Swimming: Training
Commons · Question 56930 · Tabled 3 Jun 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2025 to Question 54071 on Swimming: Training, what provision is available for secondary school pupils to learn to (a) swim and (b) be safe around water.
Answer
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 13 Jun 2025
The programme of study for physical education (PE) makes specific reference to swimming and water safety, stating that “all schools must provide swimming instruction in either key stage 1 or 2” and that pupils should be taught to:Swim competently, confide...