Swimming

Swimming is the only sport to be included within the national curriculum physical education programme of study. All primary schools must provide swimming and water safety lessons in either Key Stage 1 or 2. 

At Bay Primary School, the children go to do their lessons in Year 5 and the cohort in 2024/5 can do the following.

• 84% can perform safe self-rescue in different water based situations
• 56% can swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
• 61% use a range of strokes effectively, for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke.