A bizarre phenomenon for one Scottish town dubbed as ‘Twinverclyde’ continues as 17 sets of twins are due to start school in August -but this is only the second highest number of twins at the school.
Schools in Inverclyde will welcome 17 sets of twins next Friday. The only other time more twins started school in the region was in 2015, when 19 sets of twins started primary school.
St Patrick’s Primary in Greenock, Inverclyde, now dubbed colloquially as ‘Twinverclyde’, is no stranger to welcoming twins into the school – as they have had 147 sets of twins attend the school since 2013 – averaging at 13 per year. Teachers are used to doing a double take and this new school intake is no different as the bizarre phenomenon has become a tradition in the town, with the record at 19 twin pairs in 2015.
St Patrick’s, along with Ardgowan Primary, is one of two schools in Inverclyde taking in the most pairs of twins, with three sets each joining their respective primary one classes.
The class of 2023 will take the Inverclyde twin count to 147 sets since 2013 – an average of 13 sets each year.
