Below is a full list of classes & groups for babies, toddlers and pre-school age children in York on a Sunday.
Most of the classes below are pre-book and follow a structure (see individual listings for details) , if you’re looking for playgroups in York which are more informal and you can just turn up (like the ones in church halls etc) then check out the Playgroups Page Here.
If you know of any other classes or groups which are not already listed, then please contact us here. For details of how to get your group listed click here.
JUNIOR LIFEGUARD SESSIONS
We are a swimming lesson, water safety and water fitness provider that is passionate about ensuring that everyone 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. 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. Debbie teaches people to become tutors who then go on to train swimming teachers. She works closely with the 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.
Baby & Toddler sessions are
Agility Classes
5-11 years Ninja Obstacle Training – Great for beginners and younger children
Welcome to Ninja training.
Obstacle coaching combined with parkour style movements. A fun class that will have you swinging, climbing, leaping and jumping across different obstacles!
11-17 years Warrior Obstacle Training – more challenging obstacle techniques and parkour style movements
Warrior Obstacle Training is focused on advanced obstacle techniques and parkour style movements. In addition to the coaching we focus on developing core strength which is key to achieving the objectives of this programme.
More information, schedules and booking is here https://www.agilityparks.co.uk/kids-classes
Parties
We offer a range of parties from toddlers to children and teenagers. Agility Party Hosts will look after with most of our packages you get you own disco party room or a party table reservation in our restaurant or café.
Visit the website HERE
💜 Check out the York Mumbler blog post for exclusive photos of when we visited Agility when it first opened! 💜
City Screen is York’s picturesque riverside cinema and cafe-bar. Located in the heart of York and easily accessible by public transport, we offer a varied programme of mainstream and independent movies. The cinema is fully accessible for people with disabilities, there is a baby-change facility in certain toilets (ask for a key), and the Riverside Café-Bar is welcoming to parents and carers with children.
As well as our regular screenings, we also offer the following weekly child-friendly sessions:
Autism-friendly screenings on the 3rd Sunday of the month at 11am, where we strive to create an environment welcoming for people with a range of conditions such as autism, learning disabilities, cognitive disorders and other special needs, and their families, friends or carers. Tickets £4.00
💜 Baby Change
💜 Pram Space at tables
💜 High Chairs
💜 Kids Activity
💜 Kids Menu
When films are rated U, PG, or 12A a family ticket (for two adults and two children under 15) is available, except for premium priced screenings.
13–17 Coney Street, York YO1 9QL
At Kixx our goal is simple: To have a positive impact on every child at every opportunity.
We do this through an innovative programme which offers a high energy, fun, age-appropriate introduction to physical activity through football.
Our football programme has been carefully designed for both boys and girls between the ages of 18 months and 10 years of age.
Our sessions have been created and developed by professional footballers and trained coaches who use the best games, drills, exercises and materials which are age appropriate.
Each 40 minute session provides a fun, playful, safe environment which encourages children to develop a positive sense of themselves, respect for others, a positive disposition to learn new skills, and a sense of pride in their ability to master them.
We deliver Kixx sessions at various different locations in and around York. To learn more please get in touch 🙂
Monday – York Sports Village
Wednesday – Burnholme Sports Centre
Thursday – Acomb Energise and Tadcaster
Saturday – York St John Sports Centre & Millthorpe School
Sunday – York Sports Village
“I’ve found the yoga itself incredibly rewarding and relaxing – but mainly I’m so grateful for your kindness and humour which has fostered a really welcoming environment. Thank you so much.”
Hello! I’m Lucy, a yoga and movement teacher in York and Selby. I lead the pre- and post-natal yoga classes at the beautiful Stables Yoga Centre in York; a special time you can set aside each week to be yourself, and focus on you and your baby.
Our weekly classes offer:
– A warm, friendly space without expectation or judgement;
– Movement to help you feel comfortable, strong and flexible;
– Breathing techniques to feel centred, grounded and calm;
– Gentle meditation to help you feel confident and relaxed;
– A kind, mama-centred community, sharing experiences together;
– A place to ask questions, feel valued and supported during the transitions and transformations of mothering;
– A space to stretch out, set down your worries and breathe a little deeper.
I am passionate about creating classes that offer you a place to feel at ease, space to unplug from everyday demands, and tune in… to you. A place to stretch out, in every way.
You’d be so welcome to join us… you can try your first class for free!
Pregnancy:
Tuesdays, 7.30 – 9pm
Post Natal:
Mondays + Wednesdays, 11am – 12.30pm.
Puddle Ducks are award winning providers of swimming lessons to babies, toddlers, pre-school and school age children. Our classes are designed to promote bonding, water confidence and water safety in a fun and loving environment. We take your little ones through a structured programme designed to develop their natural affinity with the water and encourage them to learn to swim independently.
And although we have spent many years carefully developing our progressive lesson plans to develop swimmers, our teachers adapt every activity to suit each child. Our approach ensures that your child’s needs are expertly fulfilled – never forcing development, but rather nurturing it to ensure a positive experience and love of swimming.
Our baby and pre-school programme is offered through five levels:
Floaties (0-6 months), Splashers (6-15 months), Kickers (15 months – 2.5 years), Little Dippers (2-5 years) and Dippers (2-5 years)
We run classes 7 days a week at the following locations in and around York:
New Earswick, ROKO Health Club, Archbishop Holgate’s School, The Crown Hotel (Boroughbridge), Energise hydrotherapy pool (Acomb), Queen Margaret’s School (Escrick) and Goosewood Holiday Park.
We also run Aquanatal classes, so you can start your journey with Puddle Ducks before your baby arrives!
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 [email protected]
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.
The Little Gym York based in the York Community Stadium at Monks Cross is open 7 days a week, in term-time and in most school holidays!
*Under 3’s membership can enjoy unlimited classes each week for no extra cost.
We offer a 20% sibling discount if you have other children you wish to enrol!
Flexible block bookings are also available for under 3’s .
Attend our FREE coffee mornings with your baby aged 0-12 months on Tuesdays during term time. 10.45 – 12.30.
Our non-competitive gymnastics programs teach children that they don’t have to be the best, they just have to try their best! We provide children with a safe, clean, inspiring space to burn energy, build confidence, and develop key skills. We now offer beginner, intermediate, and advanced classes to 6-12-year-olds!
As well as our seriously fun classes, we’re open for party bookings and Ofsted registered holiday camps too! If you’d like to secure your membership, or have any questions, reach out to us by email at the address below, or register your details here:
Booking Form | The Little Gym York
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING SERIOUS FUN WITH YOU SOON!
Water Babies North Yorkshire
Are you ready to learn a skill for life? We’re the UK’s leading provider of baby and toddler lessons. From the very first lesson, our babies and toddlers are immersed in learning essential water safety, core aquatic skills, and swimming strokes, within a fun, social environment. All our lessons are tailored to provide multi-sensory learning, building not only swimming skills but social, emotional, physical, and language skills too.
Water Babies classes are the only lessons taught by Level 3 Pre-school Swimming (Advanced) qualified teachers. In addition, our
unique ‘Oceans of Imagination’ swimming curriculum for ages 0-5 has been designed around baby milestones and Early Years outcomes, for an all-round educational experience. Our children learn to swim through exciting quests and activities, all whilst creating precious parent bonding moments. Learning to swim has never been so fun and interactive!
Join us today and become a Swimvincible!
– Tuesdays mornings at Delta by Marriot, York
– Tuesday afternoons at The Milner Hotel, York
– Saturdays and Sundays at Energise, York
– All other days are available throughout North Yorkshire.
Our swimmers progress onto our Mainstream programme for ages 4-11 years with their Swim England Learn to Swim Stage 1 and/or Stage 2 certificates.
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 also provide 1-2-1 lessons, lessons for older children and even lessons for grown ups!
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 at the venues below:
Please get in touch to arrange your free taster lesson!
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
Archnishop Holgate’s School:
Mondays 4pm-5:30pm
Goosewood:
Thursdays 4pm-6pm
We teach dance to infants, children and adults with passion. We are renowned for our multi award winning classes in RAD Classical Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary, Tap, Musical Theatre, Commercial Dance, Pointe Work etc.
Visit our website for more info.
As a National Standard, British Cycling accredited Instructor for Bikeability Levels 1, 2 and 3 I can get anyone riding in a fun and friendly way. I am also a Qualified HSBC UK/British Cycling Level 1 Ride Leader… and also being a British Cycling Level 2 Coach also helps… with plenty tricks and resources up my sleeve 🙂
T: 07930 585022
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
T: 07856771036
FREE gardening workshops on the first Sunday of every month.
FREE on the first Sunday of the month & certain additional dates in the school holidays. See Dobbies Garden Centre website for more details and to pre-book your place.
📍 Dobbies Garden Centre, Northfield Lane, Upper Poppleton, North Yorkshire, YO26 6QE
Our fun, structured play sessions for toddlers to young children are run by energetic coaches teaching ball skills and teamwork. With our “make it more fun” motto, we offer age-appropriate programmes across multiple venues in York. Contact us: 0345 313 6716
1 hour soft play sessions for children aged 6 months – under 5 years.
PLUS Jungle Run sessions Wed/Sun for children up to age 8 (there is still a dedicated area for toddlers).
(Please note that days may differ in school holidays)
Price: from £4.80 (Vangarde) and £3.50 (Burnholme). Prebook via the Better app/website.
T: 01904 403900
