The ASA Awarding Body

The ASA is the National Governing Body for diving, open water swimming, swimming, synchronised swimming and water polo in England and Wales. All asa qualifications are recognised throughout Great Britain and in many other countries. The asa is the major training organisation for teachers and coaches for the aquatic disciplines.

In order to comply with national education and training standards the asa has developed two separate and independent arms – the ASA Awarding Body and the Institute of Swimming (IoS) which represent the awarding and delivery channels for all asa qualifications.

The ASA Awarding Body develops, assesses, awards and quality assures all asa qualifications.  Many of these are recognised by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) as being of an appropriate standard and quality in order to attract public funding.  Therefore candidates may be able to receive a grant towards training costs – further information on this should be available from your local Learning and Skills Council. 

The Awarding Body is the equivalent of other awarding bodies such as City & Guilds and OCR (Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations).  The ASA Awarding Body is licensed by British Swimming to award UKCC qualifications in England and Wales.  It also has the remit for quality assurance of all areas of UK Coaching Certificate (UKCC) standards.

Please see the links below for areas which fall under the remit of the ASA Awarding Body.