Schools across Glasgow and the West are back after the summer holidays

Thousands of school pupils across Glasgow and the West are putting on their fresh uniforms and heading back to the classroom this morning after the summer holidays.

Teachers in Glasgow, South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, West Dunbartonshire and East Dunbartonshire are waking up early today to get back to a routine.

Classes in Argyll & Bute started yesterday and pupils return in Inverclyde on Friday.

A total of 17 sets of twins are starting Primary 1 in Inverclyde this year.

Depute provost Graeme Brooks said: “It has become an annual tradition in Inverclyde, or Twinverclyde as we’ve become known, to welcome our twins into primary one.

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

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