Submitted on Friday 5th June 2026
Rejected on Wednesday 8th July 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make school swimming and water safety a protected core part of education
Require every child to receive adequate swimming and water safety education
We believe every child should leave primary school able to swim and understand the dangers of rivers, lakes, canals and open water.
Swimming is a life-saving skill, yet many children leave school without meeting the expected standard.
We want the Government to fund swimming lessons, provide practical water safety education and offer catch-up lessons for children who cannot swim confidently.
Better swimming and water safety education could help prevent drownings and save lives.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
Education on water safety is already in the school curriculum and we have this petition open (below) on strengthening provision of such education, which you may wish to sign:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/770973
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