Primary School Pupil Swimming Skills in the Municipality of Groningen, 2014 Onwards

Sport050 of the municipality of Groningen has inspected swimming skills at primary schools from 2014 onwards. The dataset tracks progress toward the municipal ambition of 100% of children achieving at least swimming diploma A. The data is sourced from educational institutions and edited by OIS Groningen.

Use Cases

• Monitor progress toward municipal swimming diploma targets based on annual inventory data.
• Analyze trends in primary school swimming skills after the abolition of school swimming in 2013.
• Identify potential disparities in swimming skill acquisition across different schools or student groups.

Strengths

• Data collection began in 2014, providing a multi-year time series.
• Has a clear policy goal linked to the data: the municipal ambition for 100% diploma A achievement.
• License is CC-BY-4.0, allowing for open reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description notes a restriction: not all students know if they have a swimming diploma, indicating potential data completeness issues.

Provenance

Source

Educational institutions, edited by OIS Groningen.

Collection Method

Inspections conducted at primary education schools by Sport050.

Time Range

From 2014 onwards.

Freshness

The aim is to make an inventory every year; last update date is unknown.

Geography

Municipality of Groningen.