Rebecca attended sixth form at Droitwich Spa High School where she studied A Levels in Maths, Business, and Psychology, and has subsequently graduated from the University of Worcester with an honours degree in Primary Initial Teacher Education.

In September 2019, Rebecca's life started a major cycle of change when she discovered she was pregnant, and in fact had been in the early stages of pregnancy when winning World Championship gold in London.

Alongside her successes in the pool, Rebecca has undertaken a significant programme of voluntary work throughout Worcestershire schools and societies, generally meeting with children under her strapline of "Inspiring the current and next generations".

In the 2024 King's Birthday Honours, Rebecca was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to young people and to the community in Worcestershire,[1] her investiture being conducted by the Prince Of Wales at Windsor Castle in November 2024.

On 3 May 2016 Rebecca made her international debut at the 2016 IPC Swimming European Championships in Funchal, Portugal, claiming a silver medal and narrowly missing out on gold to Elena Krawzow (Germany) by 0.02 seconds.

[11] In June 2022, Rebecca attended the ParaSwimming World Championships in Funchal where she swam the SB13 100m Breaststroke achieving a bronze medal after placing third behind Coleen Young and Elena Krawzow.

Although she was not able to better the championship record that she set in London in 2019, her time of 1:15.01 was enough to take gold and reclaim her title of World Champion, beating Coleen Young into second place.

[12] In September 2024, Rebecca swam for the first time alongside her brother Matthew as they competed together in the mixed 4x100 VI Freestyle Relay, finishing 4th and breaking the British record by over 4 seconds.