A Solihull primary school teacher has pleaded guilty to making 143 indecent images of children.
Timothy Davis, of Whitford Drive, Solihull, admitted four counts of making the photos and was put on the sex offenders’ register, at Warwick Crown Court on Thursday.
The court heard the 38-year-old had made 134 level one images – on a scale where five is the most serious.
He also made one image at level two, four images at level three and four images at level four.
Davis was suspended from his job at Monkspath Junior and Infants School, in Shirley, after he was arrested last August.
Bespectacled, his hair in a ponytail and wearing a suit and tie, Davis spoke only to confirm his name, age, address and give his guilty plea during the brief hearing.
He was given conditional bail and told to return to the court later this month.
Davis’s brother Christopher Davis, who has been suspended from his job at St Patrick’s Church of England Junior and Infants School, in
Earlswood, will appear at the court next month for a plea hearing.
The 43-year-old, of the same address, faces seven counts of making indecent photographs of children and one count of possessing prohibited images of children.
Solihull Council issued a helpline and held meetings with worried parents at the two schools when it was revealed that the pair had been arrested. But they said they did not want to comment on Timothy Davis’ guilty plea.
Meanwhile, parents at Monkspath spoke of their anger and relief on hearing he had admitted his crime.
One man, whose 10-year-old son was taught briefly by Davis, said: “Hopefully he will be locked up. It’s disappointing he has got to the job of teacher.”
Another man, who has a three-year-old boy at the school, agreed.
He added: “It’s a disgrace. There should be a thorough background check.
“Parents are cautious about this now. You are looking around at these teachers – men and women.”
A mum of two boys, aged six and three, praised the school’s handling of the case.
She said: “Checks won’t highlight people who have things to hide and he obviously did.
“I don’t think whatever his inclinations were, it was directed at the children of Monkspath.
“The parents have been really supportive and the teachers have done everything they could. The school, in a strange way, has become better school for it.”
