Police have charged a former teacher following investigations into alleged historical child indecent assault offences in Armidale.

Detectives attached to New England Local Area Command established Strike Force Flair in June 2013, to investigate historic indecent assault allegations at a school in Armidale.

Police will allege between 1970 and 1974, a man indecently assaulted and assaulted a number of students while he was employed as a teacher.

During the course of the investigation, six people, who were under the age of 16 years at the time of the alleged incidents, have come forward.

About 8.30am yesterday (Wednesday 2 July 2015), police arrested a 77-year-old man at a home in Armidale. A search warrant was executed at the premises, where photographs were seized.

The man was taken to Armidale Police Station, where he has been charged with two counts of detain for advantage without causing injury to victim, 10 counts of assault female and commit act of indecency (victim under 16), and three counts of common assault.

The man has been granted conditional bail, to appear at Armidale Local Court on Monday 17 August 2015.