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Physical education – key stages 1 and 2
Swimming and water safety
All schools must provide swimming instruction either in key stage 1 or key stage 2.
In particular, pupils should be taught 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.
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Reference: DFE-00176-2013
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