Swim England and STA Join Forces to Tackle ‘Urgent Issue’ of Swim Teacher Shortage

Hundreds of thousands of children could still be missing out on swimming lessons due to the shortage of swimming teachers, according to new research conducted by Swim England and the Swimming Teachers’ Association (STA).

The nation’s two leading learn to swim programmes joined forces to conduct a learn to swim and workforce audit of the aquatics sector.

The results found that 65 per cent of learn to swim providers are restricted from growing their learn to swim programme due to the swimming teacher shortage.

As a result, the equivalent of more than 660,000 children could be missing out on swimming lessons and may never learn a skill that could one day save their life.

Swim England and the STA are working together towards the combined aim of increasing the number of swimming teachers and beginning the journey to reaching the pre-pandemic workforce figures.

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