description / prerequisite	class level	skills that will be taught
Foundation Duckling Awards
Babies and toddlers between 3 months and 5 years old accomanied in the water with a parent or guardian	D1	Water confidence for ages 3 - 15 months
	D2	Water confidence for ages 16 - 30 months
	D3	Water confidence for ages 31 months - 4 years
	D4/5	Basic traveling techniques for 4 - 5 years
Non Swimmers
Children from 5 years upwards	1	Development of water confidence without parent or guardian. Travelling in the water with the use of floats or suitable aids.
	2	Confident in the water without aids. Introduction and development of a range of basic skills. Traveling using a variety of stroke kicking actions without aids.
Beginners
Children aged from 5 years upwards who are able to swim 5m and/or have passed Level 2	3	Further skills including jumping into the water and submerging. Introduction of correct breathing technique and breaststroke and alternating leg action.
	4	Introduction of new skills including sculling and retrieving objects from the pool floor and further stroke development
Improvers
Can swim 10m on both front and back using recognised stroke and has passed Level 4.	5	New skills including treading water and pushing from the side with correct technique. Further development of front crawl breaststroke and backstroke technique.
	6	Surface diving, swimming underwater and retrieving objects. Swimming full stroke front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke.
Can swim 25m front crawl or breaststroke and 10m of backstroke and has passed Level 6.	7	New skills include straddle jump entry into water and forward somersault. Swimming 20m in each of the three main strokes using correct leg technique.
	8	Skills already learned are further developed with rotation skills being introduced. All main strokes are further developed over a 25m distance with pupils swimming 50m using a preferred stroke.
Advanced
Can swim 50m of one of the three main strokes and has passed Level 8.	9	Further development of strokes and skills. Introduction of correct turns to ASA rules.
	10	Enhanced skills in treading water and completion of a circuit. Swimming three main strokes using appropriate turns. Swimming 150m continuously.
Can swim 50m in two strokes showing efficient technique, and 25m on one other main strokes showing efficient technique and has passed Level 10.	11	Advanced skills including treading water for 1 minute. Introduction of competitive swimming strokes, land based training and improved turning techniques.
	12	Advanced competitive skills including racing starts for three main strokes. Advanced stroke development preparing pupils for entry into swimming clubs.