Is your school allowing children to come in late on Monday because of the football?

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I've had an email today saying that primary dc can go in late on Monday if they are staying up to watch the football on Sunday night. They are usually really strict on punctuality and how much they miss by being just 5 minutes late but they have said that being 90 minutes late won't cause them to miss any lesson time!
I recall this for something last year too.
Is your school doing this? Is your child sleeping in on Monday morning after the late night watching football?
I'm not into football at all so I might be biased against this.
Aibu to think that schools shouldn't adjust the school day timings to allow for late nights to watch sport?

My son's school is allowing children to come in up til 10am but after that registers close. Open as normal for staff and students who need to be in at the usual time. The school I work in is not changing anything. Lots of friends and family who work in schools have different times on Monday - some normal, some 9.30, some 11. My son is not interested at all and wouldn't be able to stay awake past 9pm anyway!

Secondary have said kids have to be on time but Monday curriculum will be pretty light.

Primary head only tolerates sport as far as she has to by law and despises football in particular. The football isn't acknowledged by the school.

No. Just said they understand if there are some tired kids and staff

I had cynically presumed that the schools were doing it because they expected the staff to all rock in late/call in sick.

No. Primary. Tbh none of my mum friends say the school s are (primary). Think it's a media thing or maybe a few schools

Ha! No chance.

My daughter’s school finished for summer yesterday but they did this for the last final England were in so probably would again.

No, it's because they know attendance will be really poor if kids are allowed to stay up late to watch. Better to put the register time back a couple of hours so attendance is normal.

Oooooh. We had a text from school saying start time on Monday was 8.45am as usual and I was wondering why they felt they needed to say that! I knew about the final but hadn’t made the connection.

They should be at school as normal. Perhaps feeling tired but understanding why because they chose to stay up later than usual on a Sunday.

Yes, they can start 45 mins later if we choose to. Headteacher is a man obvs.

If they don’t go to overtime / penalties, match will be over by 10pm UK time. Surely the vast majority of children can cope with one night of only sleeping say 10:30pm-7:30am?

If they are celebrating for whichever team wins until much later, sure they’ll be tired. One day of tiredness didn’t kill anyone (during the last week of school…).

Love this

Yes - 30 mins extra, London primary here.

Normal time at daughter's primary.
I work in a primary and we are also normal time.

And for the “spare a thought for the teachers who also won’t be sleeping much” - isn’t that true for all of us?

I have a 9am flight on Monday so need to leave the hotel by 7am - luckily it’s one close to the airport. I’m also ahead of the UK time-wise, so I might get 5-6 hours sleep at best. I am the one choosing to watch the match 😂

No but if they win they can wear red and white they were also allowed to wear red and white or England tshirts today

Ours did last time. Not this time despite it being last week of term.

It's because there will be loads of kids who's parents will let then stay up late and let then lie in and come in late so they might as well allow it rather than try to police it.
I think it's good that they're allowing it but agree it contradicts their usual message of never being late and every minute of education counts.

Please explain how 10 kids turning up late in the middle of a lesson benefits teachers??? I think you're talking shit tbh.

Yep. 10am start.

Hey, it's 2024, women teachers can like football too!

Yes. I was surprised when I got the email and will definitely be taking dc in normal time, but I understand why they are doing it.

I was brought up in a different country and I remember being let off school early to watch 'important' matches so it's not just the U.K. schools.

Sorry, but catching an early flight is nothing like having to teach a class of 30 kids when you are knackered!

It’s not for the teachers benefit, it’s to limit the number of people who think “we’re late now, might as well just stay off” as that has an impact on stats and said stats can have an impact with Ofsted