All swimming pools in Stockton will soon not allow children under the age of 10 to swim unsupervised.
Currently swimming pools run by Tees Active advertise that eight and nine-year-olds can swim without adult supervision.
Last night Stockton Council’s Cabinet decided that all swimming pools will have a minimum age of 10.
A sexual attack on a child at a community centre in the borough led to the authority changing its guidelines in 2012.
Parents were advised that children under 10 should not be allowed in swimming baths and other public buildings without adult supervision.
Tees Active pools still advertise that only children under eight need to be supervised.
The pools must now implement the new guidelines in January.
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