About Prouse Swim School
why us?
At Prouse Swim School we offer small class numbers allowing us to provide a personalised service. We love seeing our children progress through the levels and become not only confident swimmers but also confident children. Learning to swim is a life skill and it builds so much confidence is all aspects of a child’s life. Swimming lessons can assist with listening skills, turn taking and fine motor skills.
Owner Kerryn Prouse has a passion for teaching baby swimming, we encourage parents to start swimming lessons from 4 months of age. We offer an Aqua Bubs class which is a class designed from babies from 6 weeks of age and this is an exercise class for mum as well as an introduction to water for the babies.
our history
Prouse Swim School was originally opened in November 2014 by Jed and Becky Prouse during a gap year between finishing Year 12 and university. Jed and Becky were both experienced swim teachers, having taught swimming as an after-school job, so they created a Facebook page and advertised swimming lessons from their home pool on Golf Course Road. Numbers grew quickly and in 2016 a heat pump and enclosure was added to our pool so we could run lessons all year round. This allows for lessons in an outside pool when the weather is nice or an indoor pool when the weather is cold.
Both Jed and Becky now have careers away from swimming and their mum Kerryn has taken over the running of the swim school. Kerryn is a fully qualified teacher in swimming and water safety and is also a qualified infant and pre-school teacher. Prouse Swim School also employs an additional 20 staff members who are either Austswim or Swim Australia qualified teachers.
recognition & AWARDS
In 2024, Prouse Swim School were proud to be recognised as the National and Victorian Swim School of the Year (up to 1000 classes per week) at the annual Australian Swim Schools Association Conference. Prouse Swim School also received a Highly Commended for Marketing and Customer Service.
Prouse Swim School were recognised as finalists in the catergories of Best Medium Swim School in Marketing Promotion and Customer Service and in Team Innovation, Staff and Development and were proud to recieve a Highly Commended award in the latter.
In 2023, Prouse Swim School was nominated as finalists in two categories at the Swim Australia SWIMCON23 Conference. Kerryn and Laurie were proud for their business to be announced as the winner of Best Medium Swim School in Marketing, Promotion and Customer Service and for being recognised as a finalist in the SWIMSAFER Category.
Our Team
Kerryn Prouse
Kerryn is both owner and manager of Prouse Swim School and also a swimming teacher. Baby swimming is Kerryn’s passion, seeing children as young as two being able to return to the wall and pull themselves out of the pool always makes her smile. Kerryn believes swimming is a skill for life!
Lucy Roberts
Lucy has been a swimming teacher for 11 years and found her passion from her love of the water and swimming growing up. Lucy loves to see the children learning new skills, enjoying the water and believes that everyone should be given the chance to learn to swim. Lucy loves to go on adventures, chasing waterfalls and spending time with her partner.
Hailey Puls
Hailey has been a swimming teacher for almost 5 years, after starting at Prouse Swim School as an assistant when she was 15. Hailey loves working with kids and enjoys seeing them have fun, gain confidence in the water and learn a skill that will last a lifetime. Outside of the pool, Hailey has competed in gymnastics for 15 years and also plays football.
Nikiesha Pilgrim
Nikiesha is a busy mum of 3, passionate swim teacher and also manages the Goroke Pool over the summer period. Nikiesha has a passion for a child’s physical and neural development and loves when you have a breakthrough moment with a child who is nervous or scared. It’s the best feeling when you become a part of creating a love for water in that child, and then seeing the pride and relief in the parents face!
In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her boys!
Kim Fulcher
Kim has over 10 years experience as a swimming teacher and has met many good friends through swimming. Kim most enjoys seeing when a child tries to achieve what she has asked them to do and the excitement on their face when they achieve the goal.
Rochelle Walters
Seeing a student who is initially terrified of entering the pool advance to paddling and kicking on their own motivates Rochelle in her role as swimming teacher. Always a highlight is seeing the pride on a child’s face when they finally nail a somersault!
Gail Jenner
Gail has been a swimming teacher for more than 5 years and she loves to see her students gain confidence with their swimming lessons. Gail is a passionate swim teacher and in her own time she also loves to play golf.
Christine Dumesny
Christine has had a lifetime passion for swimming, including teaching, coaching swimmers and competing in Masters swimming competitions, both in the pool and the ocean. She returned to teaching in 2020 and enjoy watching the children master their water skills and develop a love of water activities. I particularly enjoy teaching the competitive strokes.
Pam Deckert
Pam has been teaching aqua aerobics for adults at Prouse Swim School since 2017 and in 2019 she also joined the swim teaching team.
Pam understands how important it is for children to learn to swim because there’s a lot of adventure to be had around rivers, lakes, dams and beaches. When we learn to swim we can enjoy the amazing water play Australia has to offer!
Breanne Mills
As a primary school teacher for 20 years, Breanne has also recently started working at Prouse Swim School as a Swim Teacher as she was ready for a new challenge. She loves working with children and finds it wonderful to see a child achieve a new skill. Breanne is a St Kilda Supporter and in her spare time, she enjoys reading crime novels and spending time with her family, watching her children play tennis, netball and hockey.
Aleece Beddison
Aleece has been an assistant swimming teacher since around the middle of 2022 and finished her swim teachers course in 2023. Aleece loves coming to Prouse Swim School each week as it brings such a warm friendly environment that everyone can enjoy and be a part of. Aleece enjoys playing sport and in her spare time loves to play netball, basketball or go to the gym.
Grady McCourt
Grady started with Prouse Swim School in 2023 and is now a qualified swim instructor. He loves interacting with the children and helping them learn an essential life skill which is swimming. Grady is enjoying all aspects of his job and cannot wait to see how the children grow as confident swimmers. Grady’s hobbies are going to the gym, swimming and socialising with his friends.
Chloe Reinheimer
Chloe has been working as an assistant swim teacher since 2022 and has recently become a qualified swimming instructor. Growing up with a pool in her backyard, she was always in the water and enjoyed swimming lessons. Chloe loves seeing children learn to swim and the joy on their faces. In her spare time she enjoys netball, basketball, tennis and water skiing.
Larnie Kalms
Larnie has been an assistant teacher at Prouse Swim School since April 2023. Larnie wanted to become an assistant teacher as she enjoys working with children and helping them learn such an important life skill. She loves watching the kids get excited for their lessons and seeing how much they improve each week. In her spare time, Larnie loves shopping and spending time with her family and friends.
Lexy Wade
Lexy started as an assistant at Prouse Swim School since mid 2022 as she wants to become a swimming teacher to help children learn to swim confidently by themselves. She loves helping the kids and watching their skills develop overtime. Lexy loves to water ski on the weekends and she also enjoys playing netball and spending time with her family and friends.
Kynan Stasinowsky
Kynan started as an assistant at Prouse Swim School in November 2022 and completed his swim teachers course at the end of 2023. Kynan used to swim competitively and wanted to continue to use his skills which is why he became a swim teacher. He enjoys the challenges and break through that each lesson brings. Kynan is a state level athlete in athletics and umpired in the 15 & Under AFL championships representing Victoria. He also enjoys surfing, football and solving rubix cubes.
Tess Wilson
Tess started as an assistant at Prouse Swim School in 2023 and completed the swim teachers course at the end of 2023. She decided to become a swim teacher as she has always loved swimming and enjoys working with the kids. Tess was a competitive swimmer and has competed at regionals. In her spare time, Tess enjoys playing netball and spending time with her family and friends.
Lauren Wiggins
Lauren started working in the Prouse Swim School office in 2023 assisting Kerryn with customer service and social media. Lauren completed her swim teachers course at the end of 2023 after realising she has a passion and appreciation for the impact swim teachers have on the lives of children, especially after watching her son Hudson start swimming lessons this year. It’s incredibly rewarding seeing their confidence and trust grow. Outside of work, Lauren likes to spend time with her family and friends, explore the Grampians and read!
Jaylen Benbow
Jaylen started working as an assistant swim teacher in 2024. She is enjoying learning new things every time she is in the pool and loves to connect with new people and work with kids. Outside of school and work, Jaylen plays basketball and netball and she was honoured to play in the U17 State Titles team - it was the most fun she has ever had!
Jordi Laurie
Jordi became an assistant swim teacher in early 2024 when the opportunity presented itself. Her favourite thing about the role is what she learns each week and interacting with the kids and celebrating their achievements.
Outside of school and work, Jordi enjoys playing netball for Taylors Lake,
Zarli McAneney
Zarli joined the team at Prouse Swim School in March 2024. She decided she wanted to become a swim teacher as she enjoys swimming and to help others learn. She loves helping the children and seeing their faces when they learn something new.
Outside of swimming, Zarli enjoys spending time with her partner and her puppy.
Laurie Prouse
Laurie is the resident handyman and pool boy at Prouse Swim School. He is also Kerryn’s supportive husband!
Sophie Harrison
Sophie became a qualified swimming teacher in 2023 as it has been a passion and dream of hers for many years to become an instructor. As a child, she was a waterbaby and has always loved to swim. Sophie loves to spend time with her family, She is also a hairdresser of 14 years.
Ellie Baldock
Ellie loves to see her students become more confident and realise they can do things that they couldn't before - gaining confidence with submersions is her favorite! “Swimming such an important skill! It is so much fun, great exercise and means that your children will be able to enjoy other water-based activities knowing that their risk of drowning has been lowered.”
Emily Donnell
Emily became a swimming instructor in 2020 after discovering her passion when helping at her children's school swimming programs. Emily loves teaching swimming as she gets to see the joy and excitement on kids faces when they achieve new skills and the feeling of knowing she helped them achieve it. Outside of the pool, Emily loves spending time with her family on the farm and watching her three children play sports.
Emma Robinson
Emma became a swim teacher in 2020 after doing swimming lessons with her son and loving being in the pool with him. Emma believes learning to swim is learning a skill that is extremely important. You never know when you might be in a position where knowing how to swim could save your life or the life of someone else. Plus swimming is super fun! For Emma, nothing beats the smiles on the student’s faces when they achieve something new and exciting!
Bianca Borgelt
Bianca started swim teaching in 2022 after watching her sons lessons and realising it was something she could see herself doing. Bianca grew up always around water in summer and competing in swimming carnivals. She loves seeing the confidence grow in each child from lesson to lesson and their excitement when they nail a skill. Bianca loves spending time with her family, adventuring on their farm and she is a huge Robbie Williams fan!
Alexis Bone
Alexis started assistant swim teaching in 2022 as she loves the water and she wanted to have the skills and knowledge to teach children to swim, including her younger siblings. Alexis has since commenced her teaching course and is looking forward to teaching her own students when she is qualified. She loves to see the smiles on the children’s faces when they accomplish a new skill or goal and enjoying the water safely.
Charlotte Donnell
Charlotte became an assistant swim teacher in 2022, following in the footsteps of her mum, Emily! Charlotte loves to swim herself, so she thought assistant teaching would be a great opportunity to help other children learn while also having fun. Outside of the pool, Charlotte loves to bake, play sports and go swimming with her friends and family.
Violet Moloney
Violet started working as an assistant swim teacher at the start of 2024 after a friend suggested it to her. Violet has always enjoyed swimming and being in the water. Violet says her favourite part about being an assistant swim teacher is seeing the children's skills and confidence grow each lesson. Outside of work and school, Violet enjoys paddleboarding with her friends and walking her dog.
Nellie Nossack
Nellie started working as an assistant swim teacher mid 2024 as she liked the thought of being able to help children improve their swimming skills. Nellie enjoys assistant swim teacher as all the kids are nice and willing to learn.
Nellie likes to play netball in the winter and her favourite food is lamingtons.