GLASGOW schools have seen three major safety incidents in the past two years, according to new figures.

Numbers obtained under Freedom of Information legislation show 143 incidents at schools across Scotland.

A catalogue of incidents and near misses involve a pupil being trapped under a sliding door, walls collapsing, windows falling onto playgrounds, ceiling tiles striking teachers, loose concrete hitting pupils and football goalposts caving in.

In Glasgow, the three incidents were:

  • A double glazing unit fell and landed on the gym floor in June 2018
  • A window , glass and frame, became detached and fell approximately five metres to the playground in September 2018 and
  • A piece of flashing fell from a roof in October 2017

Three of the Scotland-wide incidents took place at Liberton High in Edinburgh, the school where 12-year-old Keane Wallis-Bennett died when a wall collapsed in 2014.

That included, in April this year, a case where a “heavy ceiling tile fell, landing close to a pupil”, with another falling and landing near a teacher.

A child was trapped under a sliding partition door after it came off its runners at a new school in Dumfries and Galloway that was forced to close after numerous safety incidents occurred in just a few weeks.

The figures were obtained by the Scottish Conservatives.

Tory shadow education secretary Liz Smith said: “Each one of these incidents represents a risky situation that children or staff have been put in while at school.

“Children and staff must be safe at school, and the fabric of the school buildings must be maintained properly.

“Including building reports in school inspections is an obvious way to ensure that school buildings are fit for purpose and prevent any more avoidable accidents.

“It is extremely fortunate that more children or staff haven’t been hurt.

“The SNP must ensure that schools are properly built and maintained; including building reports in school inspections would enable effective monitoring of school buildings and prevent further harm.”

A spokeswoman for Glasgow City Council said: “No one would disagree that the safety of pupils and staff in our schools is of the utmost importance.

"Thankfully these incidents are rare and each one has been fully investigated to make sure that we meet all safety requirements and to prevent such incidents from occurring in the future.”