PARENTS are in uproar after two primary schools in Renfrewshire installed 'gender neutral' toilets.

Carolside and Braidbar Primary Schools had the facilities installed over the summer and parents say they were not consulted.

3 Carolside Primary School in Clarkston has had gender neutral toilets installed

And they are raging that young girls who may be close to or growing through puberty will have to share toilets with boys.

Urinals were ripped out of the boys’ toilets and replaced by cubicles.

One concerned parent told the Scottish Sun: "They've just gone a bit mad and not told anyone about this. The woman from the council said they'd done an impact assessment and said it would have no impact - but they haven't asked anyone.

"There's loads of parents not happy and saying they've not been consulted.

"My daughter is only seven - boys p*** over seats, boys have urinals and p*** all over them. So to ask them to share is mad. You don't want girls sitting on that.

"At school they should be separate. Girls have periods - they don't want to be unwrapping sanitary towels next to some bloke.

3 Braidbar Primary in Giffnock is also affected

Independent Councillor David MacDonald had earlier revealed that a number of furious parents had contacted him with concerns.

He said: "As you can probably understand, this has left some parents, worried, angry and upset, particularly for parents of girls approaching and going through puberty and those who need private spaces to deal with menstruation.

“On top of that. Let’s be frank here. Boys urinate on toilet seats whether by accident or on purpose.

3 Parents say the facilities were put in without consulting them Credit: Getty - Contributor

“Are girls expected to enter a cubicle and be charged with having to wipe down a toilet seat with toilet paper to get rid of the urine and then be forced to make direct skin contact with the toilet seat when they sit down? I can’t imagine how incredibly unsanitary that situation will be, not to mention absolutely disgusting.”

Cllr MacDonald also confirmed that he had not been made aware of the plans.

Locals reacted to his Facebook post with further outrage.

Stephanie McPhail Fensom said: "Are you kidding me? Highly inappropriate."

Mary Russell said: "Absolutely disgraceful. Where is the safety and privacy?"

Robert Cunningham added: "What a farce. Not often this phrase is justified but it is here. 'Political Correctness gone mad'."

But some did back the move, and Sean Smith said: "Do you have gender specific toilets in your home David? There’s gender neutral toilets everywhere and it’s literally fine."

Cllr MacDonald wrote to the council and received a response East Renfrewshire Council's Head of Education (Equality and Equity) Janice Collins.

She said that the move was made on guidance from the Scottish Government and that an impact assessment was conducted.

But our source added: "Her remit is obviously to promote equality, which is great, but this is just craziness.

"Lets have a discussion first, don't just do it."

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A spokesman for East Renfrewshire Council said “In line with guidance from the Scottish Government, to allow gender-neutral provision in our schools, where possible, future replacement toilets will now provide individual cubicles for pupils to use, giving complete privacy, with shared hand washing and drying facilities.

"“Due to the fully enclosed cubicles, access to the toilets will no longer require a main door which has benefits including significantly reducing the likelihood of inappropriate behaviour in school toilets, increasing levels of privacy and creating safer spaces for children and young people to use.

“Individual schools will work with parents to establish the most appropriate way to operate these facilities, which are already commonplace in all new-build facilities.”

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