• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
17 sets of twins will attend a local school this month marking second-highest record

Home> News> UK News

Published 07:41 16 Aug 2023 GMT+1

17 sets of twins will attend a local school this month marking second-highest record

The phenomenon has seen the Scottish town of Inverclyde dubbed 'Twinverclyde'.

Charisa Bossinakis

Charisa Bossinakis

Teachers are doing a double take as 17 sets of twins are set to start school at one Scottish council this week.

The group met for their preschool dress rehearsal at St Patrick’s Primary in Greenock, Inverclyde, with 15 of the 17 sets of twins in attendance.

St Patrick's, alongside Ardgowan Primary, will take the largest number of pairs of the group - taking three groups each.

SWNS

Advert

However, this isn’t the first time this has occurred.

Back in 2015, 19 sets of twins began the same school year.

The phenomenon has seen Inverclyde dubbed 'Twinverclyde', with 147 sets of twins having attended local schools since 2013, with an average of 13 per year.

What in the Mary Kate and Ashley?!

Depute provost at St Patrick’s Primary, Graeme Brooks, said this had become an ‘annual tradition’ for the Scottish town.

Advert

“Excitement is definitely building for the start of the new term next week and what better way to look forward to that than seeing the pupils here looking resplendent in their uniforms,” he said.

“It’s also a good bit of fun for parents too – and a handy dress rehearsal ahead of the real thing next Friday.

Greenock, credit: Steven Robinson Pictures/Getty Images
Greenock, credit: Steven Robinson Pictures/Getty Images

“We’re lucky to have so many incredible schools here in Inverclyde with every one renewed or extensively refurbished, including St Patrick’s which was rebuilt and opened in 2016, thanks to the council’s unprecedented quarter of a billion pound investment in our schools estate.

“But schools are nothing without the children, staff and families who make them and it’s great to see some of the next generation coming through here today and I wish them all the very best as they embark on the next stage of their education journey.”

Advert

Five-year-old twins Anna and Aaron Fulton are among the siblings set to start school this month and are enrolled at King’s Oak Primary.

Their mum Arlene said: ''It’s such a big day, after a long wait for them to start it’s come in too quickly almost.

“Seventeen sets of twins is something else, it must be something in the water.”

The mother added that she held off enrolling them at a school due to Covid-19 but admitted they are extremely ‘excited’ to learn from inside a classroom.

“They’re going to be in separate classes which I hope gives them a wee bit of independence and space,” she continued.

Advert

It comes after six sets of twins joined year eight at St Mary’s College in Northern Ireland, as per The Guardian.

Featured Image Credit: SWNS

Topics: UK News, News, Education

Charisa Bossinakis
Charisa Bossinakis

Charisa Bossinakis is an Associative Journalist at LADbible. Charisa has worked across various media platforms including, print, digital, radio and podcasting while maintaining the highest regard for quality work and integrity. She also covered everything from breaking news, to pop culture, entertainment and politics and is part of the editorial team for LADbible.

X

@CBossinakis

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

2 hours ago
3 hours ago
  • 2 hours ago

    Missing 'Star Dust' plane vanished after cryptic Morse code message as Amelia Earhart plane 'finally discovered'

    The missing aircraft remained a mystery for more than 50 years

    News
  • 2 hours ago

    Max Verstappen releases statement as Red Bull sacks Christian Horner after 20 years

    Horner served as team principle and CEO of Red Bull Racing since 2005

    News

    breaking

  • 3 hours ago

    Amelia Earhart nearly followed a completely different career that didn't involve flying at all as missing plane 'finally found'

    Amelia Earhart's life would've followed a completely different path if she'd continued with her university course

    Originals
  • 3 hours ago

    Russia issues response to leaked audio tapes of Donald Trump threatening to 'bomb the s**t' out of Moscow

    The recordings are believed to be from a conversation between Trump and private donors in 2024

    News
  • Mum’s incredible response to 17-year-old son making £15,000 a month thanks to her Christmas gift
  • 17-year-old making £15,000 a month thanks to Christmas gift reveals how he quit school to run six-figure business
  • School teachers caught calling students 'k**bhead' and 'b***end' in pupil's secret phone recording
  • Young girl banned from school over ‘tiny’ uniform choice that could see mum lose her job