A REPORT prepared to help the case for compensation to Whitecrook from Glasgow Airport includes concerns from the area’s schools.

For the first time, the details can be revealed into the background study prepared for Gil Paterson MSP.

The 2013 report includes statements by the then head teachers of Whitecrook Primary and Our Holy Redeemer Primary.

Teachers admitted it was difficult to measure the full extent of affects but that the planes disrupt “lessons, sleeping and life”.

Council officials said there were no issues with noise at either school currently.

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Then head of OHR, Margaret Reilly, said aircraft noise “directly affects the school, the students, and the community’s quality of life”.

She said: “There is no doubt that noise impacts the concentration of her students.”

Mrs Reilly said she noted on her first day at the school in 2000 that she “could not believe the never-ending noise from aircrafts” and it remained a problem for her and the school ever since.

Louise Finch, then head teacher of Whitecrook Primary said: “Aircraft noise is such a part of the students’ lives that it’s not necessarily a new topic, but they will simply say ‘the aircrafts were back last night.’”

And she said her staff complained about the noise “all the time”, particularly as they can’t open the window.

Mrs Reilly concluded that “everything must be done to compensate the school, the students and their families”.

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A spokeswoman for West Dunbartonshire Council told the Post: “The schools are not currently having an issue with aircraft noise.

“Windows at Whitecrook Primary School were replaced over two phases, completed last summer.

“A condition survey of windows at Our Holy Redeemer Primary School, undertaken in 2013, showed no requirement for upgrading.”