By STA Excel

STA Level 2 Award in Teaching Swimming

Course Date:

  • 22 March to 4 April 2025 (Berkshire)
  • 14 April to 18 April 2025 (Berkshire and Birmingham)
  • 26 May to 30 May 2025 (Berkshire and Birmingham)

Total Course Time: 5 Days

Guided Learning Hours: 40 Hours

Format: In person

Course Type: Regulated Qualification

Industry Area: Leisure Operations

Venue: Nuffield Health and Fitness Wellbeing, Racecourse Road, Newbury, RG14 7PN or Nuffield Health Birmingham Central Fitness & Wellbeing Gym, Broadway Plaza, 220 Ladywood, Middleway, Birmingham, B16 8LP

Region: Berkshire and Birmingham

The STA Level 2 Award in Teaching Swimming produces swimming teachers that can teach the essential swimming skills, water safety and all four key strokes to participants. They are able to plan, deliver, assess and evaluate lessons for adult and child participants. During the course learners will undertake practical swimming teaching to build their skills as well as develop their knowledge on teaching methodology, lesson management and the progressive practices to be able to plan, teach and assess the essential swimming skills and strokes to all participants.

Through their awarding organisation, Safety Training Awards, STA Excel provides vocational qualifications tailored to the health and leisure industry. Their focus on professionalism and quality ensures that every course is delivered with precision and care. Rooted in STA’s mission to save lives, their training goes beyond certifications, instilling real-world skills for safety and survival. Choose STA Excel for training that is serious, structured, and impactful—because when it comes to saving lives, there’s no room for compromise.

£425.00
£425.00
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£425.00
£425.00

Training Overview

Course details

Key learning outcomes

  • Safeguarding Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults
  • Planning, Delivering, Assessing and Evaluating Swimming Lessons
  • Understanding a Swimming Teacher’s Role
  • Understanding the Health and Safety Requirements for an Aquatic Environment
  • Understanding the Scientific and Learning Theories Relevant to Swimming Teaching.

These units ensure learners have the knowledge on how to plan, deliver, assess and evaluate swimming lessons to all participants as well as have practical teaching experience and development ready to gain employment on successful completion.

Course features

This qualification is assessed via a portfolio of work products, MCQ assessment and practical teaching assessment.

Prerequisites - what's required to participate?

Be 16 years of age.

Career Development

Once qualified learners will be able to gain employment as a swimming teacher. They are able to plan, deliver, assess and evaluate lessons and teach the essential swimming skills, water safety and all four key strokes to adult and child participants.

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