Year 6 children will be having swimming and water safety lessons which are part of the National Curriculum. Each class has 1 lesson a week, over the course of 1 term. 

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

Our swimming data for 2025/26 was:

62/86 in year 6 left being able to swim the required distance, which Is 72% of the entire year group.