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Primary school swimming

SwimmersSwimming is a statutory requirement within national curriculum physical education. All pupils are required to participate at key stage 1 or 2 schools must provide the opportunity for pupils to learn water safety and develop the ability to swim 25 metres confidently.

By the end of year 6 every child must meet the statutory minimum standard of capability and confidence in swimming and self-rescue as set out in the national curriculum (2013). Many pupils will achieve significantly more than this.

Our primary school swimming programme is provided through a school swimming management group, made up of head teachers and business managers from all of our primary schools with swimming pools. This co-ordinated, high quality programme is non-profit and values swimming and water safety as a vital life skill.

What we offer

  • delivery of one lesson per week throughout the school year with a choice of year group attending. Extra sessions can be provided at an additional cost
  • a schools swimming development manager to organise, manage and coordinate the programme, including:
    • monitoring and evaluation of the quality of lessons in the pools used for the delivery of national curriculum swimming lessons
    • provide oversight of pupil attendance, progression and attainment regarding national curriculum outcomes
    • provide regular liaison with swimming teachers, school sports partnerships, county aquatic coordinators and national governing bodies
    • planning, organisation and delivery of training and development for swimming teachers
    • plan, organise and deliver high quality and comprehensive training opportunities for school staff who accompany children participating in swimming and water safety lessons.
    • Provide quality assurance across the pools used (includes quality of provision, health and safety etc.)
    • determining all policy, procedures and guidance for the programme alongside physical education specialists
    • lead in the coordination and delivery of Level 2 and Level 3 school games with County Durham’s School Sports Partnership and County School Games organisers
    • work in partnership with Swim England and other external partners on behalf of the local authority
    • work with national partners to promote and publicise County Durham’s swimming programme as a model of outstanding practice
    • coordinate with the school swimming management group and head teachers regarding to the service level agreement (SLA).
    • liaise and coordinate programming with our transport team.
  • tuition from fully qualified level 2 swimming teachers with nationally recognised rescue test for swimming teachers and coaches certificates
  • guidance and information on school swimming programming and models of delivery
  • provide opportunities for schools to participate in additional lessons during the summer term, for pupils who have not achieved national curriculum outcomes. (additional costs apply)
  • identification of gifted and talented pupils and provide sign posting opportunities for additional opportunities for participation
  • continuous professional development opportunities for school swimming teachers over a minimum of three days per year
  • provide schools with the accessibility to real time pupil, attendance, progress and attainment data via a data reporting portal system
  • provide schools with a minimum of 34 weeks swimming within the SLA entitlement before any reimbursement entitlement considerations. (separate to swimming continuous professional development training)
  • provide schools with current and up to date information and resources for water safety during the year

As part of the agreement, schools must:

  • ensure all pupils attending lessons have the necessary and appropriate swimwear, towels and swimming hats prior to leaving the school at the agreed time
  • ensure all pupils follow the health and safety rules and policies of the swimming pool and local authority at all times
  • ensure class sizes do not exceed the recommended safe supervision recommendations ratio of 24:1 in the swimming pool at any time
  • provide swimming teaching staff with current and accurate class registers, details of medical conditions and special education needs, support plans and cancellations
  • ensure all pupil and class information is accurate using Swimphony
  • ensure that designated school staff accompanying classes, fully participate in the safe supervision and delivery of lessonsand take responsibility for all pupils throughout their time away from school
  • where pupils have identified SEND conditions, disabilities or there is a potential for situations to arise, ensure additional staff attend to support pupils throughout their lessons

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03000 263 311

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