Clarke, of Grimsby, worked as a part-time tutor for adult students at Franklin College in Grimsby between October 2003 and April 2007 and also taught adults from home. However, the offences relate to younger children, dating as far back as 1992.
Clarke was due to stand trial at Grimsby Crown Court but on Tuesday she admitted a charge of following children into public lavatories to assault them. She also admitted two counts of indecently assaulting a child during or before June 1992 and three charges of sexually assaulting a girl under 13 during or before August 2008.
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One of the sexual assaults occurred in a public lavatory in Grimsby's Market Hall, with two others occurring in public lavatories in Woodhall Spa. Six other counts of sexual assaults, which she denied, will not be pursued by the Crown Prosecution Service but will remain on file. The exact number of offences and victims is not known, but, the court heard that she told police she had committed about 100 offences on a small number of children.
Humberside Police were quick to reassure parents, stressing that incidents involving a solitary female paedophile were "extremely rare". Det Sgt Stewart Watson said: "Predatory paedophiles such as Carol Clarke are rare.
"Experts agree that women commit only a fraction of child sexual abuse but as little is known about female offenders, it is difficult to be accurate." Clarke was remanded in custody and is due to be sentenced on December 14.
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