A FORMER primary school teacher has been warned that he may face jail after admitting possessing thousands of indecent images and movies of children.

Ryan Kusminoff, who taught year two children at Kingsleigh Primary School until April last year, pleaded guilty to all 15 counts against him at Bournemouth Crown Court yesterday.

The charges against the defendant, of Alder Road in Poole, were brought less than two years after another teacher from the school was jailed for similar offences.

Talking in little more than a whisper, Kusminoff, 32, spoke only to confirm his name and say the word 'guilty' during the brief hearing before Judge John Harrow.

He admitted 11 counts of possessing indecent images of a child across categories A, B and C and four of possessing extreme pornographic images.

The defendant had hundreds of movies of children, as well as more than 1,000 images and more than 75 movies involving animals when he was arrested by officers from Dorset Police's Paedophile Online Investigation Team (POLIT).

He will be sentenced at the court in June following the preparation of a pre-sentence report by the Probation Service.

Judge Harrow said officers from the service will speak to him about the circumstances of his offending.

"I am not promising you what your sentence will be," he warned.

"You will have to face the fact that the outcome is likely to be an immediate prison sentence, but no decision has been made yet.”

Kusminoff pressed his hand against his mouth and became tearful as he left the court.

In July 2013 Simon Clannachan, a former teacher at the same West Howe school, was sentenced to six months in prison after the he pleaded guilty to 21 counts of possessing indecent images and extreme pornographic images involving animals.

Speaking yesterday, head teacher Richard Gower said: “I look forward to a swift conclusion via sentencing, now that a guilty plea has been entered.

“Ryan Kusminoff was formally suspended from school in April 2014 immediately after learning about his arrest and has not returned to the site since. His contract was not extended beyond the end of July therefore terminating his employment with the school.

“Mr Kusminoff was in his first year of teaching at the school and had only been appointed after all the rigorous checks and references had been made. The school has robust safeguarding practices in place and I am confident that there was no risk ever posed to pupils.

“I acknowledge this is the second case of a member of school staff being convicted of these offences. The two individuals in question were not employed simultaneously and there is no suggestion that they knew each other. All thorough checks were made in both cases but as these individuals had no previous convictions or issues recorded against them they were cleared to take up their respective positions.

"It has been a dreadful coincidence and one which has been extremely difficult for the school as a whole to have to face up to. It is testament to my staff, governors and the school’s community that they are resilient enough to continue with all their support and hard work which goes into making Kingsleigh such a wonderful school.”