Olympic swimmers including Adam Peaty, Ellie Simmonds and Matt Richards have launched a new pop-up pool programme at UK schools aimed at boosting low swimming attainment rates.
Fully functioning temporary pools will be placed at schools in areas where a large proportion of children are unable to swim, starting in the Black Country in the West Midlands, one of the worst-affected areas in the country.
The scheme, launched on Wednesday by Speedo Swim United, comes as statistics from Sport England show that nearly one in three children in the UK leave primary school unable to swim, with numbers higher in more deprived areas.
Without intervention, the figure could rise to 60% of
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