sexual offences.

Ken Zetie, 51, who taught for 17 years at St Paul’s School for boys in Barnes, south-west London, will appear at East Berkshire magistrates court in Slough on Tuesday.

He is charged with attempting to incite a female minor to engage in sexual activity and attempting to arrange the commission of a child sexual offence.

The south-east regional organised crime unit said the alleged offences took place on 15 February and Zetie was arrested that day.



In a letter from the school to parents and students, the headteacher, Mark Bailey, informed them of the news, saying the alleged incident was not related to any pupil at the school.



Zetie was employed by St Paul’s from September 2001 until February as the head of science and latterly the director of outreach and academic partnerships.

The school, which charges fees of £8,344 per term, counts the former attorney general Dominic Grieve and the reporter John Simpson among its alumni.