Robin Hood Primary SchoolSwimming
ASA Swimming Charter Primary School of the Year 2015
Bronze Award- Robin Hood Primary School
At Robin Hood, Year 4 pupils go swimming once every week for the whole year. Swimming lessons take place at Rothwell Leisure Centre and last 30 minutes. The children are taught by a mixture of the Leisure Centre staff and also Robin Hood Primary School staff (all are qualified swimming teachers).
The National Curriculum requirement for all children leaving Year 6 is to:
- swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
- use a range of strokes effectively
- perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations
Children who have not met the National Curriculum requirement at the end of Year 4 attend top up lessons at the end of Year 6.
2018/19 Cohort Swimming Data
| Swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres |
89% |
| Use a range of strokes effectively |
89% |
| Perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations |
100% |
2017/18 Cohort Swimming Data
| Swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres |
84% |
| Use a range of strokes effectively |
84% |
| Perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations |
80% |
New Swimming Guidelines:
For the 2017 to 2018 academic year, the national curriculum requirement is for children at the end of KS2 to be able to swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres, use a range of strokes effectively and perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.
Below is an example of how children’s swimming attainment will be reported at the end of the year 4. Pupils in year 6 who are still unable to swim 25m with effective stoke technique will be offered top-up swimming lessons.
Below are some examples of effective stroke technique at the end of KS2.
2016/17 93% Age Related Expectations
