The teaching workshop gave students visiting the college a chance to take on the role of the teacher and experience it first hand.

One student taking part in this session, Ellie Minns, 15, of Budmouth Technology College.

She said: “It’s really interesting.”

Bethany Comber, 15, of Woodroffe School in Lyme Regis, said it was a ‘great opportunity to gain more confidence and to teach’.

Lauren Coffey and Alice Dodd