First and foremost, we are a Swim England registered swim school. Swim England is the UK's governing body for swimming and has formulated a framework to ensure that the best teaching practices are followed. All of our teachers are qualified to teach these practices. Without any doubt, it is the best way to teach children to swim and most schools will teach to this framework.
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When do you assess children?
Unlike most other schools we do not hold assessment days. Each and every child is assessed continually, without them knowing. This takes the stress out of learning and leaves the children to have fun and learn at their own pace. We feel that assessment days are a mistake as some children do not perform well in these conditions and it can hold them back. It's more work for us but that's great, we love to be kept busy. It's also satisfying for us to see children enjoying their swimming and not continuously thinking about "exam days". When a child is ready to move up, they will be given their badges and they will move to the next course wherever it may be in the term, subject to availability of course. |
What badges do you issue?
We issue the official Swim England badges and certificates and we do not charge extra for these. If you are transferring from another school, please let us know which badges your child has so we can start them on the appropriate course. We will of course credit them with the work they have done with another school. If you have been at a school that runs a different badge scheme (such as the STA) we can generally map these awards across to the Swim England scheme that we run. We will then ask you to bring your child in for a water based assessment. This takes around 30 minutes and will give us a very good indication of skill level. We charge the standard lesson fee for this assessment. Because we run the national curriculum, any awards that we issue will be fully transportable to a different school or swimming club running under the Swim England banner.. |
Lichfield Dolphins Limited
116 Haymoor Lichfield WS14 9SX T: 01543 410786 M: 07866 366132 E: swim@lichfielddolphins.co.uk |