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School Holiday Lessons

 

During the school holidays, we offer a variety of swimming courses and lessons to develop swimming skills in a fun environment. 

Available for young people and adults, we offer 1-2-1 / Private bubble & group week intensive courses, 1-2-1 / Private bubble Pay as You Go lessons and group Pay as You Go lessons. These intensive courses are ideal for building water confidence and swimming technique at a quicker rate to weekly lessons.

Options vary from Beginners to Stage 7, stroke clinics, learn to dive, starts and turns, distance practice swims - dependent on pool and instructor availability for each holiday period.

Our programme offers:

• A fun, friendly and safe learning environment 
• Small class sizes
• Qualified Level 2 instructors for every class 
• Equipment provided throughout

How to book

Our School holiday programme is available to current and new customers on a first come, first served basis.

To book please contact our Front of House team on +44 (0)115 74 87000. Please be advised when enquiring, availability is subject to change as we are continuously taking bookings. Spaces can only be guaranteed with payment.

Weekday mornings Group crash courses and pay as you go lessons

Our week intensive courses (Monday-Friday) are a great way to boost you or your child's swimming progress! Monday to Friday we offer a variety of options to develop new skills and improve your technique. Available to current and new customers on a first come first served basis.

We will be offering the option to either pay for a week intensive course or pay as you go and choose the days you would like to attend.

For the Adult courses, swimmers must be 14 years and above:

• Adult Beginners - for swimmers with no water confidence who would like to learn to swim

For the Junior courses, children must be 4.5 years and above:

• Beginners - for swimmers with no water confidence who would like to learn to swim
• Foundation - for swimmers who can confidently submerge under the water for 10 seconds, float on Front and Back with a woggle for 10 seconds and demonstrate Front Crawl, Backstroke and Breaststroke kick with a woggle for 5m
• Stage 1 - for children who can kick 5m Front Crawl with floats, 5m Backstroke with floats and 5m Breaststroke on their back with floats, confidently submerge under the water and float on their front and back with no aids for 10 seconds
• Stage 2/Stage 3 - for children who can swim 2m Front Crawl, 5m Backstroke kick unaided and 5m Breaststroke kick on front with floats  
• Breaststroke clinic deep water – for children who can demonstrate 5m Breaststroke kick (Stage 3, 4 and 5 swimmers); offers a detailed stroke analysis and development 
• Learn to dive – for children confident in deep water who can swim 50m; introduces and develops diving technique
• Teenagers 1 - for swimmers 9 - 15 years old with no water confidence who would like to learn to swim 

Monday 29th July - Friday 2nd August 2024 - £35 for 5 days or pay as you go for £8 a lesson

Time	Stage	Instructor
08.30-09.00	Beginners	Aimee S
09.00-09.30	Foundation	Aimee S
09.30-10.00	Stage 2/ Stage 3	Aimee S
10.00-10.30	Adult Beginners	Aimee S
10.30-11.00	Stage 1	Aimee S
11.00-11.30	Breaststroke Clinic Deep water	Aimee S

 

Monday 5th - Friday 9th August 2024 - £35 for 5 days or pay as you go for £8 a lesson

Time	Stage	Instructor
08.30-09.00	Beginners	Jo
09.00-09.30	Foundation	Jo
09.30-10.00	Stage 2/ Stage 3	Jo
10.00-10.30	Adult Beginners	Jo
10.30-11.00	Stage 1	Jo
11.00-11.30	Breaststroke Clinic Deep water	Jo
11.30-12.00	Learn to dive

 

Monday 12th - Friday 16th August 2024 - £35 for 5 days or pay as you go for £8 a lesson

Time	Stage	Instructor
08.30-09.00	Beginners	Megan C
09.00-09.30	Foundation	Megan C
09.30-10.00	Stage 2/ Stage 3	Megan C
10.00-10.30	Adult Beginners	Megan C
10.30-11.00	Stage 1	Megan C
11.00-11.30	Teenagers 1	Megan C
11.30-12.00	Beginners	Megan C
12.00-12.30	Breaststroke Clinic Deep water	Megan C

 

Monday 19th - Friday 23rd August 2024 - £35 for 5 days or pay as you go for £8 a lesson

Time	Stage	Instructor
08.30-09.00	Beginners	Megan C
09.00-09.30	Foundation	Megan C
09.30-10.00	Stage 2/ Stage 3	Megan C
10.00-10.30	Adult Beginners	Megan C
10.30-11.00	Stage 1	Megan C
11.00-11.30	Teenagers 1	Megan C
11.30-12.00	Beginners	Megan C
12.00-12.30	Breaststroke Clinic Deep water	Megan C

 

Tuesday 27th - Friday 30th August 2024 - £28 for 4 days or £35 for 5 days or pay as you go for £8 a lesson

Time	Stage	Instructor
08.30-09.00	Beginners	Aimee S
09.00-09.30	Foundation	Aimee S
09.30-10.00	Stage 2/ Stage 3	Aimee S
10.00-10.30	Adult Beginners	Aimee S
10.30-11.00	Stage 1	Aimee S
11.00-11.30	Breaststroke Clinic Deep water	Aimee S

 

Group PAYG (pay as you go) lessons - Tuesday evenings

Over the summer we will be offering a flexible pay as you go option for group lessons. All spaces will be sold on a first come first served basis.

The instructors will vary from week to week:

• Tuesday 30th July, 6th & 27th August 2024 - Olivia
• Tuesday 13th & 20th August 2024 - Alyssa S

Please see the timetable below.

£8 per lesson

Time	Stage
16.00-16.30	Beginners
16.30-17.00	Stage 1
17.00-17.30	Foundation
17.30-18.00	Beginners
18.00-18.30	Stage 2/Stage 3
18.30-19.00	Stage 3 deep water
19.00-19.30	Stage 4/Stage 5
19.30-20.00	Adult Beginners

 

Early years PAYG (pay as you go) lessons

Over the summer we will be offering a flexible pay as you go option for the Early years lessons. All spaces will be sold on a first come first served basis.

Olivia will be delivering the lessons on the following dates: Sunday 4th August, 18th August, and 1st September 2024.

Please see the timetable of lessons below.

£8 per lesson

Times	Stage
09.00-09.30	Early years 4
09.30-10.00	Early years 3
10.00-10.30	Early years 1
10.30-11.00	Early years 2
11.00-11.30	Early years 5
11.30-12.00	Early years 4
12.00-12.30	Early years 2
12.30-13.00	Early years 3

 

1-2-1 / Private Bubble crash courses

Our week intensive courses (Monday-Friday) are a great way to boost you or your child's swimming progress! These lessons are tailored to your personal goals and our instructors will work with you to develop your swimming ability and skills. You have the option of a 121 course or a private bubble course.

Available to new and current customers on a first come first served basis. These are 30 minute lessons per day and there will be a new time slot available every 30 minutes.

The table below shows days and times available; the column 'For abilities...' lists the types of swimmers that the instructors are trained to teach. 

Any of the time slots below can be changed to a private bubble course. The following conditions apply for private bubble bookings:

• maximum of 2 swimmers per lesson time slot if swimmers are mixed ability
• maximum of 4 swimmers per lesson time slot if swimmers are all the same ability

Abilities allowed in the lesson together

Maximum of 2 swimmers
Junior Beginners - Stage 1
Junior Stage 1 - Stage 4
Junior Stage 4 - Stage 6
Junior Stage 6 - Stage 9

 

Abilities allowed in the lesson together

Maximum of 4 swimmers
All the same ability for more than 2 swimmers

 

For Adults, the abilities must be the same, either all Adult Beginners or Improvers or Advanced.

Terms and conditions for booking 121 / private bubble lessons:

 

• Minimum age of 4 years old
• Lessons are suitable for swimmers requiring shallow and deep water lessons. 

1-2-1 / Private Bubble Pay as you go lessons

Pay as you go 1-2-1 / Private Bubble lessons offer you the flexible option to pick and choose the dates you would like to attend. These lessons are tailored to your personal goals and our instructors will work with you to develop your swimming ability and skills.

Available to new and current customers on a first come first served basis. Please read the terms of booking under the 1-2-1 / Private Bubble crash courses before booking.

The table below shows days and times available; the column 'For abilities...' lists the types of swimmers that the instructors are trained to teach. 

There is a new time slot available every 30 minutes.