swimming teaching news

A "significant majority" of the UK's swimming teachers and aquatic professionals feel that swimming excludes some groups and communities. The finding comes from a study ... More

Almost 60 per cent of UK parents plan to resume their children’s swimming lessons – even if spectator restrictions imposed to meet social distancing guidelines ... More

The Swimming Teachers' Association (STA) and Leisure Opportunities have extended their strategic partnership. The extension is part of an on-going effort to attract more swimming ... More

A partnership between leisure operator GLL and the Swimming Teachers' Association (STA) – designed to address the national shortage of swim teachers – has been hailed ... More

The Swimming Teachers Association (STA) and Leisure Media have signed a strategic partnership designed to bridge the skills gaps faced by employers in the swimming ... More

Difficulties in recruiting trained swimming teachers are creating "widespread problems" for many swim schools and pools across the UK. According to a survey by the ... More

More than 1,400 swimming teachers across the UK will join a major new training framework designed to combat the national shortage in qualified instructors. The ... More

The Swimming Teachers’ Association (STA) has recruited its 10,000th member and had all of its qualifications endorsed by CIMSPA. Dave Candler, chief executive of the ... More

An increase in demand for children’s swimming lessons in China has opened the door for the Swimming Teachers’ Association (STA) to help the government with ... More

The Swimming Teachers’ Association (STA) has teamed up with educational charity Birthlight to raise infant swimming teaching standards through the launch of a new Level ... More

National guidelines to ensure baby and toddler safety during swimming lessons are being launched today (13 October 2015) at a parliamentary reception in Westminster. According ... More

The Swimming Teachers’ Association STA has joined forces with the newly-established Children’s Activities Association (CAA), which aims to establish a recognisable benchmark for standards across ... More

Swimming teaching companies Swimming Nature and The Art of Swimming have joined forces to form a partnership under the Swimming Nature name that will reach ... More

Swimming Teachers’ Association (STA) CEO Roger Millward has announced that he will retire next summer, with his son Theo set to take over the reins ... More

A consumer survey conducted by swimming teaching and lifesaving organisation STA has found that one in four people admit to having urinated in a public ... More

Come join the revolution at LIW 2013. LIW 2013 will play host to a number of exciting new launches for STA. From the re-launch of ... More

Scottish Swimming and Gladstone Health and Leisure have formally unveiled a new partnership at a meeting of sporta members. The partnership brings together Gladstone's pool ... More

A new government-funded apprenticeships scheme has been launched to tackle the shortage of aquatic personnel in the UK leisure industry. The flagship initiative will aim ... More

A new government-funded apprenticeships scheme has been launched to tackle the shortage of aquatic personnel in the UK leisure industry. The flagship initiative will aim ... More

Spatex is announcing an exclusive partnership with the Swimming Teachers' Association (STA). The STA and Spatex will be collaborating to help raise standards in the ... More

The DCMS has rebutted claims made by Roger Millward, chief executive of the Swimming Teachers' Association (STA), that suggested the government's free swimming scheme would ... More

The Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) has teamed up with the cereal maker, Kellogg's, to address a shortage of qualified swimming coaches in the UK. A ... More