Welcome to Carol Saunders Swim School
The Carol Saunders Swim School follows the Amateur Swimming Association National Teaching Plan for Swimming. This therefore maintains and ensures high quality teaching for all with emphasis on the quality of strokes involving a multi-skilled approach of teaching. The lessons are structured to work towards the ten stages of the National plan for teaching swimming as well as the bronze, silver, gold & honours challenge awards. Distance awards will also be achieved.
Swimming Teachers
All our swimming teachers are A.S.A. and / or alternatively S.T.A. qualified as well as pool lifeguard and child protection qualifications ensuring a safe environment.
Lesson Duration
The lessons during term time are held over 10, 11 or 12 weeks for duration of 25 minutes per lesson.
Crash courses are held during the summer holidays and are held over 10 days for a duration of 25 minutes per lesson.
The Carol Saunders Swim School is affiliated to ASA, RLSS & Swimming Teachers Association.
The Amateur Swimming Association
The Carol Saunders Swim School is also an Approved Education Centre for ASA and STA swimming Teachers Courses.
About Us
The Carol Saunders Swim School is a small family business which has been established for 20 years.
Carol swam competitively at County & District levels until taking up swimming teaching. At the age of 18 she gained her teachers certificate and went on to Tutor status and Amateur Swimming Association Coach status. She opened her own swim school approximately 20 years ago after working for Leeds City Council and Selby Council.
Carol Saunders Swim School was opened initially at Sherburn High School, Leeds and now The Mount School, York with satellite pools also being used in the York area. Recently the swim school has been approved to run teacher training courses and continuing professional development courses.
Carol's qualifications include: ASA Tutor, ASA Coach, ASA Club Coach, ASA Advanced Teacher, ASA Aquafit, RLSS Bronze Medallion, RSA exercise to music.
Carol is a member of RLSS, Institute of Swimming & Swimming Teachers Association.
