February 2016

Teacher jailed for grooming schoolgirl for sex

A drama teacher has been jailed for grooming a former pupil between 1995 and 1996.

Andrew Wilson, from Northampton, was arrested in December 2014 while he was working at Oakgrove School in Middleton, Milton Keynes.

The arrest was in relation to the grooming and sexual abuse of a former pupil at a school in Bacup, Lancashire.

On Tuesday (February 23) Wilson admitted the offences and was sentenced at Burnley Crown Court.

The 48-year-old, of Church Hill, Hollowell, Northampton, was jailed for 20 months and given 10 years on the sex offenders’ register after he pleaded guilty to five counts of indecent assault.

The offences took place between 1995 and 1996 while the victim was aged between 14 and 15 years of age. He carried out the offences when he was a Drama teacher at Fearns High School in Bacup.

Headteacher of Oakgrove School Ian Tett confirmed with OneMK that a message has been sent out to parents and carers and they can get in contact with the school if they are concerned.

The statement includes that ‘no incidents or allegations have ever been made against Andrew Wilson during his time at Oakgrove’.