PULSE Is your school taking Swimming


Seriously?


The national governing body for Swimming, the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA), has launched a new direct partnership with primary schools to help them develop the necessary knowledge required to deliver high quality school Swimming programmes.


The School Swimming Charter was developed after the ASA’s 2014 School Swimming Census revealed that 45% of 7-11 year olds cannot swim the statutory distance of 25 metres unaided, the length of an average sized pool.


Results also showed that despite school Swimming being a national curriculum requirement, 6.6% of primary schools in England do not teach it in Key Stage 2 and of those that do, the average time spent in the water was just under 10 hours in a school year.


What is the School Swimming Charter?


The main aim of the Charter is to increase the number of primary school children who can swim 25 metres unaided and provide them with the skills and knowledge of how to keep themselves safe in and around water.


The ASA is inviting primary schools to sign up to the School Swimming


14 The Kent & Medway School Sports Magazine


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