Where proven expertise meets practical results
Meet the Experts Behind Your Success
Aquaequi is built by professionals who actively work in — and help shape — the industry.
Our team brings decades of combined experience across veterinary practice, physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, education, regulation, and quality assurance. We don’t teach in isolation from the real world — everything we do is grounded in live practice, current evidence, and professional accountability.
At the centre of Aquaequi is Grace Nattrass, Company Director, lead educator, and your primary point of contact throughout your learning journey. Grace combines deep clinical expertise with a calm, supportive teaching style that prioritises understanding over intimidation and standards over shortcuts.
Surrounding Grace is a carefully selected team of veterinary, educational, and quality-assurance specialists — each playing a defined role in protecting welfare, accuracy, and consistency across every course.
You’re not learning from generic content.
You’re learning from people who actively practise, examine, regulate, and mentor within the industry.
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Hours of Expert Training
Across the diploma programmes, students complete more than 380 hours of learning covering theory, clinical reasoning and rehabilitation planning.
Hours of Real Clinical Placement
Advanced diploma students gain 150 hours of supervised clinical hydrotherapy practice, building real-world experience with horses in rehabilitation and performance settings.
Weeks of Advanced Study
For higher-level qualifications
Only UK Provider
The only training provider in the UK licensed to deliver this recognised equine hydrotherapy qualification pathway.
Our Learning System: Learn, Master, Apply
A simple, supportive structure designed to take you from uncertain to confident.
1. Learn
Build a solid understanding of the fundamentals — clearly, confidently, and without overwhelm.
2. Master
Deepen your skills with expert, evidence-based guidance from Grace and the specialist team.
3. Apply
Confidently use your skills in real scenarios, supported with personalised feedback and ongoing encouragement.
Meet Our Team
Grace Nattrass
Company Director | Lead Educator | Standards Lead
How Grace supports your success
Grace ensures that your education is built on scrutiny, clarity, and professional accountability — not opinion or outdated practice.
With over ten years’ experience as a veterinary physiotherapist, equine hydrotherapist, canine hydrotherapist, lecturer, and examiner, Grace understands both the clinical realities of practice and the responsibility that comes with setting standards. Her leadership roles as past Chair of IRVAP and IEH, alongside ongoing board involvement, mean your training aligns with how competence is defined and recognised across the profession.
For you, this means:
Clear guidance on what good practice actually looks like
Confidence that what you’re learning stands up to professional scrutiny
Supportive, structured teaching that builds judgement — not just knowledge
Grace is also your primary point of contact, ensuring you are never navigating your learning alone.
Hannah Simpson
How Hannah strengthens your confidence
Hannah ensures everything you learn is evidence-led, current, and practically applicable.
A qualified veterinary physiotherapist with over five years’ experience and an MSc focused specifically on equine hydrotherapy, Hannah bridges the gap between academic research and real-world decision-making. She plays a key role in researching course content, developing learning materials, and working as an assessor — collaborating closely with the wider team to ensure assessments are authentic, relevant, and aligned with real clinical practice.
Hannah is also actively involved in supporting students through the assessment process, helping them understand expectations and achieve outcomes with confidence.
For you, this means:
Learning that reflects current science, not outdated myths
Clear explanations of why certain approaches are recommended
Assessments that genuinely reflect real-world professional standards
Support to help you confidently achieve and demonstrate your competence
Confidence that your knowledge will hold up in conversations with vets and peers
Hannah’s active role within professional bodies helps ensure your education — and its assessment — continues to evolve alongside the science and the profession.
Jenny Hindmarsh
Veterinary Lead | Clinical Accuracy & Ethics
Jenny ensures Aquaequi’s education aligns with veterinary ethics, clinical accuracy, and appropriate scope of practice.
As an equine veterinary surgeon with postgraduate clinical training, keen interest in acupuncture, and board-level involvement within the British Equine Veterinary Association, Jenny brings essential veterinary oversight to all veterinary-related teaching.
For you, this means:
Confidence that what you’re taught is clinically appropriate and ethical
Clear understanding of boundaries, referral, and collaboration with vets
Reassurance when working with owners, trainers, and insurers
Jenny’s role ensures you leave Aquaequi able to practise safely — and to communicate confidently within a veterinary-led framework.
Lucy Tucker
Internal Quality Assurer | Consistency & Real-World Application
Lucy safeguards the integrity of your qualification — and its value in the real world.
A Registered Veterinary Nurse with over ten years’ experience and a degree in Equine Sport Science, Lucy works actively within the industry while overseeing quality assurance across Aquaequi’s courses. She ensures assessment is fair, consistent, and rigorous — without losing sight of how skills must function in real settings.
For you, this means:
Become fully qualified and confident in equine hydrotherapy, expand your skills, and offer more services with clarity and credibility. All Courses
What this means
for you
Our role doesn’t stop at delivering education — it continues until you feel confident applying it in the real world.
At Aquaequi, we support you throughout your learning journey and beyond. Alongside your course, you’ll have access to Kickstarter Confidence Sessions — dedicated opportunities to book time with us whenever you need clarity, reassurance, or direction. These sessions are designed to support you with challenges related to the course, the wider profession, and the realities of working within the industry.
Whether you’re navigating complex cases, building professional confidence, or preparing to progress, continue, or set up your own business, we help you understand what’s required and how to apply your knowledge safely, appropriately, and confidently.
If additional support or specialist resources are needed, we don’t leave you guessing — we signpost you clearly, explain why they matter, and help you understand how to use them effectively. This level of guidance continues through graduation, so you’re not left unsupported once the qualification is complete.
As a result, you leave Aquaequi able to:
Apply your skills safely and appropriately in real-world settings
Explain and justify your decisions with confidence
Navigate professional challenges with informed support
Represent best practice within the industry
Move forward into employment, continued development, or business ownership with clarity and confidence
You don’t just leave with a qualification — you leave with the confidence, judgement, and ongoing support to use it properly.
