Meet The Team

Georgia Hodgson

Georgia is a Level 2 STA swimming teacher and has been teaching for the last few years. Georgia has had lots of experience with club swimming as well as winning at county level. She believes the most important thing about learning to swim is having fun learning water safety and to never be scared.

All-time favourite stroke: Butterfly

Emily Ackroyd-Cooper

Emily began her working life as a primary school teacher, then went on to qualify as a level 2 STA swimming instructor in 2012. She’s been teaching children and adults ever since. A keen swimmer herself, she especially enjoys helping children overcome their fear of water and giving them a life long love of swimming.

All-time favourite stroke: Front crawl

Mandy Parfitt

Mandy has been teaching for over 17 years as a qualified STA level 2 instructor and taught from her previous home in NE Scotland and was a director of her family run swimming school business. She specialises in parent & child private lessons (8weeks+)

She is passionate about teaching adults with fears and weak swimmers who have struggled to progress. She likes to find the natural organic strokes of each individual and build confidence. Mandy also teaches all age groups and particularly enjoys parent and child teaching and has developed individual techniques for submersing babies.

Sue Tanner

Sue is an exceptional swim instructor, passionate about teaching both children and adults. She focuses on helping her students improve their strokes, build confidence, and progress with every lesson. With a dynamic and engaging approach, Sue ensures that each session is both fun and effective, creating a positive learning experience for swimmers of all ages.

Sheila Hodgson

Sheila has been an ASA level 2 swim teacher for over 16 years and a level 2 coach in swimming and triathlon for the past 8 years.The most important aspect on my teaching is to make it fun and achievable. I love teaching all ages from young swimmers to adults. All abilities from non swimmers through to regional swimmers and triathletes. Water safety/ confidence is a key life skill which stays with you forever.

All-time favourite stroke: Breaststroke

Julie Mitchell

Hi I’m Julie and I come from a school background. I was a teaching assistant at a primary school where I taught school swimming to years 3, 5 & 6. Through school I have taught many children who were anxious, non-swimmers and some that have never been in a pool before. Having the children gain confidence in the water, have fun and develop the ability to swim gives me a great sense of achievement. I feel swimming is an important life skill and everyone, young or old should have the chance to learn to swim.

I am a SEQ Level 2 swimming teacher and I used to be a club swimmer, played water polo and worked as a lifeguard.

All-time favourite strokes: Backstroke and Butterfly

Jordan Cameron

Jordan is a qualified STA Level 2 swimming instructor and has been teaching for almost two years. He's passionate about the entire journey of learning to swim: from helping nervous students overcome their water anxiety to refining the technique of stronger swimmers. My approach focuses on creating a supportive, fun, and engaging environment to helping students of all ages build confidence and develop strong, effective stroke mechanics.

Genevieve Turner

I'm Genevieve and I'm a Level 2 STA swim teacher. I've been combining my studies with teaching for over 6 years, and I have experience with swimmers of all ages! I believe the most important thing for swimmers (apart from water safety!) is to encourage learning through play when younger and to make swimming a fun and interesting activity, whatever their age or ability! Thank you and hopefully see you soon.

Audrey ToveyKhanna

With a career in swimming that began in 1985, Audrey brings decades of experience teaching and coaching children of all ages and abilities. From absolute beginners to confident swimmers, lessons are tailored to support each child’s progress, confidence and enjoyment in the water.

She spent 14 years as Head Swimming Coach and Community Swim Co-ordinator at Framlingham College Independent Day and Boarding School, delivering school swimming, small group lessons and private sessions, with a strong focus on technique, water confidence and safety.

Teaching swimming as a vital life skill remains at the heart of everything she does, with the same passion and commitment today as when she first began.

Sarah Whitehead

Sarah is an ASA level 1 and 2 qualified swim teacher and has been teaching swimming for 22 years. She believes in learning through play.

Sarah loves watching people grow in confidence through swimming and is passionate about making swimming inclusive for everybody despite ability. She tries to provide a fun environment where you can use your imagination to take you to new levels. ``Just keep swimming`` is her motto, swimming has always been something she was passionate about from a young age.

She's tried various swimming sports such as water polo and under water hockey.

Jo Knott

Jo is a Level 2 Swim England Swimming Teacher with over three years experience. She briefly swam competitively as a child and qualified as a swim teacher alongside her full time job a few years ago. She enjoys seeing swimmers become more confident and progress, fuelling their love for the activity.

All time favourite stroke: Breaststroke. Teaches: Tuesdays & Fridays.