Sydney maths tutor up on sex charges

A 66-year-old maths tutor has been charged with sexually assaulting five young children in Sydney.

The five children, two boys and three girls aged between five and seven at the time of the alleged offences, were the man's pupils.

The offences allegedly occurred at various suburbs in Sydney between 2007 and this year.

The 66-year-old was arrested at his Greystanes home on Tuesday morning.

He was charged with six child sex offences and is due to appear in Fairfield Local Court on Tuesday.