The future of the last remaining swimming pool at a state school in Bristol has been secured after a global company with its headquarters in the city stepped in to sponsor it.
Leaders at Parson Street primary school in Bedminster had warned spiralling energy bills and other costs meant they might have to shut down the swimming pool, or at best stop teaching their pupils to swim, because of a shortfall of more than £3,000 this year.
The pool is the last facility of its kind at a state school in Bristol, and is rented out by community groups and other schools to help fund its upkeep.
