Swimming Instructor

Kingsbury School, A Specialist Science College with Mathematics, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B78 2LF

12 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 November 2025

• Closing date

  27 October 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  15 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Casual
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade G, £14.82 per hour (excluding holiday pay)

Swimming Instructor job summary

SWIMMING TEACHER

KINGSBURY LEISURE CENTRE - KINGSBURY SCHOOL

Grade G, point 12 £14.82 per hour (excluding holiday pay), enhanced to £16.64 (including holiday pay)

Casual

Hours available: weekdays, evenings and weekends

Multiple positions available

Be part of our £1.8 million refurbishment—new facilities, new opportunities, and a fresh new vibe!

We have a fantastic opportunity for Swimming Teachers to join our team at Kingsbury Leisure Centre. We are seeking to appoint enthusiastic, experienced and well-organised Swimming Teachers who can support primary school lessons and private swimming lessons, with abilities ranging from beginners through to advanced.

We are a top provider of school swimming provision and currently have 20 schools booked in with us for this academic year. We have 350 children in our private swimming lessons, with plans to expand our lessons when we reopen after our refurbishment.

At Kingsbury Leisure Centre we run our own scheme of lessons, which has successfully been in place for over twenty years. We assess and award children using Swim England distance badges and water skills badges. Previous knowledge of these badges is not essential, as we will train you to follow our individual scheme.

In addition to delivering swimming lessons, you will be responsible for planning, setting up/preparation, keeping equipment tidy during and after your lessons, admin of registers, assessing for badges and communicating with parents/carers. Good communication skills with learners, parents/carers and schoolteachers is essential.

You should be an independent swimming teacher who can also take direction. Teamwork with other swimming teachers and also lifeguards is required. Knowledge of safe working practices within a swimming pool is desired.

You must have a current NRASTC to perform the swimming teacher role at Kingsbury Leisure Centre. NRASTC must be renewed to the necessary timeframe. Failure to renew will result in termination of employment as a swimming teacher.

Occasionally swimming teachers will be asked to join the full staff meeting, which is part of the leisure centre monthly training. You will not be required to attend the whole session and take part in NPLQ training. However, it does create a positive working environment and a strong team ethos for all staff who work together to meet and have group discussions periodically.

If you hold your NPLQ qualification, please see our advert for Swimming Teacher & Lifeguard role. We offer a higher rate of pay for swimming teachers who hold their NPLQ and are prepared to accept lifeguard responsibilities whilst they are teaching.

The following qualifications will be considered:

• SEQ Level 2 Teaching Swimming Qualification

• STA Level 2 Award in Teaching Swimming

• STA Level 2 Certificate in Teaching Swimming

• National Rescue Award for Swimming Teachers and Coaches

• Baby & Pre-school

We will offer you:

• A programme of training and development;

• The opportunity to work within a supportive team of diligent and excellent colleagues who have a wealth of expertise and experience.

• A commitment to staff wellbeing and recognition initiatives through the Trust’s people strategy and well-being committee;

This is an exciting time to join us. We are part of Castle Phoenix Multi Academy Trust which specialises in leadership and is committed to invest in and develop all staff and, most importantly, bring about the best possible outcomes for our students who deserve the very best.

Kingsbury School is committed to safeguarding children.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS Disclosure.

Committed to equal opportunities.

Closing Date: 9:00am Monday 27 October 2025

Interviews: Wednesday 29 October 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2024.

These posts are exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).  The Trust is committed to safeguarding, promoting the welfare of children and young people and creating a culture of vigilance and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and vigilance.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Kingsbury School, A Specialist Science College with Mathematics

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: Up to 602 pupils
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/kingsbury-school-a-specialist-science-college-with-mathematics

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