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Broom Swim School

broom swim school

5.0(47)

Warwickshire

Broom Swim School is a privately run family business, based in the gardens of The Grange and is run by Sallie and Alice Walters. The team at Broom always maintain the best standards of teaching and cleanliness, with organised, efficient and professional staff. Broom also has the warmest water locally, set at a balmy 31.5°C. The story of Broom Swim School starts in 1975 when Sallie’s parents, David and Gillian Burden, moved to The Grange and discovered, within it’s overgrown garden, an ornamental Victorian fish pond, complete with pondweed, fish and frogs! Having fished out all the occupants, the pond was converted into an outdoor family swimming pool. In 1986 Sallie returned from London and its office jobs to start up her own business. Having always been a very keen swimmer, competing for the Avon Neptunes in Stratford, Worcester City and various school clubs. Sallie took her ASA Preliminary Teachers Certificate at Crystal Palace, and spent the summer teaching locals, relatives and other unsuspecting people to swim in the family’s outdoor pool. The old wood sheds were converted into changing rooms, and ever eager punters had to race across the lawn, towel in hand, to plunge into the relatively warm water. Once Sallie was fully qualified as an ASA Level 2 Teacher and RLSS Lifeguard, the pool was enclosed within a wooden, log cabin style building. The official opening day was on Saturday 2nd April 1988, when more than 250 people tramped around the pool house and garden, and more importantly, booked lessons and sessions in the pool. In 2009 Sallie’s eldest daughter, Alice, started to work at the Swim School part-time as a fully qualified lifeguard. A keen and competitive swimmer herself, she swam at competition level for Stratford Sharks and school, and then qualified as an ASA Level Two Swimming Teacher. Alice’s love of sports led her to study Sport & Social Sciences at the University of Bath, and after a stint working in London for the 2012 Olympic Organising Committee, she found herself being drawn back to Warwickshire life. Alice now works full-time at the Swim School teaching and running the office with Sallie; and has become the third generation involved in the family business, alongside Sallie’s brother Angus Burden who is our Head of Maintenance. In November 2017, Broom Swim School was honoured and thrilled to be awarded “Swim School Of The Year” at the National Swim England Awards held at Birmingham University. The award means the world to us and our team, and we have dedicated this to the late David and Gillian Burden, without whom there would be no swimming in the garden at Broom.

Aqua Protec

aqua protec

Redditch

Experienced Aqua Protec are widely recognised as specialists in Water Hygiene and Water Treatment having provided legionella control and associated provisions to clients from various sectors since 1990. Located in the heart of Worcestershire, Aqua Protec provide services Nationwide to a variety of sectors. We specialise in the needs of Healthcare facilities ranging from large NHS Trusts to small, privately-owned care homes. Additionally, Aqua Protec actively services contracts for Councils, Universities, Hotels, Retail Outlets and Industrial Properties across the UK. Qualified Our competent team comprises of personnel qualified and experienced in: Microbiology, Chemistry, Engineering, Plumbing, Risk Assessment, Health and Safety, Education and Software Engineering. Using this varied skillset, Aqua Protec have capacity to provide water system solutions, bespoke to your needs to minimise the risk of infection from waterborne pathogens. Compliance Aqua Protec’s services are provided in line with current legislative requirements and guidelines. Aqua Protec provide a range of services to combat the risks posed by waterborne pathogens; Legionella pneumophila, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli and Coliform bacteria and other ESKAPE pathogens. Solutions In today’s environment it is regularly taken for granted that buildings in the UK have a water supply that is fresh, clean and suitable for use. This is very often not the case. Water systems that are in a poor state of general repair, those that operate at unsuitable temperatures or those that have been badly designed can become a breeding ground for potentially harmful bacteria. Aqua Protec specialise in consultancy, pre-planned maintenance and mechanical engineering utilising a combination of experience and technical advancements to provide cost effective, competent solutions for all. Assurance Aqua Protec maintains a portfolio of accreditations and registration with professional bodies. We believe that regular auditing and monitoring of our processes and performance encourages improvement and progression.

King Charles I School

king charles i school

Worcestershire.

We are proud of our school; it has a very long heritage and a very bright future. The foundation of our school is an old one. We are the only secondary school, in the United Kingdom, to bear the name of King Charles I. Although he gave us our charter in 1636, the foundation was established by Thomas Blount, esq., Lord of the Manor of Kidderminster, some 70 years earlier. A document dated 1609 describes the origins of the school. Various lands acquired by the Parish Church of St. Mary and All Saints as investments were confiscated by the State during the Protestant Reformation and early in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Roger Maunsell of Pedmore purchased them. He levied penal rents and following an appeal from the tenants to the Lord of the Manor, Thomas Blount bought the lands and arranged in 1566 that the rents should be used to endow a free grammar school in Kidderminster “for the instruction of youth in good letters and manners”. In the 1630s an inquiry was held into the administration of the endowments and as a result of this the charter was granted by King Charles I in 1636. This charter which was part of one given to the town, laid down the manner in which the school should be run and lasted over 200 years. From 1566 to 1848 the School was carried out in the Chantry of the Parish church of St Mary and All Saints although it was not a chantry school. In 1848 the school moved to the site known as Woodfield on Bewdley Road. In the mid-nineteenth century King Charles I School, like most other ancient schools in England, was reorganised under schemes devised by the endowed schools commissioners and the charity commissioners to meet an increasing demand for secondary education in which england seemed to have fallen woefully behind other european countries. In 1902 the school became ‘grant aided’ within Worcestershire County Council; this status was continued as ‘voluntary aided’ until after 1944. In order to provide finance for accommodation thought necessary in the late 1950’s the school became ‘voluntary controlled’ in 1958 and remained as such up to April, 2012 when it became an academy.