A teacher at North Park Collegiate has been charged with sexual assault and sexual interference, Brantford police said Thursday.

Wiliam Edward Gemmell, 56, of Vittoria, Ont., started working as a tech teacher at North Park last September.

Police said they started investigating a sexual assault at the high school on Nov. 1 and identified a female victim, aged 14 to 18.

Police said the victim was inappropriately touched.

Police said no other information is being released at this time.