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The Minister of State, Department for Education (Baroness Smith of Malvern) (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 21 January 2025

Debate

Primary Schools: Swimming Lessons

Contribution

My Lords, swimming and water safety is a compulsory element of the primary PE national curriculum. We do not collect data from every primary school about how many lessons pupils get, but sample data from Sport England shows that in 2023-24, 95.2% of state primary schools surveyed reported providing swimming lessons. The department also supports schools to provide swimming and water safety lessons through teacher training and resources, and the PE and sport premium for top-up lessons.

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