Children: Swimming
Commons · Question 19251 · Tabled 15 Jul 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 4 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Josh Fenton-Glynn
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that all children have access to swimming lessons and achieve competency, including lifesaving techniques such as float to live.
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 4 Sep 2026
The PE national curriculum requires all primary pupils to be taught to swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres, use a range of strokes effectively, and perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situatio...