STA Learn to Swim programme (LSP) is a progressive pathway for participants of all ages helping them develop from their first aquatic experience through to becoming safe proficient swimmers. The scheme has been developed in collaboration with STA members and industry experts to ensure the multi-skilled programme is accessible for all.
Each grade builds on knowledge and skill development at each level and rewards achievement through a range of exciting awards and certificates. Grades focus on stroke development, water safety, rescue skills, diving, and other swimming skills to ensure participants are competent within all aquatic skills to create well rounded swimmers.
Why choose the LSP?
The LSP encourages progression of an essential life skill but also enjoyment as it introduces different branches of swimming such as competitive swimming, water polo, artistic swimming skills and junior lifeguarding. This means participants get to try different aquatic skills to decide what they enjoy about swimming and how they would like to progress after the LSP. The LSP supports participant’s progress with eye-catching colourful certificates and badges for motivation and success tracking.
STA recognise there can be diverse requirements for pool operators and swimming teachers running a swimming scheme, the LSP considers facility constraints and how skills can be adapted to promote inclusivity. Our goal is to “preserve human life by the teaching of swimming, lifesaving and survival techniques” and this scheme ensures that we can deliver that objective by creating a scheme to be flexible but still maintaining consistent high standards.
Excellent supporting material
The LSP offers a fun, comprehensive and engaging learn to swim programme supported by vibrant eye-catching certificates available at a cost-effective rate, accompanied by free success trackers for participants and parents/guardians to track success and stay motivated throughout the programme. Helping participants recognise that great sense of achievement. The LSP also has a FREE Teacher Pack for teachers to help deliver these awards to a consistently high standard, along with a FREE Support Pack for parents/guardians to understand the scheme further and how to support participants on their swimming journey. There is also a full range of marketing material available to support the programme such as, pop up banners, posters, a STAnley leaflet dispenser, stickers and children’s activity sheets.
Easy to implement and transfer
To support swim schools who would like to transfer to the LSP, STA have created an award scheme comparison guide. This allows swim schools to convert current award scheme lessons across to the LSP grades with ease.
Supporting resources are available to support the transfer across to the LSP, including an online CPD for swimming teachers and swim school personnel and a Teachers Pack which includes assessment standards, schemes of work, FAQ’s and more.
Additional Programmes
There are also stand-alone schemes specifically designed for participants with disabilities and adults. There are also supporting awards in lifesaving, personal survival, diving, competitive starts and turns to complement a participant’s development through the scheme and provide additional motivation.