In 2025, OneRen, who operate five swimming pools across Renfrewshire, want to fully optimise all the benefits of being an ATC with STA, for recruitment, in-house training and workforce retention. This forms part of the Trust’s strategy to recruit new swimming teachers and lifeguards to plug the skills gap and expand its aquatics programmes, and ..read more

To gain CIMSPA endorsement for educational products including CPD’s, STA must submit supporting evidence and relevant mapping documents against CIMSPA occupation, population, environment and / or technical specialism professional standards. Following this comprehensive review, gaining CIMSPA endorsement is recognition from the sector’s chartered institute, the training supports leisure industry professionals and meets the needs of ..read more

Sparkle is the official charity of Serennu, Nevill Hall and Caerphilly Children’s Centres, and they work to ensure children and young people with disabilities and/or developmental difficulties, along with their families, are fully supported and able to participate in valued childhood experiences. This includes providing support for those unable to access community swimming lessons due ..read more

The relevelling highlights the importance and expertise required of a swimming teacher and recognises their professional status within the sector. It also reflects the high-quality training STA swimming teaching qualifications provide, ensuring teachers possess technical knowledge essential for effectively planning, teaching, and assessing a range of swimming skills, strokes and water safety skills for participants ..read more

The theme for 2025, the year we celebrate the 10th anniversary of International Learn to Swim Week (ILSW) is to showcase how learning to swim is inclusive, and opens the door of opportunity to a lifelong enjoyment of the water – whether that be for fun, leisure, work or even potential Olympic success. Jodie Davis ..read more

Steven is now using this experience to improve the quality of school swimming provision in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia using STA’s School Swimming Academy programme. Zoe Cooper, STA’s Commercial Director recently caught up with Steven to ask about his plans in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ..read more

Blue Triangle is a Glasgow-based homelessness charity that supports over 400 young people and adults across Scotland every day with a safe secure place to live, and ongoing support. Most of the supported people in Blue Triangle’s care have not had access to swimming lessons whilst growing up, and STA’s funding will be used to ..read more

Developed in consultation with members and industry experts, the new LSP features 7 progressive grades, which builds aquatic knowledge and skill development within each grade and rewards achievement through the programme. In line with STA’s ethos of teaching essential skills, the grades focus on stroke development, water safety, rescue skills, diving, and other swimming aptitudes ..read more

For 2024, ten STAr winners were announced at the presentation ceremony, which was held at the Radisson Blu East Midlands Airport Hotel, as part of STA’s 2-day national conference, and hosted by STA’s President Ali Beckman, STA’s CEO Dave Candler and STA’s Water Safety Ambassador Mike Goody. The ten 2024 STAr winners, with the Trustees ..read more

The two organisations have drawn up a Memorandum of Understanding with the aim of fostering collaboration in the swimming sector for the betterment of its stakeholders and the wider sector. The agreement will see the two parties work closer together to promote the many benefits of aquatic activity, with a shared purpose to see everyone ..read more