Learn to Swim Stage Awards
The Learn to Swim Stage 1-7 Awards are divided into progressive stages. They make up the core, national syllabus of learning to swim for primary school aged children.
They are designed to reward your child for their development of the essential aquatic skills they need to be confident, competent and safe in the water.
Each of the Learn to Swim Stage 1-7 Awards has a list of clear outcomes that need to be completed in order to gain each Award.
Swim England Learn to Swim Stage 1 helps to build water confidence, while introducing water safety skills and the basic skills needed to build swimming ability.
Swim England Learn to Swim Stage 2 sees swimmers develop streamlining to their strokes and travel without their feet on the floor, using a recognised leg kick.
During Swim England Learn to Swim Stage 3, swimmers will develop their kicks, on both their front and their back.
Swim England Learn to Swim Stage 4 sees swimmers perfect their leg kicks for all four strokes and further develop push and glides, while also being introduced to sculling.
During Swim England Learn to Swim Stage 5, swimmers will develop their skills in treading water, learn the correct arm pulls for all four strokes and learn how to do handstands and somersaults.
Swim England Learn to Swim Stage 6 teaches swimmers how to prepare for exercise, while developing an efficient technique for all four strokes and further developing surface dives.
Swim England Learn to Swim Stage 7 focuses on fully developing all four swimming strokes, as well as building stamina and improving diving skills.
Book your child's swimming lessons
Book swimming lessons online. If you are looking for a certain time or day for your child’s swimming lessons but no spaces are currently available, you can sign up to our online wait list to be notified when a space becomes available on your chosen class.
Swimming Lessons pricing
There are two ways to pay for lessons:
- Direct Debit – you can spread the cost with regular monthly payments, avoiding the queues at reception. Apply to switch to Direct Debit
- Cash or card – pay for a block of 10 lessons at reception
Our learning pathway is made up of the following stages:
Parent and Child
Our 30-minute Parent and Child sessions are designed to introduce babies and toddlers to the water to build confidence through fun and games with the support of their parent or guardian.
Pre-school (3-4 years)
Our 30-minute Preschool lessons are suitable for children from 3 years old.
We believe that the first experiences during a child’s early years, of water and the pool environment, should be positive, fun, and memorable.
The key focus areas of the Pre-School Framework are:
- Giving children confidence from the word go
- Teaching the core skills needed to learn the four strokes through fun and games
- From 4 years onwards, children can join our main Learn to Swim programme to work through Stages 1-7.
Learn to Swim programme
Our Learn to Swim Stage 1–7 programme is designed to help children build confidence and develop their swimming skills step by step in a fun, safe and supportive environment.
Based on the national learn to swim pathway for primary school aged children, each stage helps swimmers progress at their own pace while developing the essential aquatic skills needed to feel confident, capable and safe in the water.
Every stage includes clear goals and achievements, giving children the opportunity to celebrate their progress as they move through the programme.
1-1 Lessons
Our 1-1 swimming lessons are a fantastic way to give your child that head start in their Learn to Swim Journey or give them a little more guidance if they start to stall and struggle with particular skills.
1-1 lessons means that the teacher is giving your child individual attention to improve their confidence, hone their skills and become a more proficient swimmer.
Adult 1- 1 lessons are also available on request.
Academy Programme
Swimmers who have achieved all the skills required through our Learn to Swim programme will enter our Academy Programme, made up of Stages 8 – 10. These are for young people who would like to continue to develop their aquatic skills further. These stages extend the skills and abilities of the young swimmer and can introduce other disciplines such as:
- Rookie lifeguard
- Snorkelling
- Artistic Swimming
Competitive Swimming
Swimmers who have achieved all the skills required through our Learn to Swim programme will enter our Academy Programme above which provides the stepping stone from our Learn to Swim programme to our Competitive Training Scheme.
For further details check out our Competitive Swimming page.
Adult Lessons
Our Adult Learn to swim framework is designed to meet the needs of adults and motivate them to learn this lifelong skill. It caters for all abilities, from non-swimmers, nervous or returning swimmers to those who want to improve their strokes and technique.
For further details visit our Adult Swimming Lessons page.
FAQs
The lessons automatically begin on the next available date and this cannot be amended online.
Yes you can. If you are part way through a 10 session block and want to change to Direct Debit, you will need to do this at reception.
If you receive the error:
This means that we already have your email on our system registered against another member account (could be yourself or a child). If you have previously registered a child with Home Portal for Swimming Lessons, log into Home Portal first to purchase lessons. If you haven’t, please contact reception to resolve.
Please use the email address already recorded against the current member record or contact reception to change to an alternative.
The system will hold the place in the lessons so you will need to contact reception to pay via another method.
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