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Drowning Prevention Week: what children learn about water safety at school

Posted by: mediaofficer, Posted on: 16 June 2025 - Categories: Schools

Swimming and water safety is a compulsory part of the National Curriculum at primary school to make sure that children are well equipped to enjoy swimming and know how to keep safe in and around water.   As we head into …

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Education in the Media: Monday 22 October 2018

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 22 October 2018 - Categories: Teacher workload

Today’s Education in the Media blog looks at refinements to the criteria in the Teaching Excellence Framework, how we are promoting access to swimming in local areas, and the work we are doing surrounding teacher wellbeing.

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Education in the media: 17 July 2017

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 17 July 2017 - Categories: School tests
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Today’s news review looks at our reforms to GCSEs and the teaching of water safety in schools. 

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Education in the media: 6 June 2016

Posted by: Media Officer, Posted on: 6 June 2016 - Categories: Academies, Admissions, Behaviour, Child protection, Equalities, Independent schools, SEND
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Today’s news review looks at stories from the weekend and today including pieces on concerns about a group of independent schools, celebrity Melanie Sykes finding a school place for her autistic son and sexual harassment in schools.

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