Schools receive general funding for curriculum provision, which includes swimming and water safety lessons. Schools should therefore not use the PE and sport premium to fund curriculum swimming and water safety lessons.
Schools can use PE and sport premium funding to provide top-up swimming and water safety sessions. This can include the cost of transport for those pupils that do not meet national curriculum requirements after they have completed core swimming and water safety lessons.
Swim England and The Association for Physical Education (AfPE) provide guidance and a template for reporting the use of the Primary PE and Sports Premium;
- AfPE guidance for reporting on the Primary PE and Sports Premium
- Evidencing the Impact reporting template
- Government advice to schools on the use of the Primary PE and Sports Premium.
- Swim England guidance on how to use the Primary PE and Sports Premium for swimming and water safety provision.