School Swimming

The National Curriculum for Physical Education (2014), states the importance for all schools to provide swimming instruction during key stage 1 or 2. The curriculum emphasizes the development of vital aquatic skills in pupils, including:

• Achieving competence, confidence, and proficiency in swimming over a distance of at least 25 metres.
• Mastering a variety of effective strokes, such as front crawl, backstroke, and breaststroke.
• Acquiring the ability to perform safe self-rescue techniques in diverse water-based situations.

At Enfield Swim Service, we take pride in our commitment to upholding national directives and delivering a swimming program of the highest quality. Regular reviews and evaluations ensure that our service aligns with the most rigorous Swim England standards, ensuring each pupil receives an exceptional swimming experience.

Join our Swimming program, where children embark on a journey of learning to swim confidently and safely under the guidance of our qualified instructors. With a choice of five swimming pools conveniently located throughout the borough, we offer lessons within reach. Our courses span 45 minutes per session over a 10-week duration, available during the Summer 2025, Autumn 2025 and Spring 2026 terms.

Benefits of Joining the Swimming Programme

As an integral component of the Schools Traded Services, Enfield Swim Service are dedicated to assisting you in fulfilling the National Curriculum requirement of equipping every child with the ability to swim 25 metres competently and confidently, utilising various strokes and possessing self-rescue skills in water-based situations by the end of KS2.

To facilitate your success in implementing a thriving and secure swimming environment for every pupil, we provide you with our comprehensive handbook. This invaluable resource is tailored specifically to support schools, outlining the objectives and protocols necessary for creating an effective and safe swimming program.

To help us further improve the programme, Enfield Swim Service uses Swimphony so we can track your children’s attainment.

Using Swimphony also allows us to:

• Reduce admin.
• Simplify the delivery of the programme.
• Remove the existing reliance on paper-based records and manual data entry.
• Pupil attendance and attainment data is captured by the swim instructors at poolside.
• Schools are able to analyse pupil performance and report on national curriculum outcomes in real time.
• When a pupil is successful and achieves an award, the school will be notified via the digital platform Swimphony.

Aims & Objectives of the Enfield Swimming Programme

Our primary objective is to ensure that all pupils in primary schools develop a strong sense of confidence in swimming by the completion of Year 6. While most schools traditionally introduce swimming instruction in Year 5, an increasing number of schools have adopted alternative year groups for this purpose.

To support our overarching aim, we have established dedicated programs tailored to the specific needs of Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, and Year 6 students. Through these comprehensive initiatives, we strive to achieve the following essential objectives:

• To teach pupils to be confident in all depths of water.
• To encourage pupils to master the basic stroke techniques.
• To encourage pupils to gain water skills, flotation, and submersion.
• To teach the principles of Safe Self-Rescue.
• Give pupils the skills to learn in a controlled and safe environment.
• To increase fitness and endurance levels of all who take part.
• To teach the importance of pool safety so that swimming can be safe and fun.

By addressing these objectives with utmost diligence, we aim to empower every student with the necessary skills, knowledge, and confidence to become competent swimmers, fostering a lifelong love for swimming and water-based activities.