Swimming lesson criteria

We offer pre-school, junior and adult swimming lessons.

Pre-School Swimming classes - up to 5 years old

Children under 3 years old are accompanied into the water by the parent/guardian with a ratio of 1 adult per child.

Swimming classes available:

• Adult and child 6 months to 1 year – To give the baby the experience of a pool situation and to show the adult what can be safely expected of and achieved by the baby
• Adult and child 1 to 2 years – To give young children water confidence using songs and games to assist in development (including going under water)
• Adult and child 2 to 3 years – To encourage further water confidence to enable the children to move through the water on their own without being held by an adult.
• Pre-school children are accompanied into the water by the swimming teachers and should have had their third birthday
• Pre-school beginners – This class is suitable for children who are non-swimmers and require buoyancy aids
• Pre-school improvers – To join this class children should be able to swim 3m on their front with their face in the water without buoyancy aids
• Pre-school advanced – To join this class children should be able to swim 5m front paddle and 5m back paddle without buoyancy aids

Junior Swimming classes - 5 years and older

These classes are suitable for children who are at full time school and who are 5 years old and above or will turn 5 before 31 August 2023.

Swimming classes taking place at the teaching pool:

• Stage 1 – Suitable for children who are non-swimmers.
• Stage 2 – Children should be able to swim 3m on their front with their face in the water unaided
• Stage 3 – Children should be able to swim 5m front crawl and 5m back crawl
• Stage 4 – Children should be able to swim 10m front crawl and 10m back crawl

Swimming classes taking place at the main pool:

• Stage 5 – Children should be able to swim 15m basic front crawl, 15m basic back crawl with an awareness of breaststroke and be confident in the main pool out of their depth
• Stage 6 – Children should be able to swim 25m basic front crawl, 25m basic back crawl and 15m basic breaststroke
• Stage 7 – Children should be able to swim 50m alternating front crawl and back crawl with good technique and 25m basic breaststroke with an awareness of butterfly
• Stage 8 – Children should be able to swim 200m and have good technique on front crawl, back crawl and breaststroke and basic butterfly
• Stage 9 – Children should be able to swim 600m and have good technique on front crawl, back crawl and breaststroke and basic butterfly
• Stage 10 – Children should be able to swim 800m in under 25 minutes and have correct technique on front crawl, back crawl and breaststroke and good technique on butterfly
• Rookie Lifeguards - Pupils should be aged 8 years plus and Stage 8 or above
• Swim Fitness Junior - Pupils should be aged between 8-12 years and Stage 9 or above
• Swim Fitness Teen - Pupils should be aged 12 years plus and Stage 9 or above

Adult Group Swimming lessons

The following group classes are available:

Adult - Beginners:

• Enter the pool safety
  
• Covers the ability to move around the pool with confidence
  
• Achieve basic aquatic skills. These are entries, exits, buoyancy, balance and aquatic breathing
  
• Learn to swim with aids and be able to start swimming independently over short distances (5 to 10m)
  
• Learn to swim these distances without floatation equipment

Adult - Improvers:

• Be able to swim up to 15m-25m front crawl and backstroke independently
• Swim to a reasonable standard of front crawl and backstroke
  
• Learn to focus on specific strokes and techniques
  
• Breathing, kicking body positioning and timing
  
• Improving and build stamina up to 50m.

Adult - Advanced:

• Ideally be able to swim 50m to 100m on front crawl and backstroke
  
• Have a reasonable understanding of breast stroke
  
• Improve and build stamina further than 50m
  
• Improve swimming further distances
  
• Improve and work on swimming technique for each stroke