About the school...

Growth of the school

The School was founded in March 1993 and has steadily grown into it's present size of a around 120 private lessons per week with a further 50 improver and advanced pupils taking group lessons each week.

Teachers

There are several teachers working in the School, with my two daughters giving lessons when they are at home. We also train prospective teachers who I hope will become qualified and so teach within the School. This training usually takes place during group sessions. A recent teacher training course has resulted in 7 new teachers in the school and we have now been able to expand the number of lessons available. Our current list is as below:

• Lesley Evered AIST/AISC(a)
• Jessica Evered AIST
• Kirsty Evered AIST
• Angela Smerdon AIST
• Sam Mitchell AIST
• Christine Morgan AIST
• Sue Gunn AIST(A)
• Olivia Slade AIST(A)
• Claire Smerdon AIST(A)
• Sinead Cussen AIST(A)
• Emily Murphy AIST(A)
• Catherine Wilcox AIST(A)
• Jenny Hill AIST(A)
• Rebecca Loxton
• Rebecca Gruitt
• Iain Tinkler

Aim of the School

The aim of the School is to provide a happy and safe environment in which to teach pupils to swim and enjoy all aspects of water skills pertaining to swimming. Pupils may take lessons from age rising 3 and there is no upper age limit on those wishing to learn or improve their skills. The oldest learner in the school, to date, was 85 years old. All the teachers in the School are gentle but firm in their approach and young children are taught through play as well as with discipline. Discipline also plays a big part in the group sessions but, again, we introduce games where appropriate to the teaching.

Other Activities

Each year we hold a Summer School in August. Holiday lessons are held on mornings throughout August for one-to-one pupils. Every year there is a party for Junior swimmers and a rather more adult dinner party for Senior and Adult swimmers. Both of these culminate with annual prizegiving. We have also, from time to time, held fun galas and outings.