Swimming - Projects - Sir John Hunt SSP

Swimming

Swimming is not only a healthy activity, but acts as an essential life-skill. Unless completed at Key Stage 1, swimming and water safety are statutory activities at Key Stage 2 – designed to ensure children are able to swim unaided over a distance of at least 25 metres. It is also a key strand of the PESSYP Strategy.

In addition to the 25m requirement pupils are also expected to develop the other range of skills related to the KS2 requirements, which are about general water confidence and water safety. The extra lessons that top up swimming involves are designed to build on the existing swimming arrangements that a school should be running. It exists to support pupils during term time. School Sport Partnerships have the flexibility to determine how the programme will operate for them.

The Sir John Hunt Partnership is currently designing an audit in line with Plymouth CC to establish a clear baseline for the new aquatics strategy which will ensure the pool time available is used to best value to ensure all young people reach their potential.

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