Photos showing Scots schoolchildren crammed into corridors – some not wearing masks – have renewed concerns among parents.
Pictures sent to the Record show pupils jammed up against each other as they make their way to classes.
Parents are worried they are so close to each other, the virus is at risk of spreading in the school community.
One parent of a child at St Ninian’s High School in Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, sent a pic of a crowded corridor and stairway at the school taken on Wednesday.
The dad said: “I feel a school the size of St Ninian’s should have been more rigorous in their approach.
"I know that throughout the authority other schools have been working hard to ensure social distancing, the wearing of face protection, one-way systems and staggered breaks.
“I fear for my children, teachers and families within the school community.”
At St Thomas Aquinas Secondary in Glasgow, there was a similar picture taken after face-covering rules were introduced.
A relative of a 13-year-old pupil said the child is “extremely concerned as they fear bringing infection to their home, where a parent is recovering from a serious illness”.
He added: “We are thinking about removing the child from school.”
Scottish Labour’s education spokesman Iain Gray said: “The core problem is a Scottish government too slow to fund enough teachers to allow smaller class sizes and staggered class changes to minimise this kind of close contact.”
A spokeswoman for Glasgow City Council said: “Young people are only in corridors in their year groups for a short period, with staff asking pupils to wear masks when they can’t maintain physical distancing.
“A number of pupils are exempt from wearing masks on health grounds.”
An East Renfrewshire Council spokesman said: “Schools have worked extremely hard to put systems in place to minimise congestion in corridors as much as possible.
“Staff will continue to remind pupils of the importance of following the guidance at all times.”
