STA Swimming Teacher Course
This qualification has been designed around the needs of learners, tutors, ATCs, swim schools, and employers. By the end of the course, you will be confident and ready to teach independently poolside.
What You Will Learn
The enhanced curriculum blends technical foundations with practical, hands-on teaching experience, covering:
- Core swimming strokes and stroke development
- Essential swimming skills and water confidence
- Survival and rescue techniques
- Water safety education for all age groups
- Planning, delivering and evaluating progressive lessons
- Inclusive teaching and adapting for different abilities, facilities and needs
- Communication skills, teamwork and other work-ready skills
- Safe, professional poolside practice
- How to teach safe, fun, progressive and inclusive lessons to adult and child learn-to-swim participants.
Designed for Learners
- Blended learning options – flexible online theory plus exciting and interactive programmes
- Updated digital resources – richer, more dynamic learning materials available on all devices, including videos that bring the practical elements to the classroom
- Standalone online safeguarding module – fits easily around work and study
- Increased poolside practice – more time developing real teaching confidence.
