Jonathan Thomson-Glover, 54, of Wadebridge in Cornwall has charged with six offences, police said.
The offences were allegedly committed in Wadebridge and around the country in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Devon and Cornwall Police said the alleged victims were not former pupils of Clifton College in Bristol where Mr Thomson-Glover was a teacher.
The force also said he was not teaching there when the alleged offences happened.
Mr Thompson-Glover will appear at Bodmin Magistrates Court on 2 June charged with five counts of gross indecency with a boy under 14 and one count of inciting a boy under 14 to commit an act of gross indecency.
A former teacher has been charged with sex offences against two boys aged under 14.