Swimming and water safety
All schools must provide swimming instruction either in key stage 1 or key stage 2.
In particular, pupils should be taught to:
- swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
- use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke]
- perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations
End of Year 6 (July 2019) 59 children in total
Skill | Percentage of children that met this expectation |
Swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
|
54% |
Use a range of strokes effectively
|
54% |
Perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations
|
50% |
End of Year 6 (July 2020)
Skill | Percentage of children that met this expectation |
Swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
|
|
Use a range of strokes effectively
|
|
Perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations
|