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<p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>Swimming and water safety
are compulsory elements of the PE national curriculum at key stages 1 and 2. Schools
receive general funding for all curriculum provision, including Physical Education
(and by extension swimming and water safety lessons). This funding is not ring-fenced
or split by subject and schools have the flexibility to allocate their funding to
deliver a diverse curriculum which best suits the needs of all their pupils.</p><p>Schools
can also choose to use their share of the £320 million Primary PE and Sport Premium
to support swimming and water safety. The premium can be used to fund the professional
development and training available to schools to train staff to support high quality
swimming and water safety lessons for their pupils.</p><p>The premium can also be
used to provide additional top-up swimming lessons to pupils who have not been able
to meet the national curriculum requirements for swimming and water safety following
the delivery of core swimming and water safety lessons.</p><p>The department does
not collect data on the proportion of primary school children who have received swimming
and water safety lessons. However all schools are required to publish information
on the percentage of their pupils in year 6 who have met each of the 3 swimming and
water safety national curriculum requirements.</p>
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