Recurance · prevention of future deaths reports
Pre-inquest brief
Insufficient swimming education leading to drowning in open water
The earlier warning
Abdul-Jamal Ottun · 18 Jan 2018 · Andrew Harris, London Inner (South)
“He said that in this country schools do not teach children to swim to a sufficiently high standard to be safe.”
What was promised
Stated action 1 · response to Abdul-Jamal Ottun (18 Jan 2018) · stated timescale: July 2017
“we tasked an independent group of experts from across the swimming sector to submit an independent report seiting out recommendations for improving curriculum swimming as part of the Sporting Future strategy. The group published their report in July 2017 and we subsequently established an implementation group, and are currently reviewing the recommendations in the report. In”
judiciary.uk/…/2018-0020-Response-by-Department-for-Education.p…
What recurred
- 10 Oct 2024 · Joseph Abbess & Sunnah Khan · Rachael Griffin · Closely related · confidence 0.85 (high)
The clearest link, quoted from both reports:
Earlier · Abdul-Jamal Ottun · 18 Jan 2018
“He said that in this country schools do not teach children to swim to a sufficiently high standard to be safe.”
Later · Joseph Abbess & Sunnah Khan · 10 Oct 2024
“March 2020, has shown that 1 in 4 children do not get access to this education.”
What happened next
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