Swimming

Milborne St Andrew uses the services of Just Add Water Swim School to provide swimming lessons to pupils
 
Regular reports are available regarding the progress and achievements of pupils and links to these can be found below:
 
Maria Timperley gets a real buzz from seeing people of all ages develop and achieve more than they thought they could. She especially gets a thrill from working with adults who thought they never could swim and then achieve wonders – often to swim with the grandchildren having missed out on swimming with their own little ones.

Adrian Goodhand is an Environmental Education Tutor and Forest School Leader for Coast and Forest Education by day and a swim teacher at The Abbey and lifeguard trainer by night (and any other spare time he has!).  You can find out what he does here Coast and Forest Education Facebook page  

All of the teaching team are minimum Level 2 swim teacher qualified with either the ASA, the STA or both and are qualified lifesavers or lifeguards.

Maria and Adrian are STA and RLSS qualified lifeguard trainers / lifesaving instructors / Lifeguard Academy Instructor and are RLSS and STA Tutors and Examiners as well as Speedo qualified Aquacise instructors. Adrian is a BSAC snorkel instructor. Maria additionally holds qualifications for Baby and PreSchool, Baby Aqua Sensory and People with Disabilities.

Everyone has completed Safeguarding training and holds an Enhanced Record Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).