Swim England Affiliation
Affiliation in Independent School Swimming: What It Means and Why It’s Growing
Independent Schools Swimming Index
A register of Independent Schools in England formally affiliated with Swim England or linked to established club programmes, helping parents identify schools offering structured, competitive swimming aligned with recognised national standards.
Plymouth College
Plymouth College offers one of the UK’s leading school based swimming programmes. Enabling talented athletes from all around the world to achieve exceptional results in the pool, along with an excellent education. An integrated approach supports each athlete through a successful programme established over two decades. Well established, highly competitive swimming programme, pupils who have progressed to become Olympic and World champions, as well as World, European and Commonwealth record holders and medallists, including Olympians Ben Proud & Laura Stevens
Devon
We provide an unparalleled, holistic support system tailored to the needs of high-performing young swimmers. This includes comfortable boarding accommodation and carefully planned nutrition designed to fuel athletic performance and recovery. Our extensive support staff features specialists in strength and conditioning, sports nutrition, physiotherapy, chiropractic care, sports psychology and sports science, all dedicated to optimising each pupil’s development.
Our swimmers benefit from access to exceptional training facilities. This includes the 10-lane 50m and 6-lane 25m pools at the Plymouth Life Centre, our own 5-lane 25m pool on the school campus. This extensive access underpins a comprehensive training schedule.
The programme offers 30 hours of high-performance swimming each week, strategically spread across 12 sessions held before, during and immediately after the school day. An additional 90 hours of swimming across the year complements this, creating one of the UK’s most thorough pool programmes. Essential land-based strength and conditioning work takes place in our on-site suite.
To support aspiring athletes, bursaries and swimming scholarships may be available and are considered on an individual basis, helping make this exceptional opportunity accessible.