A SECONDARY school deputy headteacher from Bolton has been further remanded on bail on charges of having unlawful sex with a 16-year-old pupil.

Alan Dawson, aged 37, a maths teacher at a Blackburn school, is charged with two offences of having sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 18 while in a position of trust. The offences are alleged to have taken place on October 5 and 7. Dawson, who previously gave his father's address at Hampton Road, Great Lever, has been ordered to stand trial at Preston Crown Court. He was further remanded on bail until December 23 for the preparation of committal papers. Conditional bail was granted.