Swimming Lessons
We offer fun swimming lessons for all ages run by expert coaches at all our swimming pools.
You can view courses online by clicking the Join Online button below, or you can track your course progress by clicking on Home Portal.
Swimming lessons for children
Our swimming lessons for children are endorsed by Swim England. Our excellent teachers run tailored lessons to suit children of all ages and abilities. Classes are divided into stages and designed to suit your child’s ability. Our lessons for children follow the Swim England stages.
We offer group lessons as well as individual and small group lessons (up to three people).
Swimming lessons for adults
We also offer swimming lessons for adults. Our excellent teachers run tailored lessons to suit adults of all ages and abilities.
We offer group lessons as well as individual and small group lessons (up to three people).
Swim England Information
Southwark Leisure operate swimming lessons in accordance with the Swim England Learn to Swim Programme. It is the national syllabus used to help teachers deliver swimming lessons.
It ensures swimming lessons for all ages are delivered to a high and consistent standard.
The all-inclusive programme takes non-swimmers on a journey through four specialised Frameworks.
These start with the basics of learning to swim and end with advanced skills for sports such as water polo or diving. There is also a Framework for teaching adults to swim.
The Swim England Learn to Swim Programme
1. Pre-School Framework – This Framework is aimed at babies and toddlers aged between 0-5 years old. It helps to build the foundation for a lifelong love of water.
2. Learn to Swim Framework – This Framework is made up of the seven stages of learning to swim, which develop confident and able swimmers using fun and enjoyment to engage learners.
3. Aquatic Skills Framework – This Framework is made up of three advanced stages, from eight to ten. These build sport specific skills for the other aquatic disciplines, Water Polo, Diving and Synchronised Swimming.
4. Adult Swimming Framework – This Framework is suitable for older teenagers and adults of all ages and aims to improve confidence and technique, whatever their swimming ability.
The Swim England Learn to Swim Programme Frameworks and Swim England Awards
All four Swim England Learn to Swim Programme Frameworks are intrinsically linked with the Swim England Awards.
These are used to reward children and adults all over the world when they are learning to swim. Each Framework has stages and each stage successfully completed in a Framework comes with a certificate and/or badge as a reward.
There are also complementary badges and certificates to be earned with each Framework. Go to the relevant Framework page linked above to discover more about them.
Swimming Lessons Enquiry Form