Joseph Abbess & Sunnah Khan
10 Oct 2024 · Coroner Rachael Griffin · Dorset
This report repeats 1 earlier warning. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
1. drowning risk from rip currents
“As the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (the MCA)”
2. lack of water safety education
“If children do not get access to this vital lifesaving education in school”
3. insufficient public water safety awareness
“An ideal opportunity to warn and inform all members of the public would be through educating children of the risks”
Linked reports
Closely relatedConfidence 0.85 · high
Earlier report
“He said that in this country schools do not teach children to swim to a sufficiently high standard to be safe.”
This report
“March 2020, has shown that 1 in 4 children do not get access to this education.”