Ashford School Community Learn to Swim

What a lovely bunch ! NRASTAC training complete, thanks to trainer Connor SS Royal Life Saving Society UK - RLSS UK

We are very much looking forward to welcoming swimmers old and new to the start of our community learn to swim term, week commencing 7th September.
Good luck to all those joining new schools this year, those starting their final year at primary, and those transitioning from nursery to 'big school'.

Our team are ready and waiting for our autumn term.

The Summer Term is done !. Best wishes to James as he heads off to a new job in the west country..

This term we have taught over 1200 hours of lessons, for over a thousand children and adults, trained Lifeguards through our RLSS programme, run crash courses during our term time sessions, and been shortlisted for the Times Educational Supplement Community Engagement Project of the year. We have also taught 900 primary school children valuable water safety skills progressing to KS2.

We couldn't do this without our fantastic team of Instructors, our Leads, the support of Ashford School including our operations team and our admin staff.

For now, most of our team take a well deserved summer break, with the exception of those working on our crash courses and re enrolment for September term. Please watch this space for availability for Stages and training courses.

We wish you a wonderful summer holiday !

Want to be a lifeguard ? Join our NPLQ training course in October !

Coming soon ! Please scan to book or e mail
[email protected]
Come and enjoy our lovely open air pool, small class sizes and friendly team.

The statistics from this weekend are heart breaking and sobering, with so many children and adults losing their lives after getting into difficulty in water.
A sad reminder to stay vigilant around any water source, be it pond, paddling pool, swimming pool or seaside.

We’re excited to share that Ashford School has been shortlisted for Community Engagement Initiative of the Year at the Tes Schools Awards 2026! 🏆

We’re incredibly proud of our Ashford School Community Learn to Swim Programme, which supports 20+ local primary schools and teaches over 1,100 swimmers every week.

This achievement wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our local primary schools, parents, staff, students, and wider community - thank you all.

👉 Discover more about the Community Learn to Swim Programme at: https://www.ashfordschool.co.uk/we-have-been-shortlisted-for-a-tes-schools-awards-2026

CRASH COURSE MAY HALF TERM ! A 4 day course to allow swimmers to continue working on their skills. Private lessons available. Scan or click on the link to request a space !

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Most of our swim staff are taking a well earned break for Easter hols..
However, our office is not ! We operate 3 terms per year, and our summer term begins on the 20th of April. As part of our re-enrolment process we now have the following stages available for our new term !
QR code or e mail.... [email protected]
to request a space !