Late School Start Monday

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Primary School has announced that pupils do not have to be in school on Monday until 10am on Monday due to the football. (However it is open from normal time)

DH believes this is not good, a d setting a bad example

I thinkbthe school is being pragmatic and trying to keep their Stats up... because children will be up late so will be tired and grumpy on Monday morning... so more kate marks and more absences.

However... there has been several occasions where there have been school trips getting back at 10pm... and they were expected in at normal time the next day.

So... is the school being fair here?

(We aren't football fans, but we know people are excited!)

YABU... its a big event, the late start is justified
YANBU... children should be in school at normal time

It’s not even starting that late though? It’s an 8pm kick off so unless extra time/penalties it’ll be over by 10pm or just after. I don’t get why they’d need to be in later for the sake of maybe an hour or two past their usual bedtimes 🤷‍♀️

Yeah the hypocrisy would annoy me but it's one day! I think its nice 🙂

Haven't RTFT so sorry if another poster has already said it. Imagine school starts at 8am. I send them to school at 7.30am as usual. At 10am, they haven't arrived and so school marks them absent. I get the absence notification at 10am and realise my kids have been AWOL for over 2 hours. How does the school know which kids are going to arrive late?

Also not fair on the kids who arrive on time that presumably no meaningful learning will start until 10am.

Why would a football match make children late the next day?

Probably lots of kids are tired at this stage of the term, depending on age I suppose. Late night might just be that step too far and I think it is reasonable to let kids watch. I don't like football but I do remember 1966 and my dad's excitement. Special memory for me as he was taken ill soon after and died 3 months later. Glad I watched it with him and he wasn't even English.

Obviously I'm hoping none of the kids have that particular bittersweet memory, just made me think of it.

*every 2 years

One of the joys of being a child is the winding down of normal school routines in the last couple of weeks of term. These are some of my best school memories and I'm glad they are still happening.

They aren't doing this as a treat for the kids, to help out parents, or to spite those who have to go to work.

They'd just rather have more positive attendance data than it already start tailing off right at the start of the last week of term. This way more might still come in, just later.

Well if England win it it will be the biggest tournament they have won since 1966 and the first time on foreign soil ,o imagine quite a few people will be celebrating.

This was my initial thought as well.

Do they assume parents all just sit at home and take their kids into school whenever?

I don’t for football but I also don’t think an hour or so at the end of term makes a huge difference. I am happy to have a random Monday lie in so long as they don’t check whether the kids actually watched the game or not!

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I think it’s a great way to teach consequences and resilience. Watch the match, enjoy it, but remember you have commitments the following day and you may feel tired.
And yes we are a football mad family

I don’t begrudge the idea. But - there are other games with cultural significance. Did this happen when the women played? For Wimbledon? The last Olympics? It seems sexist to me, and smacks of a last minute bid to gain kudos with parents.

Fuming about an optional hour late start in the last week of the a academic year?

I dislike football and generally think pandering to it is unreasonable, but this seems pretty innocuous as it goes.

Didn’t we win something a couple of years ago?

School is open at normal time. Just kids can have an optional late start.
Does nobody even read the OP anymore?

Which is wrong though? The lack of flexibility normally, or the flexibility now?

Yes my children had this twice in their school life. It only seems to be for Mebs football. I call sexism.

Olympics are in the holidays (England and Wales - Scotland and NI too I think). Wimbledon finishes early in the evening.

Not great for parents who have to be at work, it's very late notice!

It is such a shame that the match isn't scheduled for Saturday evening. Far more relaxing and social all round!

Schools are still open at same time so literally zero difference to parents going to work at same time

I see, missed that bit. Fair enough then!

Which is wrong though? The lack of flexibility normally, or the flexibility now?

I would say the lack of consistency. It either matters, which is fine, or it doesn't, which is also fine.

Well if England win it it will be the biggest tournament they have won since 1966 and the first time on foreign soil ,o imagine quite a few people will be celebrating.

First time the men's team have won since 1966. The women won two years ago.