Swimming and the National Curriculum

Since 1994, swimming and water safety has been a statutory element of the national curriculum for physical education in England.

This means that every 11-year old child should leave primary school with the skills to keep themselves safe while enjoying swimming with friends and family.

Government Guidance - link to National Curriculum guidance and government expectations.

Swim:Ed

The three national curriculum outcomes

All primary schools must provide swimming and water safety lessons in either Key Stage 1 or 2.

Each pupil is required to be able to do the following:

• Perform safe self-rescue in different water based situations
• 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.

The Downs CEP Swimming Pool - Click Here

Swimming Pre- Assessment

Before the programme starts, we just need a bit of information on your child’s swimming ability and experience so we can group children into the correct ability accordingly.

Please take 30 seconds to complete the questions via this link:

Pre- Assessment Link

Ability assessments will also take place during the first swimming lessons.