Swim England’s Level 1 Swimming Assistant (Teaching) qualification has become the first to be endorsed by the new CIMSPA assistant swimming teacher standard. The Level 1 qualification is our most popular course and the entry point for tens of thousands of swimming assistants to make their first steps into the industry – with many progressing through Swim England’s Level 2 Teaching Swimming and continuous professional development

Parkwood Leisure has renewed its three year partnership with the Institute of Swimming to support the growth and development of its swimming teacher workforce. Parkwood Leisure is one of the UK’s leading leisure operators, specialising in the development and operation of facilities on behalf of local authorities and manages 50 wet site/pools across the UK. Parkwood Leisure currently teaches 43,000 children and adults to swim through its

Kirklees Active Leisure (KAL) has renewed its partnership with the Institute of Swimming, a collaboration that was first agreed in 2014, for a further three years in order to continue delivering highly skilled, quality swimming teachers from all around Yorkshire. KAL manages 13 leisure and swimming centres in Yorkshire and already employs 90 qualified Swim England Level 2 teachers that provide lessons for around 8,000 adults and children each

Freedom Leisure has renewed its partnership with the Institute of Swimming to support the growth and development of its swimming teacher workforce, as part of an ambitious aquatics plan to grow its Learn to Swim programme by 15% by March 2020. The strategic plan requires Freedom Leisure to considerably increase its swim teaching team to cover the additional lesson delivery, and the partnership will see the Institute of Swimming recruit and

North East community leisure trust, Tees Active, has formed an exciting partnership with the Institute of Swimming, focussing on the continuous development of its established learn to swim scheme, including the recruitment of potential new swimming teachers. Tees Active, managing three swimming pools and teaching over 2,000 children and adults each week, strives for high quality delivery across all programmes within its growing portfolio of

As part of Coaching Week 2019 Swim England have unveiled fantastic new Level 2 Coaching Open Water Swimming qualification. Replacing the Level 2 Award in British Open Water Swimming, this qualification has been designed to provide coaches with the specialist knowledge needed to deliver open water swimming sessions. It has been specifically developed to meet the needs of today’s open water coaches and swimmers, as the sport’s popularity