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About The Role

Role: Education Swimming Teacher
Location: South Ribble Leisure Centres
Contract: Part Time (10.5 hours per week) / Term Time Only / Permanent
Salary: £34,396 FTE (£17.82 per hour)
Closing Date: 5 April 2026

Are you a passionate Swimming Teacher who would like to help us expand our school swimming programme and deliver a quality swimming lesson service to schools from across South Ribble?

Are you interested in working during school term time?

If you are passionate about swimming and have experience teaching children, particularly in a school setting and providing structured sessions in a comfortable and supportive environment, then we will be delighted to hear from you.

Ideally, you will possess a minimum Level 2 swimming teacher qualification, awarded by Swim England or the Swimming Teachers Association and a National Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ). Candidates with a National Rescue Award for Swimming Teachers & Coaches (NRASTC) will also be considered. For the right candidate, we will support you to attain the necessary qualifications required for the role. 

In the Education Swimming Teacher role, we will offer ongoing training and development opportunities, including support to ensure your personal competency is maintained for your NPLQ qualification via monthly training.

What you’ll be getting up to

  • You will deliver a quality service towards the Key Stage 2 (KS2) Educational Swimming Programme and/or our Learn to Swim programme.
  • You will assist in building water confidence, developing strokes/ water skills for the participants in the programme
  • You will be delivering and providing continual assessments for all participants in line with the KS2 national curriculum requirements.

Who we’re looking for

  • You are confident in leading the Key Stage 2 (KS2) Educational Swimming Programme.
  • You’ll be passionate about helping school children to learn to swim or become proficient whilst swimming and teaching all aspects of water safety.
  • You will work school teachers and with pupils in groups to motivate and instruct them during their lessons.
  • You will thrive on supporting pupils to achieve their potential, drawing on your continual knowledge and experience of industry best practice whilst applying teaching skills in the most effective way.

Other requirements

  • Successful applicants will be subject to a DBS check (applied and paid for by the Council).

Our Benefits

  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Local Government pension
  • Healthcare Cash Plan for cash back on health treatments 
  • Cashback website access for savings on brands you love
  • Free gym access
  • Volunteering days
  • Free parking

About Us

At South Ribble Council, our mission is to provide a first-class service and improve the quality of life for our communities. Our staff are our greatest resource in helping us achieve this. They’re at the heart of everything we do and are crucial to the delivery of excellent services. 

Additional information

Applicants are advised to apply early. We reserve the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date. 

Equal Opportunities

We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to the elimination of unfair and unlawful discrimination and prejudice in all our policies, procedures, and practices.

We’re committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and accessible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process, please contact us via the "Contact Us" page on our website.

If you are disabled or your last employer was the armed forces, and you meet all the essential criteria of a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

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