Swim School Framework

The Swim England Learn to Swim Awards 1-10 are divided into progressive stages. They make up the core, national syllabus of learning to swim for children.

The awards are designed to reward your child for their development of the essential aquatic skills they need to be confident, competent and safe in the water. Each of the Swim England Learn to Swim Awards stages has a clear list of outcomes that need to be completed to gain each award. Click on each of the below stages for more information and invidual outcomes:

STAGE 1

STAGE 2

STAGE 3

STAGE 4

STAGE 5

STAGE 6

STAGE 7

STAGE 8

STAGE 9

STAGE 10

As part of the syllabus, each of the 10 stages has a specific skill that, when completed, will see your child awarded their progress badge for that specific stage. This special skill is outlined clearly on each of the stages lists of individual outcomes.