The school’s alumni includes another England star – with the late Nobby Stiles, who was part of England’s 1966 World Cup winning squad, also a former pupil.
“The children are really proud of having another Collyhurst lad in the World Cup squad 60 years after Nobby Stiles won it with England,” McMahon said.
Stiles died in 2020 aged 78.
McMahon said a lot of the pupils have been caught up in World Cup fever and teachers are being “a little more lenient” with blurry eyed children who stayed up to watch England’s heroics at the Azteca stadium overnight.
“For a lot of them it is the first World Cup they remember so there are really buying into it and really excited,” he said.
He said teachers were giving pupils a more relaxed start to the school week, including showing some highlights of the game.
“I think we will have to let them off a little bit – they have got a perfectly valid excuse,” he added.