Swimming Pool
During the past eight years, the whole school community has been actively involved in fundraising to replace our old school swimming pool. The fruits of our labours saw the opening of our new outdoor pool in the summer of 2020!
Without a moment's pause, we threw ourselves headlong into fundraising for showers and changing rooms, and we are delighted that these were installed during the summer of 2021 and are now fully operational.
For details of our long-awaited Pool Opening Ceremony and ‘Big Splash Week’ please click here.
Swimming Pool
The community swimming pool at the school - which was 50 years old - was no longer functional and the pool and the pool housing were finally demolished during the summer holidays of 2015.
After years of fundraising activities supported by the children, staff, parents, FOSS and the local community the project to start the building of a new pool began during February half term 2020!
We estimate that somewhere in the region of 100,000+ children in Chertsey have learned to swim in the Stepgates pool over the last five decades.
and the new pool provides the opportunity for children both at the school and in the wider community to acquire this life-saving skill and to improve the physical and mental health and well-being for the children of Stepgates and the local community.
Our fundraising efforts involved many governors, parents, staff, children and the wider community in activities, organising and supporting events, and we are grateful to them all especially Lucy Taylor and Gayle Naylor, all of whom have worked tirelessly towards the goal of building a new pool at Stepgates.
Thank you to everyone who has supported our fundraising efforts to date. We are delighted that we are once again able to offer swimming lessons as part of our school curriculum.
Changing Rooms & Showers
WE HAVE NEW CHANGING ROOMS & SHOWERS
Wednesday 23rd June 2021 saw the arrival of our new changing rooms, showers and toilets for the swimming pool.
It took some time, and a great deal of skill to lift the cabins off the truck and place them on site next to the pool.
They are now fully plumbed in and ready to welcome the children when swimming lessons begin in the warmer weather that the Spring Term will bring.
We are very grateful for the support and generosity of The Peter Harrison Foundation and Chertsey Combined Charities; without their help this project would still be a work in progress.
Such exciting news for our children!
Parent Teacher Association (FOSS) Fundraising
For further information on how using Easy Fundraising and Cash 4 Coins can help to raise vital funds for our school PTA (FOSS), please click here.