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The Perfect Part time Student Job
Looking for the perfect part time student job – have you considered teaching swimming? Looking for a well-paid, flexible, part time job to help support your lifestyle whilst at college or University, with no late nights or drunk customers? Teaching swimming offers all of this and you don’t even have to be a great swimmer! … […]
Institute of Swimming and Swim England Charity launch support for Ukrainian Swimming Teachers
Ukrainian swimming teachers who have been forced to flee the invasion are being offered the chance to gain a world-renowned qualification free of charge. The Institute of Swimming and Swim England Charity have launched a two-part initiative to help resettle those who have arrived in the UK as part of the Homes for Ukraine and … […]
Changes to our Teaching Swimming course structure
In 2020 we changed our course structure so that everyone who wanted to become a swimming teacher could start their training. We split our courses into theoretical and practical parts, with the theory taking place through interactive zoom webinars and e-learning. Completing theoretical training online has had a positive impact on many. It has allowed people … […]
Tom teaches swimming whilst studying for his PhD in Drowning Prevention and Applied Environmental Physiology
Tom, is currently undertaking a PhD in Drowning Prevention and Applied Environmental Physiology at Leeds Trinity University. He also works part time as a swimming teacher for Trafford Leisure. Tom explains how drowning prevention has become his mission and his passion… He says: “I have always been a competent swimmer and briefly swam for … […]
Chloe used her passion for swimming to become Assistant Swimming Coach and Teacher at 16
Chloe, 22, has been an assistant swimming coach and teacher since being a teenager. Here, Chloe explains how swimming has had a fundamentally positive impact on her life, her studies and her future career. Chloe says: “I come from a swimming family. My mum and both my grandparents were swimming coaches. I literally grew up … […]
Jubilee inspired swimming lesson activities
It is time to test your swimmer’s on their royal waves, tea-sipping and marching ability. The Swim England Learn to Swim Team has created Jubilee inspired activities for all teachers and parents to do in the water with their swimmers. If you would like to download these images and the PDF that provides adaptability, equipment … […]
Being a swimming teacher has gone far beyond Jackie’s expectations
Jackie, 17, has been working as a swimming teacher since August 2021, whilst studying for her A Levels at college. She says: “I’m so pleased I made the decision to undertake my Institute of Swimming training – as being a swimming teacher is a fantastic job. It has helped me to grow in confidence, … […]
James funded his Masters degree by teaching swimming
Masters student, James, 24, uses his job as a swimming teacher to pay off his student loan and to fund his current tuition fees. James grew up in a family of swimmers, one of his grandparents was a swimming teacher and his uncle even competed in the Moscow Olympic Games in 1980, in the 100-meter … […]
Emily qualified as a Swimming Teacher in her gap year
Teaching Swimming was Emily’s ideal student job and helped fund her studies to become a Primary School Teacher. Emily, 20, from Somerset, became a swimming teacher to part-fund her studies. She’s since found it to be a rewarding and worthwhile job that will help in her pursuit to become a primary school teacher. Emily … […]
Nancy’s Swimming Assistant story “I really could not imagine working anywhere else whilst studying at College”
Nancy, 17, gained her SEQ Level 1 Assistant Swimming (teaching) qualification with the Institute of Swimming earlier this year, and is working part-time at Active Nation’s Quays Swimming and Diving Complex, whilst studying for her BTECH in Sport and Coaching at sixth form college. For Nancy, swimming is her happy place. She has been actively … […]
“In comparison to my student flat mates I definitely have the best part time job” – Waleed’s story
Waleed Ghafoory, 20, is a university student who is part-funding his education through his swimming teacher job As a young child, Waleed was scared of water and hated being splashed in the face. It was this fear that made his mum determined he would learn to swim and get over his water anxiety. He … […]
Top 10 reasons to become a swimming teacher
Becoming a swimming teacher is an incredibly rewarding career, teaching an essential life skill to others. Once qualified, you’ll be able to find employment opportunities that are flexible around your lifestyle, not to mention you’ll be sharing your love of swimming with others. At the Institute of Swimming, we see people from a range of … […]