Schools & Social Care Swimming Provision

Is your young person at risk of being excluded from education ?

We support a bespoke timetable focused on reintroduction into the classroom, or an interim activity until a place in an alternative provision can be found.

Salty Swims focuses on enjoying and achieving, being healthy, being safe and making a positive contribution.

This objective is achieved through swimming and being close to water.

We work with primary schools & Social Care where a young person is struggling to access and engage in mainstream education.

Is your student:

Vulnerable or at risk?
Presenting challenging behaviour and poor social skills?
Having problems with low self-esteem, self-worth and self-confidence ?
Experiencing difficulties at home or/and in the community?
Only being able to access part-time education?

Health Education England and the NHS report the health and wellbeing benefits of swimming and state that participation in swimming lessons accelerate a child’s learning potential. (Moffatt. F et Al. 2017).

Poor mental health in children has been widely reported in recent years. Studies indicate that physical activity can significantly improve the mental health of young people (Biddle, S. J. and M. Asare. 2011).

Swimming lessons are focused on improving mental health, building self esteem and confidence.

We provide the national curriculum requirement for your student.

This special educational provision would fulfil, in part, schools obligation to deliver the national curriculum or, for academies, a broad and balanced curriculum (Education Act 2002 and 2010 Academies Act).

Swimming is part of the national curriculum and all children should be able to:

safe self-rescue in different water based situations.
Swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of AT LEAST 25 metres.
Use a range of strokes effectively, for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke.

Swimming Lessons will become part of a bespoke timetable for your student.

Sessions cover either a morning or afternoon:

3 hours
Morning Session 8.45am - 11.45am. Student collected from school/home and returned to school/home.
Afternoon Session 12.15pm- 3.15pm. Student collected from school/home and returned home

This arrangement can be flexible to meet your students needs.

Our Staff

Staff are qualified swimming instructors and coaches. They hold first aid and water rescue certificates and have an advanced DBS.

Furthermore, they hold certificates and diplomas in counselling, safeguarding, child protection and motivational interventions. They are mentors and have ongoing CPD covering behavioural management, mental health and safeguarding.

In the first instance please contact ange@saltyswims.com where we can discuss your requirements.

All our staff and vehicles and staff are fully insured to work and travel with young people.