article_snippet.sent: A coroner has questioned the lack of swimming in the national curriculum after Rony John, 15, drowned on the first day of Rony John summer holidays .
article_snippet.sent: A coroner has raised concerns over the lack of swimming lessons included in the national curriculum after a 15-year-old drowned in a river on the first day of his summer holidayshis summer holidays.
article_snippet.sent: At an inquest into Rony John death, A coroner said Belinda Cheney would now write to Government chiefs to ask why swimming is not included in secondary school education.
article_snippet.sent: The hearing heard that swimming is compulsory during primary school but is not enforced for those aged 11 or over.
article_snippet.sent: Assistant Cambridgeshire Coroner Belinda Cheney said: 'Swimming is not a difficult skill to learn yet it is a critical life skill.'
article_snippet.sent: the young man added: 'Swimming is in the national curriculum for primary school pupils but not for those in secondary education. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Coroner  questioned why swimming is not compulsory at secondary school .
  