A new drive to encourage private schools to share their swimming pools is being launched by the government amid concerns about the number of children who emerge from primary school unable to swim. The Guardian reports.
This weekend the education secretary, Damian Hinds, who has three young children, called on private schools to open up their pools to state pupils in their area.
The issue is likely to reopen the debate on whether private schools’ ability to claim charitable status should be predicated on their willingness to share their sports facilities with state school pupils.
The Charity Commission updated its guidance in 2015 to encourage independent schools to report how they are opening up access to their sports and arts facilities, but stopped short of requiring that they do so to keep their charitable status.
Categories: Health, Learning, Primary, and Private Schools.
Tags: Damian Hinds, Independent Schools, Private Schools, and Swimming lessons.