Beginner 1

• Complete Beginners
• No or few previous swimming lessons
• Flotation Devices necessary
• Age 4 minimum

Beginner 2

• Have had some previous swimming lessons
• Able to propel themselves in the water with flotation devices (e.g. armbands)
• Blowing bubbles
• Can attempt a star float on their back and front
• Moving through the water up to 5m with flotation devices

Beginner 3

• Comfortable putting face in the water, blowing bubbles
• Working towards long stretched legs on front and back
• Able to achieve a streamline (flat and straight) body position on front and back
• Reducing flotation aids used for independent swimming
• Can attempt breaststroke legs and arms

Improvers 1

• Can swim 5 – 10m out of their depth without flotation devices
• Using flotation devices to improve technique only
• Attempting fullstroke backcrawl and frontcrawl with no aids
• Attempting side breathing
• Developing breaststroke technique 

Improvers 2

• Can swim 10m unaided
• Improving timing of arms, legs and breathing of front crawl
• Improving timing of arms and legs for backcrawl
• Threading water with no aids
• Introducing butterfly

Improvers 3

• Can swim 10 – 20m frontcrawl breathing to the side
• Can swim 10 – 20m backcrawl arms and legs
• Developing butterfly
• Improving overall stroke technique, breathing and timing