Member

It is a tragedy that more than half of children aged between 16 and 18 are now estimated to be doing no school sport. Swimming is in crisis: 30% of children cannot swim 25 metres unaided when they leave primary school, a 7% increase from 2017-18. More than 400 public swimming pools have closed since 2010, and a third of primary schools now deliver 10 or fewer swimming lessons to pupils before they leave. The many children who have accessed independent schools’ facilities at the cost of those independent schools will now find that those independent schools have to make significant savings. I agree wholeheartedly with the Prime Minister, who last year bemoaned the fact that children were being locked out of emulating their heroes due to the lack of PE provision.