Swimming Classes in York for Kids. Suitable for Primary School Age Children from 4 – 12 years old.
We are a swimming lesson provider that is passionate about ensuring that everyone in the UK has the opportunity to learn to swim and is safe in the water. We provide group and private swimming lessons for children and adults of all ages; all abilities. Our group swimming lessons are kept small to allow us to focus on the individual needs of each swimmer.
Debbie Adams [Adams Aquatics Swim School owner] is actively involved in the swimming industry and drives the passion within Adams Aquatics Swim School to improve swimming standards in the UK. As part of the Aquatics Working Group at the Swimming Teachers Association [STA] Debbie helped develop the current qualifications for swimming teachers. As a train the tutor Debbie teaches people to become tutors who then go on to train swimming teachers. She works closely with Adams Aquatics Swim School teachers to help them keep up to date with the latest teaching techniques and information.
We operate from our Centre of Excellence in York, The Mount School. With lessons every day of the week and weekends we can offer lessons to suit you anytime to fit into busy schedules.
At Baby Swimmers we follow the Starfish Awards, so little ones can gain water confidence and build a foundation to swim unaided in the future. We play games and sing songs which are skill related and also teach water safety skills so they can learn to swim back to the side, hold on and climb out when they are strong enough.
Our structured classes work towards this and are also fantastic for bonding with your little one, as well as enjoying yourselves in a fun relaxed atmosphere, which we always ensure is at your little one’s own pace including underwater swims. Babies use their natural reflexes when they are in water, so it is always a good idea to start as soon as you can, as swimming is a great workout and helps to strengthen their muscles and also increases alertness.
For toddlers we follow the STA Stanley Awards, so again little ones can gain water confidence and build a foundation to swim unaided. For this age group we still sing songs and have fun with games and also start to teach the basic strokes, continuing with water safety skills and teaching your toddler to hold on, turn, then push off the side to swim to you independently. Classes will focus on floating, learning to tread water, rolling, push and glides, diving for sinkers and more.
Swimmers Academy is for our older swimmers where we focus on stroke technique and stamina, classes run for any age from Beginners and go through to Gold also incorporating Lifesaving Awards.
All teachers are fully qualified with specialist training for your little ones. Our classes are child led to ensure each child is taught and developed at their own pace.
We Swim at :
Monday, Tuesday : New Earswick
Wednesday, Thursday & Friday: Roko
Saturday: Robert Wilkinson, Strensall, Stamford Bridge & Pocklington
We are the largest provider of swimming lessons in the UK, offering lessons at our York leisure centres, Energise Leisure Centre, York Leisure Centre and Yearsley Swimming Pool.
We offer programmes for all ages and abilities, with times and days to suit you. In our lessons, our customers are at the heart of everything we do. Your children will be taught by experienced, highly qualified teachers, following an industry leading programme. Plus, you can track your child’s progress using our online too, called the Home Portal. We have designed our swim school programme to be flexible and affordable.
Our Monthly direct debit payments include free swimming for your children!
We offer the following:
Baby & Pre – School
Energise – Mondays and Saturdays.
York Leisure Centre – Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.
Swimbies – 3 months to 12 months.
Splashers – 13 months to 2 years.
Paddlers – 2 years to 4 years.
Pre – school – 3 – 4 years.
Primary School Age – available at all 3 centres
Foundation (small pool) – Children aged 4 years +
Development (main pool) – Children aged 5 – 12 years
Academy (main pool) – Children up to 16 years old, who have completed development.
Private lessons and level water are available. Try our lessons for free, with a free class pass. E-mail Stef on the address below for this.
For everything else please head to our website.
We are a family run swimming school ,Steve has over 30yrs of experience teaching in the York area.
Ruth worked within the social network with many years experience with children with additional needs.
At Bradley’s swim school we have tailored our lessons for all children to progress at their pace to gain confidence so they enjoy their experience of swimming. Ruth is available at all lessons for parents/carers to speak to on poolside. All lessons take place at Archbishops holgate school, Hull rd, York, YO10 5ZA
This pool offers the ability for parents/carers to be on poolside when lessons are taking place.
Our lessons include:
Beginners, improvers, ASA Bronze, silver, gold challenge awards,
Coaching & Rookie lifeguard
1-1 lessons are also available
Lesson take place
• Tuesday : 6pm to 7pm
• Wednesday : 4pm to 7pm
• Free trial lesson is offered with no commitment to join us
Places available for children’s swimming lessons with Brightwater Swim School
Brightwater Swim School is an independent, family-run swim school providing safe, fun and friendly classes. They focus on small, four-student classes to ensure lessons are personal and allow for that all-important one-to-one interactivity with the teacher.
Classes are taught through in-water instruction, ensuring an ideal atmosphere for learning this highly rewarding and lifesaving skill.
– Sunday classes at St Peter’s School, York
– 30-minute lessons available from 1pm to 6pm
– In-water instruction
– All abilities are welcome (minimum age 4 years old)
Carol Saunders Swim School at Goosewood Holiday Park, York!
Independent swimming lessons available for all ages….
Childrens Groups and Private Lessons:
Beginners – Stages 1, 2 & 3
Improvers – Stages 4
Adult Groups and Private Lessons:
Adult Non-Swimmers – Be Water Confident
Adult Beginners – Be a Swimmer
Adult Improvers – Be a Better Swimmer
Why choose Carol Saunders Swim School?
Small groups with 4 swimmers per teacher
Engaging games-based lessons with progressive practices
Swimmers are continually and informally assessed through the Swim England Learn to Swim Awards scheme and Distance Awards
Level 2 Swim England and / or STA Qualified and Enhanced DBS checked teachers.
Swimmers will have access to ‘Fish Tank Porthole’ to track awards progress, confirm lessons and awards purchases and contact their teacher for a progress report.
Awards presentation week at the end of each block booking
Term time holidays
£10.50 per group lesson introductory rate for all new swimmers for a full block booking*
*Terms apply
For more details about swimming lessons at Goosewood Holiday Park, York;
Teaching children to swim confidently with excellent stroke techniques for nearly 40 years!
Coral started the swim school in the 1980s and for many years developed it based on the principles of teaching children to enjoy swimming and gain confidence in the water.
We continue to focus on creating a fun yet challenging environment, developing water confidence and getting the strokes correct as learners progress from absolute beginners through to the Gold Award & beyond; with distance and water skills & safety certificates achieved throughout their journey!
We have Adult & Baby/Toddler/Preschool sessions, and teach children independently from 3 years old. We move individuals up when they’re ready, we don’t make them wait for the end of term or until a whole class is ready to progress.
Our teachers are trained Aquaphobia Coaches too & provide extra support if fear/anxiety is identified, present &/or affecting development.
Our lessons, with a high teacher-pupil ratio, are delivered at:
New Earswick – Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday:
3-4pm Adult & Baby/Toddler
4-6pm 3+ Children
Robert Wilkinson Primary (shallow pool), Strensall – Thursday & Friday:
4-6pm 3+ Independent & 1:1
*4pm Friday 2-4 year olds, with Adult
Our aim is to achieve consistent progress (at each child’s own speed rather than at the speed of the swim school) resulting in confident, capable, and safe swimmers.
PureSwim Yorkshire are proud to provide gentle and fun swimming lessons for little ones aged approximately 8 weeks to 11 years. Our baby and pre-school lessons focus on water confidence, parent and child bonding and important water safety skills in small groups.
Once Children are ready to be in the pool by themselves (approximately age 4) we work through the STA award scheme including rookie lifeguard classes for our older children. Our Class sizes are small (maximum 5 in a beginners group and maximum 6 with our advanced swimmers) and until the advanced stage our teachers teach from in the pool.
Saturday pm Archbishops’ School (age 4+)
Sunday am -Archbishops’ School (Age 12 months +)
Monday 11:30-1pm – New Earswick (6 weeks-preschool)
In MAY we are relaunching l baby, toddler and pre-school midweek lessons in our Fabulous city centre location.
10% discount when you quote Mumbler
ROKO health club York have been successfully teaching children to swim with some of the best swim teachers in York since 2008. They offer lessons for both members and non-members at an affordable rate.
They run swimming lessons every night after school from 3:45pm and both Saturdays & Sundays from 09:15am. Their choice to enrol a maximum of 6 children per class enables the ROKO swim team to deliver a high standard of teaching in a relaxed and calm environment. They feel this gives the children more 1 on 1 time with their teacher and more time to practice in an affordable group setting.
They cover stages 1-7 every day of the week and they also offer weekly intensive swim courses for beginners in the school holidays.
ROKO York currently have waiting list in place however, if you are on the waiting list and you take part in one of their school holiday intensive courses, it moves you to a priority list which will get you a place on their programme much faster.
The lessons are half an hour once a week. The cost is £39.50 for non-members and £33.25 for ROKO club members.
For more information contact jarcher@york.roko.co.uk
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So, you want your child to learn to swim.
Let’s help them learn the right technique, in the right environment, with the best people.
Let’s give them the courage to be fearless, make friends, swim strongly and have fun.
Swimming is a journey, not a destination and here at Swim Academy, we learn and have fun all the way! We’ll take your little one from ‘happy getting their faces wet’ to ‘swimming 100m using 3 different strokes’!
We are continually evolving and improving our programmes in line with new research and guidance on swimming and child development as and when it becomes available but also in line with what we learn internally about our swimmers and the way they progress through our programmes. As experts in teaching babies, toddlers and pre-school children to swim, we have this unique insight into child development and have integrated our findings into Swim Academy, our programme for 4-10 year olds.
Classes run at Archbishop Holgate’s School on Saturdays and the Kilima Hotel on Thursdays. For more information please visit the website
Swimming with Linzi is all about having fun whilst learning to swim, gaining water confidence and safety skills.
With only 7 children in each class, only 1 lesson running at a time & the whole pool to ourselves, we have lots of space. In this environment I find my swimmers really enjoy their lessons and thrive learning to swim following the progressive STA guidelines.
I get to know all the children individually & adapt my teaching to suit every child. Your child will be enabled to happily progress at their own pace.
Classes are based at Carr Junior School (Acomb) and Robert Wilkinson School (Strensall), teaching from babies through to school age and beyond on various days, at various times. See the website below for more details and to book.
About me; I run a small independent swim school set up after training and teaching my own children to swim many years ago. I realised then that the whole goal to swimming success is learning through having fun!
I have over 16 years of swimming teaching experience and I am a fully qualified STA Swimming Instructor, STA baby and pre-school teacher. I hold a Level 3 STA Diploma in Aquatic Teaching for Baby and Pre-school, STA lifeguard certificate and have DBS clearance.
York Swimming Academy is one of York’s leading swimming lesson providers and is dedicated to delivering high quality swimming lessons for great value.
Children can start in our ‘Discovery Ducklings’ Classes from new-born. Whilst those children aged 4yrs and over can begin in our first of seven progressive stages.
We implement Swim England’s Learn to Swim Framework, an all-inclusive programme designed to take the non-swimmer from his or her first splash to full competence in the pool. The framework has clear progressions between each stage and children are awarded a variety of certificates on their journey to becoming fully competent.
Our teachers are Swim England (ASA) qualified, and classes are limited to 8 children per class. Our beginner classes have 2 teachers, teaching from inside the water.
Spaces are available now for an immediate start!
New Earswick Swimming Pool:
Monday 13:00 – 14:30 (Pre-School Lessons 0-4yr)
Wednesday 09:15 – 10:15 (Pre-School Lessons 0-4yr)
Thursday 16:00 – 18:00
Friday 15:30 – 16:00 (Pre-School Lessons 0-4yr)
Friday 16:00 – 16:30
Saturday 15:00 – 18:30
Sunday 10:00 – 11:30
Sunday 15:30 – 16:30
Stamford Bridge Swimming Pool:
Sunday 09:00 – 12:00
Carr Junior School:
Sunday 08:30 – 12:00
The Mount School:
Wednesday 18:00 – 19:30
Queen Margaret’s School, Escrick:
Tuesday 17:00 – 18.30
Friday 17:00 – 19:00
Saturday 9:00 – 10:30
Structured fun swimming lessons, using toys, floats and games to teach water safety, self-rescue skills and developing all 4 strokes.
Baby and Preschool Swimming on Tuesday and Friday 10-11am and Saturday morning 8.30-11.30am.
School Age Beginners to Pre Competition Tuesday and Friday 4 – 6pm and Saturdays 8.30am – 11.30am
At Stamford Bridge Junior School, 5 Church Road, Stamford Bridge, YO41 1BP
Jorvik Swim Academy
Welcoming swim classes for children aged 3+ on Sundays, 45 minute lessons taught in small groups.
Team Jorvik
A friendly, inclusive swimming club, training at pools across York up to 6 days a week. We welcome both serious competitive swimmers and those wanting to swim for fun and fitness.
T: 07779 565559
Looking to give your children a key life skill where they can be safer in water? Our club has that family feel with lessons for children aged 4+. NESC follows the Swim England Learn to Swim National Framework. Classes are staffed by fully qualified teachers assisted by our performance squad competitive swimmers.
