A teacher at Mount Scopus Memorial College has been charged with making and possessing child pornography after his previous employer, Bialik College, allegedly uncovered disturbing inappropriate images on the hard drive of his former laptop.

Victoria Police confirmed that a 52-year-old Noble Park man has been charged on Thursday "following an investigation into child pornography and upskirting incidents at an eastern suburbs school. It is alleged the incidents took place between 2014 and 2017."

Images were discovered by the school’s IT department on a recovered hard drive Credit:Michele Mossop

In a letter to parents, Mount Scopus said the man had already been suspended. The Victorian Institute of Teaching has also suspended him.

Meanwhile, the teacher's previous employer, Bialik College, also wrote to parents. According to a copy of the letter cited by the Australian Jewish News, the images were discovered after a hard drive that had been locked away since the teacher left was "restored and audited" by the school's IT department.