Swimming Prospectus 2023-2024

EXTENSIVE
COACHING
EXPERIENCE
EMMA
COLLINGS-BARNES
Director of Swimming
PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENT
“MOUNT KELLY SWIMMING COMBINES EXCELLENCE IN THE
POOL WITH EXCELLENCE IN THE CLASSROOM. IT IS THE
COMPLETE INTEGRATION OF THE TWO THAT MAKES MOUNT
KELLY SUCH A SPECIAL ENVIRONMENT.”
Mount Kelly Swimming began in 1978 with a 4-lane 25m pool
and one local girl, Sharron Davies, who had already competed at
the 1976 Olympics. Fast forward four decades to 2016 and the
opening of our 8-lane 50m pool which has allowed the programme
to expand, attracting top level athletes to the School.
The fierce determination and ambition of our swimmers reaches
beyond the pool and into the classroom, where many of our
top swimmers work towards places at some of the UK’s best
universities or gain full scholarships to universities elsewhere in the
world.
The coaching team, led by Director of Swimming, Emma Collings-
Barnes, is made up of highly qualified and enthusiastic individuals
offering a range of coaching skills to suit athletes at every level.
In recent years Mount Kelly has won the National Arena League
twice, finished as Top Club at the British Summer Championships
and placed a number of swimmers on international teams.
We believe that pupils in the swimming squads at Mount Kelly
truly embrace our ethos and regularly demonstrate our core values
of Courage, Commitment, Compassion, Humility, Respect and
Integrity.