FOUR more schools have recorded positive coronavirus cases as they edge closer to the Christmas holiday.


Pupils and staff at St Aldhelm's Academy and Courthill Infant School in Poole have been asked to self-isolate for 14 days.


Others affected are Highcliffe St Mark Primary in Christchurch and Avonwood Primary in Bournemouth.


Hundreds of school children across Dorset remain in isolation as England comes out of lockdown.


The Echo is providing a list of those who have pupils and/or staff affected by coronavirus in December.


Scores of young people across both BCP and Dorset Council areas were affected in November.


The latest list gives the name of the school and the date that pupils went into the 14-day self-isolation period.


December cases:
St Aldhelm's Academy, Poole,December 11
Courthill Infant School, Poole, December 11
Avonwood Primary School, Bournemouth, December 11
Highcliffe St Mark Primary, Christchurch, December 9
Bournemouth School, Bournemouth, December 9 
St Andrews CE Primary, Fontmell Magna, December 7
Merley First School, December 7
Queens Park InfantAcademy, Bournemouth, December 7
Gryphon School, Sherborne, December 7
St Nicholas and St Laurence Primary School in Weymouth, December 4
Highcliffe School, Christchurch, December 4
Christchurch Infant School, December 4
Shaftesbury School, December 3
William Barnes Primary School, Sturminster Newton, December 3
Radipole Primary School in Weymouth, December 2
The Bishop of Winchester Academy, December 2
Mudeford Junior School, Christchurch, December 1
Manorside Academy, Poole, December 1
Twynham School, Christchurch, December 1
Old Town Infant School and Nursery, Poole, December 1
St Aldhelm's Academy, Poole, December 1
Gillingham Primary School,December 1
Gryphon School, Sherborne, December 1
Lytchett Minster School, December 1