Schools must provide swimming instruction either in Key Stage 1 or Key Stage 2. This is set out in the National Curriculum's programme of study for physical education.

This should include teaching pupils to:

• Swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres.
• Use a range of strokes effectively – for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke.
• Perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.

At Leverton, our pupils are given the opportunity to swim right from Year One. Children will learn the basics of water confidence and being safe in the water – through achieving skills and stroke techniques and Water Safety Awards. 

The children have the opportunity to swim once a week in the Autumn Term.

We take the children swimming at Swim Stars and Dolphins in Bawtry.  School Swimming Provision Doncaster

At Go Swim Stars we offer schools exclusive use of our centres to deliver our National Curriculum swimming programme. Our school swimming service is dedicated to providing the opportunity for all children to access and exceed in swimming and our tailored scheme of work is designed and personalised to each term to ensure maximum progression. Included as standard with our service is transport arranged on your behalf with our fully branded and bespoke bus, high quality swimming tuition delivered by expert swimming teachers and in-pool Water Buddies, alongside weekly assessment and certification. We currently deliver lessons to over 70 primary schools across Doncaster and Nottinghamshire with our average pass rate exceeding 97% over a 12-week period.

Swimming Data Autumn Term 2025