OVER 3,000 rapid Covid-19 tests and improvements at a Poole college has been recognised by OFSTED.

Since March 8, over 3,400 Covid tests have been carried out at Bournemouth & Poole College.

Only one positive case has been identified within the excess of 3,400 tests carried out to date, and the asymptomatic individual isolated immediately, with the college quickly identifying a small bubble which also required to self-isolate.

Principal of Bournemouth & Poole College, Diane Grannell said: "I am proud of the efforts that have been made to roll out a complex onsite testing facility in a short amount of time, ensuring the safety of our students and staff.

"Throughout lockdown, our staff worked extremely hard to support our students and ensure that they continued to get the most of out of their college experience."

The successful return to college study comes as the latest OFSTED progress monitoring report hails the college as achieving "significant improvement."

The inspection also recognised the hard work across the entire team of staff to make the learning environment Covid-safe.

Principal Grannell said: "A huge amount of work goes into ensuring all our courses are of the highest quality for our students, and I am delighted that our progress has been recognised by Ofsted. We are dedicated to providing our students with the best start to their careers."