Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 14072

Schools: Swimming

Tabled: 13 November 2024
Answered: 22 November 2024

Question

Rebecca Long Bailey

LabourSalford

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of schools provide swimming lessons for Key stage (a) 1 and (b) 2 pupils.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
The department does not collect data on primary schools’ provision of swimming and water safety lessons. Sport England collects some data on swimming and water safety in from their annual Children and Young People’s Survey. This includes whether and how m...

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