Industry partners’ statement on use of temporary ‘pop-up’ pools

The partners DO NOT currently endorse the use of 'pop-up pools' for the delivery of school swimming and water safety lessons.

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 and family use
• 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.

The statement includes: '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. The full statement can be read by clicking here.