Meet our teaching team!

  • Laura English
    Teacher
  • Dean Fouracre
    Teacher
  • Jenna Read
    Teacher
  • Claire Southworth – Swim Stars Founder

Claire Southworth

Claire is the founder of Swim Stars and has dedicated most of her life teaching children how to swim. Teaching swimming since 2005, starting Water Babies Gloucester 14 years ago and then Swim Stars Claire has spent more time in the water than on dry land. Claire has been a Swim England Educator since 2014 and her passion is for providing high quality swimming lessons, exceptional teachers and the joy of children learning a vital life skill means everything to her. One of Claire’s biggest achievements along with her husband, Steve, they managed to save a pool from being turned into a dance studio for the benefit of the community of Swindon. Now with a growing business and new pools in 2 more areas we can’t wait to see what the future brings… 😃

All our instructors are Level 2 qualified, lifeguard trained and DBS checked.

Laura English

Laura has 12 years teaching experience and is a Level 2 qualified teacher teaching all age groups.  A county swimmer with Tiger Sharks ASC in her youth, Laura took her passion for swimming and competing into her full time role.  After her passion for swimming, Laura is a keen netball player and plays in a local league as well as keeping fit regularly at her local  gym.

Dean Fouracre

Dean Fouracre has been a member of our teaching team since 2018. Dean has a wealth of experience, which he shares with our young swimmers. He is an Swim England  Level 2 qualified Teacher/Coach and has been teaching/coaching all age groups since 2006.

Dean’s passion is open water swimming which he does all year round. In the pool he prefers the shorter distances racing breaststroke although he has competed across all strokes.  He also enjoys the challenge of the 1 or 2 mile races in ‘open water’.  Dean teaches with Swim Stars on Monday and Thursday and is available for 1-2-1 coaching and also teaches at Swim Stars Holiday camps.

Dean also coaches at Swindon ASC and coaches Suzanna Hext who made her debut for TeamGB at the 2021 Paralympics in Tokyo.

Jenna Read

Jenna joined Swim Stars in 2018. She holds her Swim England level 2 qualification in teaching Swimming, lifeguarding, paediatric First Aid and safeguarding. Jenna has brought her passion and love for swimming into her teaching and as a competitive swimmer for Swindon Dolphins as a youth, she inspires our young swimmers to enjoy their lessons and makes learning fun.

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