Petition · past parliament · Department for Education
Require schools to provide annual swimming lessons
Closed
29 signatures
What the petition asks
Too many people die from drowning every year including an alarming number of children. Despite swimming requirements in the curriculum, many children do not learn to swim confidently or even enough to save their own life. I lost my own son to drowning due to this lack of swimming ability.
I’d like to introduce a requirement for schools to provide annual swimming lessons as part of the physical education curriculum to include a badge system where a child is not able to move into the next stage until they are confident in the current one.
Timeline
| 19 Mar 2024 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 29 May 2024 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
29
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Education
Opened
19 Mar 2024
Closed
29 May 2024
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.