Swimming: Training
Commons · Question 56931 · 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 to Question 54071 on Swimming: Training, what standard of swimming ability the government expects young people to have achieved by the end of Primary School.
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...