A TEACHER charged with making and possessing indecent images of children will stand trial.

Robin Carter Taylor, aged 41, of Maes Lan, Llansamlet, Swansea was an ICT teacher at the exclusive independent St John's School in Newton, Porthcawl.

Taylor is charged with making an indecent photograph of a child and twice possessing an indecent photograph of a child.

He has been committed for a Crown Court trial after he denied the offences at Bridgend Magistrates' Court.

It is alleged that all three offences happened on March 16 in Porthcawl and Swansea and that the images range from level four to five.

On a scale of one to five, five is considered the most serious.

He is former pupil of Gwendraeth County High School and attended university in Carmarthenshire.

St John's is an independent school which caters for pupils aged three to 16.

Their website states that from September this year nursery fees start at £1,295 per term.

Celebrity comedians Eddie Izzard and Gavin and Rob Brydon are both former pupils of St John's.

Taylor will appear at Crown Court on December 21.