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Welcoming you back!
We’re so excited to start welcoming pupils back to Swim School! As your safety is of upmost importance to us, we have made a number of changes in line with Government and National Governing Body guidance, along with enhanced hygiene measures, to ensure your visits are as safe as possible.
To find out if your local pool has restarted swimming lessons, enter your location into the green box above and click on the checkbox 'Only show locations with current availability'. Unfortunately there are some locations and types of lessons that are unable to return yet. A list of suspended lessons can be found below and we are working hard to resume our full range of lessons as soon as possible.
We have also been working hard whilst we have been closed to make some additional exciting changes to how our lessons are delivered and the way our classes are structured. These changes allow for our lessons to be as fun and more progressive than ever before and your journey with us far easier.
Please ensure to read our frequently asked questions for the most up-to-date information on the new protocols. Your cooperation, along with the safety measures and all the efforts from our swim teachers, will help keep your visit safer, better and stronger than ever.
The below video details the safety procedures we’ve put in place, what you can do to prepare for your swimming lesson, and what to expect while you’re there.
What are the key changes?
- A new Customer Journey ensuring that we manage the flow of customers through the building and during and after lessons enabling social distancing.
- A new delivery model that ensures our lessons are safe, progressive and fun for all children taking part.
- Enhanced cleaning measures throughout the centre.
- A new syllabus with more rounded outcomes that celebrates pupil’s achievements as well an increased focus on developing water safety skills ensuring we catch up on the time children have missed out of the pool during the shut down period.
- A reduced number of different classes. Pupils will be ability grouped and taught by a team of teachers to ensure progression whilst making your journey with us far simpler. Pupils achieving awards won’t mean having to change times or days on a regular basis!
- A clearer talent pathway enabling pupils to progress along towards becoming the best swimmer they can
How have you made lessons COVID-19 Safe?
Whilst we are comfortable that Chlorine treated water is one of the safest environments for our pupils, we have also ensured that our lessons follow Government and industry guidance and that the whole customer journey and environment is safe for our pupils, parents and teachers. The key changes we have made are:
- All lessons have staggered start times to reduce the number of people in areas of the centre.
- Introduction of Lead Swimming Teachers responsible for making all lessons COVID-19 Secure.
- All Swimming Teachers will deliver from poolside for all swimming lessons.
- All swimming lesson equipment is disinfected before, during and after all lessons.
- All swimming lesson capacities have been designed to ensure that all pupils can take part in lessons safely
- Swimming lesson activities have been reviewed to ensure we can teach a broad range of skills while ensuring COVID-19 Secure measures are maintained
OUR NEW CLASSES & ABILITY GROUPS
Following customer research and insight from our experience of running the UK’s largest Swim School, our National team of Industry experts and tutors have been developing a new framework designed to make our lessons more progressive, provide a stronger foundation in Water safety and enhance the customer journey to ensure accessing good quality swimming lessons becomes easier and doesn’t require you to have to continually change your weekly time table as pupils progress.
We have created a simpler set of classes, which will be led by a Lead Teacher, each class will contain ability groups which will each have a Qualified Swimming Teacher ensuring that each lesson meets the needs of the pupils in that group and increase the amount of ‘Active Learning’ time. Our Lead Teacher will also be tracking the progress of each pupil to ensure they can develop against the achievement criteria of each group.
All our current customers have been moved across to the relevant new class, each pupil will then the assessed to ensure they are placed in a suitable ability group within that class. We are conscious that many of our pupils will have not had lessons for nearly 6 months and our primary focus over the opening weeks of our programme is that their reintroduction to swimming lessons is a safe and enjoyable one.
Our priority is to ensure your child learns to be safe in and around water, developing their skills and strokes to become confident in achieving their milestones. Our new programme focuses on a set of achievements linked to a set of skills and distances achieved which are natural and progressive milestones for every child to become the best swimmer possible. Below is an outline of our new classes and ability groups:
Foundation
Previously known as:
Stage 1, 2, 3 (Wave 1, 2, 3 in Cardiff)
Description:
Teaching pupils the essential swimming skills to ensure they learn to be safe in and around water. Learning the basic techniques for all 4 strokes, achieving 10metre on Front Crawl and Backstroke by the end of their Green milestones.
Ability Groups:
Red, Amber and Green
Development
Previously known as:
Stage 4, 5, 6, 7 (Wave 4, 5, 6, 7 in Cardiff)
Description:
Teaching pupils advanced swimming skills, developing their techniques on all 4 strokes to create efficient and effective swimmers. Lessons focus on a wide range of skills across all aquatic sports. Pupils will learn basic water survival and rescue skills as part of the milestone awards. Here we will also work with other partner clubs to assess each pupils ability to progress in talent pathways.
Ability Groups:
Bronze, Silver and Gold
Academy
Previously known as:
Stage 8, 9, 10 (Rookie Lifeguard and Swim Skills in Cardiff)
Description:
Supporting and developing your child to achieve their own person goals in the pool. Setting personal targets related to challenge award in fitness swimming, personal survival and junior lifesaving and other aquatic sports. Here we will continue to work with other partner clubs to assess each pupils ability to progress in talent pathways should they choose to.
Ability Groups:
Lifesaving
Talent Lanes

Introducing our New Lead Teachers
As part of our new programme you will see the introduction of our Lead Teachers. Every pool will have a designated Lead Teacher who is responsible for planning fun and progressive lessons and ensuring that your child achieves as much as they can.
Lessons that are still suspended
Unfortunately due to our current measures the following lessons are not restarting yet, we are however working hard to ensure they can commence soon
- Swimbies
- Pre School
- Adults
Why Choose Us?
We are the largest provider of swimming lessons in the UK. Across the country, we help over 135,000 people learn to love the water and keep active, by becoming capable and confident swimmers.
Available at over 130 locations, we have designed our swim school programme to be flexible and affordable, with prices starting from as little as £3 per lesson (dependent on location). What's more, your children or you will be taught by experienced, qualified teachers.
Whether your children are beginners or you're wanting to build your confidence in the pool, we cater for all levels of ability and will help them progress in the world of water.
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