Sports Coach - Swim Focus Apprenticeship

Support children, families and communities through fun, inclusive swimming sessions. Working alongside pool coordinators and swim teachers, you'll learn to plan, deliver and review sessions while gaining funded swim teaching and lifeguarding qualifications.

What you'll do

Support children, families and communities through fun, inclusive swimming sessions. Working alongside pool coordinators and swim teachers, you'll learn to plan, deliver and review sessions while gaining funded swim teaching and lifeguarding qualifications.

Training

Level 2 Community Activator Coach Apprenticeship Standard with Swimming Specialism.

Sector specific CPD, such as:

• Level 2 STA Award in Swim Teaching
• Level 3 Award in Pool Lifeguarding (NPLQ)
• Pool maintenance and water testing CPD
• Supporting the PE curriculum (swimming focussed)
• Behaviour Management
• Safeguarding/Prevent
• Mental Health and Wellbeing
• Digital skills
• Functional skills in maths and English (where required)

After the apprenticeship

Any career progression routes will be discussed upon successful completion of the apprenticeship.

Skills

• Communication skills
• Customer care skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Creative
• Non judgemental
• Patience
• Physical fitness

Things to consider

The successful applicant will receive:

• Allocated workplace mentor
• Access to employer training
• Access to apprenticeship training delivered by Aspire Training Solutions
• Allocated learning hours within the working week 20% off the job learning
• All applicants will need to demonstrate they can pass an NPLQ swim test which will include the ability to jump/dive into deep water, swim 50 metres in less than 60 seconds, swim 100 metres continuously on front and back in deep water

About the employer

The Halstead Centre is a small, family-run swimming school, established in 2011, specialising in swimming lessons for children and adults of different ages and abilities.

They operate from their own swimming pool, rather than using a large public leisure-centre pool. The pool was originally a Church of Latter Day Saints building dating back to the 1900s and was converted into a swimming pool around 1980.

Their swimming provision

They offer:

Children's swimming lessons – 30-minute lessons, Monday–Friday evenings and weekends

Pre-school swimming

Parent & child sessions

Adult swimming lessons

1-to-1 swimming lessons

Small group sizes, with generally 4–5 children per class

A viewing area for parents

Apprenticeship details

• Course: Community activator coach (level 2), Health and science
• Apprenticeship level: Intermediate (level 2)
• Training provider: ASPIRE TRAINING SOLUTIONS (UK) LIMITED
• Expected duration: 1 Year 3 Months
• Hours: 30 hours a week. Working week: Monday to Friday, working hours TBC.
• Start date: 17 October 2026
• Positions available: 1
• Wage: £12,480 a year