Schools allow children to arrive LATE on Monday if they stay up to watch the Euro final – will your children sleep in?

SCHOOLS across the country are ready to give students a break on Monday morning after England’s Euro 2024 final.

England face Spain at 8pm on Sunday, with the titanic clash expected to end later than many young football fans’ bedtimes.

The Three Lions prepared for the decisive game against Spain on Sunday after Ollie Watkins scored a sensational 90th-minute winner.

Gary Spracklen, who is in his seventh year as headteacher at Prince of Wales School in Dorchester, Dorset, said the start time was “too late” for his pupils aged between three and nine.

He said he “didn’t want the tired excuse” to affect his schoolwork on Monday, so classes will start at 11 a.m. instead of the normal time of 8:45 a.m.

“It made sense for us, we wanted to join the entire nation in supporting our national team,” Spracklen added.

The director said that his students have supported the team during the competition in Germany.

He said: “The idea was praised by everyone and we have been supporting England throughout the tournament, through qualification, and we have made films to support them.

“We made a Vindaloo video with the children and parents at home, we placed the flags of all the nations in front of the school.”

He said the “only negative” was that not all parents got the same break from their bosses.

The hopeful director added: “So I guess they would take my letter to their workplaces and see if they could sleep too.

“I think some schools in the area are doing this, I think it’s spreading, and I think as enthusiasm builds, others will probably reflect and hopefully join us in making this offer to their young people.”

“People are embracing the moment.”

Sam Kaye, headteacher at Wooburn Green Primary School in Buckinghamshire, is also offering children a “soft start”, where pupils can arrive until around 10.30am, rather than the usual 8.30am.

“The children were obviously very excited – a lot of children have been following the Euros,” he said.

“We held raffles in some of our classes.”

Kaye said the reaction from parents was “completely positive.”

However, pupils at Digby the Tedder County Primary School in Lincolnshire, who wrote a letter to their headteacher asking for a later start on Monday, were not so lucky.

Alison Crawshaw said: “The children wrote amazing letters and their persuasive techniques were wonderful.

“However, I explained to the children that whilst it is an incredibly exciting time and we wanted to celebrate and be proud, whatever the result, I could not authorize late starts for other sporting events and this would not happen. be fair and inclusive.”

It turns out Three Lions fans are hoping for a holiday if England end their trophy drought by winning the Euros on Sunday.

However, there have been no official plans from the Government that there will be a national bank holiday.

Fans across the country have been campaigning for one to be implemented.

In a viral video posted online by Georgeana Burkett, a man claimed that “not one person in England” will go to work the next day if Southgate’s team wins Sunday’s final.

England x Spain record

England have faced Spain 27 times in total – here’s a look at each result…

• May 1929, Spain 4-3 England – International Friendly (L)
• December 1931, England 7-1 Spain – International Friendly (W)
• July 1950, Spain 1-0 England – World Cup (L)
• May 1955, Spain 1-1 England – International Friendly (D)
• November 1955, England 4-1 Spain – International Friendly (W)
• May 1960, Spain 3-0 England – International Friendly (I)
• October 1960, England 4-2 Spain – International Friendly (W)
• December 1965, Spain 0-2 England – International Friendly (W)
• May 1967, England 2-0 Spain – International Friendly (W)
• April 1968, England 1-0 Spain – European Championship (W)
• May 1968, Spain 1-2 England – European Championship (W)
• March 1980, Spain 0-2 England – International Friendly (W)
• June 1980, England 2-1 Spain – European Championship (W)
• March 1981, England 1-2 Spain – International Friendly (L)
• July 1982, Spain 0-0 England – World Cup (D)
• February 1987, Spain 2-4 England – International Friendly (W)
• September 1992, Spain 1-0 England – International Friendly (L)
• June 1996, England 0(4)-(2)0 Spain – European Championship (W)
• February 2001, England 3-0 Spain – International Friendly (W)
• November 2004, Spain 1-0 England – International Friendly (L)
• February 2007, England 0-1 Spain – International Friendly (L)
• February 2009, Spain 2-0 England – International Friendly (L)
• November 2011, England 1-0 Spain – International Friendly (W)
• November 2015, Spain 2-0 England – International Friendly (L)
• November 2016, England 2-2 Spain – International Friendly (D)
• September 2018, England 1-2 Spain – League of Nations (L)
• October 2018, Spain 2-3 England – League of Nations (W)

Overall, England won 14, drew three and lost 10 matches against Spain.