Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 49665
Children: Swimming
Tabled: 30 April 2025
Answered: 12 May 2025
Question
Zöe Franklin
Liberal Democrat — Guildford
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that primary schools provide adequate (a) swimming and (b) water safety lessons.
Answer
Catherine McKinnellSwimming and water safety is a compulsory element of the primary physical education (PE) national curriculum. The department works closely with sector organisations like Swim England and the Royal Life Saving Society, supporting schools to provide swimmin...
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