A Worcester school is providing the NHS with use of their grounds for the vaccinations of 12-15-year-old students.

This comes as part of what has been described as the 'biggest vaccination drive in health service history'.

Students from Christopher Whitehead Language College will be able to grab a jab on Wednesday, October 27.

They have been allocated hourly spots depending on which house they are in.

A one-way system will be in place so that the students can get their dose of the vaccination before being allowed to either meet their parents or walk home.

Almost three million children between 12-15 are eligible for one dose of the Pfizer vaccine following the government’s acceptance of the UK Chief Medical Officers’ recommendation.

Jabs started in hundreds of schools across the country late last month. 

Fewer than one in ten 12 to 15-year-olds have received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in Worcester, figures show. 

Data from the UK's daily covid dashboard show 426 young teenagers had received a first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine by October 17 – around 8.8% of the age group. 

Of them, 0.1% had received both jabs. 

This is below the national average, which sits at 15% across England, compared to 47.4% across Scotland. 

However, the national rate varies between 44.3% in South Ribble, in the Northwest, and just 3.5% in the London borough of Barking and Dagenham.