Record number of twins starting school in one UK region dubbed ‘Twinverclyde’

17 sets of twins are set to start school this week (Image: Getty) A record number of twins are set to start school this September in one Scottish region that has been dubbed “Twinverclyde”. Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, will welcome the second-largest number of twins on record this month with the class of 2023 taking the twin count to 147 sets. In 2015, a record number of 19 sets of twins started primary school in the region. Since 2013, an average of 13 sets have joined the school each year. On Friday, August 11, most of the 2023 class gathered at St Patrick’s primary school in Greenock for a dress rehearsal before their first day on August 18. A total of 17 sets of twins are set to start school this week, with 15 of them in attendance at the dress rehearsal. The twins met for a dress rehearsal ahead of their first day (Image: Getty) Graeme Brooks, the deputy provost of Inverclyde council, 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 next week and what better way to look forward to that than seeing the pupils here looking resplendent in their uniforms. “It’s also a good bit of fun for parents too – and a handy dress rehearsal ahead of the real thing next Friday.” St Patrick’s and Ardgowan primary school are the two schools in Inverclyde taking in the most pairs of twins, with three sets each joining their respective primary one classes. The region has been renamed thanks to its high number of twins (Image: Getty) In 2021, primary schools in the region welcomed 15 sets of twins and then 12 the following year. Mr Brooks added: “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 billion (£250m) investment in our schools estate.” Following behind them, six sets of twins joined the year 8 group at St Mary’s college in Northern Ireland. In 2017, five sets of twins started at Hillcrest primary school in Bristol.