Introduction to Interm swimming

The Department of Education meets the cost of instruction at Interm classes for all public primary students and private primary students in rural and remote areas. Parents are generally required to pay a fee, which covers transport and entry costs into the swimming centre. The program is also available to metropolitan private primary schools on a user pays basis.

The program is well supported by schools. In recent years approximately eighty percent of eligible public primary schools have participated in the program. Classes operate at approximately 100 country and 55 metropolitan locations, with 150 000 students enrolling in the program, more than 15 percent of them from private schools.

The links on the left of the page will take you to different parts of this site and to external sites relevant to the Interm swimming program.

Parents seeking general information on the structure of the Interm swimming program should click on Awards and Stages. Information on How to enrol and Locations can also be accessed from this site.
School or swimming staff that require information on the administration and operation of the program should click on Administrative Guidelines. Information on how to become a swimming instructor or how to apply for a teaching position in the Interm program can be obtained by clicking on the Swimming Teachers link.