Swimming

Swimming at Over Hall

Safety in and around water

Pupils should leave primary school able to swim 25m unaided and be knowledgeable and safe around water and to do this, each child should spend about 25 hours learning to swim.

At Over Hall we are proud to say that we continue to offer swimming lessons to all children in Year 4, (previously Year 3 up to 2020-2021), providing at least two terms of weekly lessons that last one hour per session.This enables more time in the water on a weekly basis and ensuring at least a water confidence at an early age of 7 or 8.

Further to this we provide a term of swimming tuition to children in Key Stage Two who did not meet National Curriculum requirements at their last assessment.

Outcomes

Parents receive an update of their child's progress in the termly Consultation Evening and end of year report. Certificates and rewards through the year as their child makes progress. As a school we also encourage external awards to be celebrated.

Currently at Over Hall...

See below the percentages of children through Key Stage 2 who currently have no water confidence compared to those who are able to swim 25 metres

Current Cohorts:

Year 6 ~ Cohort 2022 updated July 2022 (Top up sessions in June - July 2022 took place for those who had not previously acheived National Curriculum Standard. They were unable to take place due to Covid-19 restrictions, July 2021)

	Non swimmer	Water confidence	Swimming ability applicable to national curriculum	Confident Swimmer
Initial assessment	16/31 (52%)	9/31 (29%)	5/31 (16%)	1/31 (3%)
Last assessment	0/31 (0%)	12/31 (39%)	19/31 (61%)	8/31 (26%)

Year 5 ~ Cohort 2023 updated July 2022 (Top Up sessions took place June - July 2022, further Top Up sessions planned for 2023, top up sessions unable to take place due to Covid-19 restrictions, July 2021)

March 2020	Non swimmer	Water confidence	Swimming ability applicable to national curriculum	Confident Swimmer
Initial assessment	17/29 (59%)	7/29 (24%)	2/29 (7%)	3/29 (10%)
Last assessment	0/29 (0%)	11/29 (38%)	7/29 (24%)	11/29 (38%)

Year 5 have been receiving Top Up swimming lessons as their swimming block was cut short due to Covid-19 restrictions in February 2020.

	Non – Swimmers	Swimmers	More confident swimmers
Initial Assessment May 2022	11/24 46%	9/24 37%	4/24 17%
End of Block assessment July 2022	4/24 17%	14/24 58%	6/24 25%

Number achieving National Curriculum standard 0/30 0%

However 4/24 17% have achieved 25m in at least one stroke

Year 4 ~ Cohort 2024 updated July 2022

	Non – Swimmers	Swimmers	More confident swimmers
Initial Assessment September 2021	22/30 73%	8/30 27%
Assessment February 2022	10/30 33%	13/30 43%	7/30 23%
End of Block assessment May 2022	9/30 30%	12/30 40%	9/30 30%

Number achieving National Curriculum standard 0/30 0%

Cohort 2024 will resume swimming lessons in September 2022.