Decision details

RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL that Council does not support the motion in its original format and that instead the following amended motion be approved:-

“That this Council takes the following steps in order to see that every child in the District of Tendring can be taught to swim, before they leave primary school education:

(a)  the Community Leadership Overview and Scrutiny Committee invite the Director for Education from Essex County Council to attend a future meeting of that Committee in order to discuss how all schools can meet their statutory duty and move towards 100% of the District’s children learning to swim before they leave primary school education; and

(b) that Officers continue work with partners to develop a cohesive plan to further improve safety measures across the District’s coastline and report back with findings and any recommendations to Cabinet in February 2019, for implementation prior to the 2019 season.”