Year 6 Swimming Data

It is a requirement that schools publish how many of their Year 6 cohort are meeting the national curriculum requirements for swimming and water safety. Children should be able to:

swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of 25 metres
use a range of strokes effectively
perform safe self-rescue in different water based situations.

Living so close to the sea, we see swimming as an important life skill as well as a way for children to keep physically fit and enjoy being active. Every year, every child at Symondsbury will have an 8-week block of 30-minute swimming lessons which is held at Bridport Leisure Centre.

As with every subject in school, we start with a range of swimming abilities and therefore devise our program to meet these needs:

Beginners: Build water confidence and buoyancy followed by the introduction of different strokes.
Intermediate: Introduce different strokes and the techniques that they need to complete 25m.
Developing: Work on their technique, stamina and speed to be more efficient in the pool.

Our children work with teachers and swimming instructors at Bridport Leisure Centre, who deliver a high-quality swimming teaching programme for our children. As a result, all of our children in Year 6 (2023-2024) were able to swim at least 25m. All children, from reception to Year 6 in the school receive this tuition throughout the year.

Swimming Data 2023-2024

Meeting national curriculum requirements for swimming and water safety.
What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres?	100%
What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke]?	100%
What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations?	100%
Schools can choose to use the Primary PE and sport premium to provide additional provision for swimming but this must be for activity over and above the national curriculum requirements. Have you used it in this way?	Yes – for two children to have additional swimming lessons to ensure that they were able to competently swim 25m

Swimming Data 2022-2023

Meeting national curriculum requirements for swimming and water safety.
What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres?	100%
What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke]?	100%
What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations?	100%
Schools can choose to use the Primary PE and sport premium to provide additional provision for swimming but this must be for activity over and above the national curriculum requirements. Have you used it in this way?	Yes – for two children to have additional swimming lessons to ensure that they were able to competently swim 25m

Swimming Data 2021-2022

Meeting national curriculum requirements for swimming and water safety.
What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres?	61% 11/18 pupils
What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke]?	22% 4/18 pupils
what percentage of your current Year 6 cohort perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations?	89% 15/18 pupils
Primary PE and Sport Premium to provide additional provision for swimming but this must be for activity over and above the national curriculum requirements. Have you used it in this	No