CV Life, the biggest provider of swimming lessons for schools in Coventry, is utilising a new software designed to simplify the administrative aspects of school swimming lessons.
It is believed Swimphony will reduce paperwork and improve the efficiency of managing swimming programmes across CV Life’s centres.
Swimphony is a cloud-based platform that allows schools and swimming instructors to easily coordinate lesson schedules, track pupils’ progress, and monitor attendance. It provides a centralised solution for teachers to access information, saving time and effort previously spent on manual data entry.
The software also allows instructors to generate reports and track skill development, giving both schools and parents better insight into the children’s progress. Swimphony’s digital approach means that communication between CV Life and participating schools is faster and more straightforward, ensuring that everyone involved has the most up-to-date information.
CV Life hopes that this modernisation will enhance the experience of school swimming lessons, ultimately enabling more focus on the children’s learning and less on administrative processes.
Faye James, Aquatic Business Development Manager, said: “We’re really excited to have launched Swimphony.
“As a system it makes the admin side of school swimming lessons so much simpler – before, instructors and teachers often spent more time manually tracking progress than the children actually do in the pool!”
It is hoped the system will not only improve user experience of existing partner schools, but will also be a way to encourage new schools to join CV Life and even entice schools who have left CV Life to seek alternative swimming arrangements.
The latter is a pertinent point, with several Coventry schools in the area taking the decision to make short term hires of controversial onsite pop-up-pools in order to save money by removing the need for transport.
However, these pools are unable to provide the same all-round experience children get when attending a centre, and Swim England have released a statement saying they do not endorse the use of such pools.
The organisation’s statement refers to concerns around safety, cleanliness of the water and potential issues with access.
A statement on Swim England’s website reads: “More and more of these pools are in operation across the country, particularly for the delivery of school swimming and water safety lessons.
“Often these types of pools are designed for domestic, family use and concerns remain about their ability to meet health and safety requirements when used in a commercial setting with a massively increased number of pool users.
“Whilst our organisations want to see access to opportunities to learn to swim widened for more children to benefit from, the safety and wellbeing of all participants must be the number one priority.
“For this reason, at this stage, Swim England, the Swimming Teachers’ Association and Swim Wales do not endorse the use of ‘pop-up pools’ for the delivery of school swimming and water safety lessons.”
Read the full statement here.