Schools opening late on Monday after Euro 2024 final

Gareth Southgate's side will be hoping to win their first-ever European Championship, with the final kicking off at 8pm BST.

The match is set to finish around 10pm, but could go on later if extra time or penalties are required.

Due to the potential late finish time, some schools around England are allowing pupils to come in later so they can get more sleep.

Schools across England offering later start on Monday

Woodlands Primary School in Hertfordshire is just one of the schools that will be starting a bit later on Monday.

On X (formerly known as Twitter) they posted: "Due to the England team getting through to the Euro finals, we are aware that a number of children will be watching the match and going to bed late. Therefore, we will be leaving the registrations open until 9.25am on Monday morning."

Dear Parents and Carers,

Due to the England team getting through to the Euro finals, we are aware that a number of children will be watching the match and going to bed late. Therefore, we will be leaving the registrations open until 9.25am on Monday morning.

— Woodlands Primary (@WoodlandsPri) July 11, 2024

Meanwhile, St Charles' Roman Catholic Primary School in Rishton, Lancashire, will be keeping the register open until 10.30am, as reported by the Daily Mail.

West Wycombe School in Buckinghamshire will be allowing students to come in from any time between 8.30am and 10.30am.

Meanwhile, a few schools in the North East of England will be offering similar times for pupils to come in such as Bowburn Primary School in Durham and West Park Academy in Darlington.

There has been no national policy mentioned by the Government on later starts, with individual schools having the choice to implement the change or not. 

England made it into the Euro 2024 final after defeating the Netherlands 2-1 on Wednesday evening (July 10) with a late Ollie Watkins winner giving them the victory.

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They had made a relatively slow start to the tournament with a 1-0 win over Serbia and draws with Denmark and Slovenia allowing them to top their group with just five points.

A last-minute Jude Bellingham overhead kick equaliser in the Round of 16 match against Slovakia kept them in the tournament before Harry Kane notched the winner in extra time.

They had to come from behind yet again in the Quarter Final against Switzerland, with Bukayo Saka curling it an equaliser to make it 1-1 before edging them out on penalties.