about SwimStars

Becky Adlington’s SwimStars program is available at various locations throughout the UK. The program is taught by qualified swimming instructors and includes a range of activities and games to help children develop their swimming skills. We also have a strong emphasis on water safety, ensuring that children are taught important safety skills that will keep them safe in and around the water.

OLYMPIAN OWNED

backed by Becky Adlington helping children to swim.

The program was launched by Four-time Olympic Medallist, Becky Adlington in 2016. With multiple learn-to-swim companies under one umbrella, we are on a mission to get every child being able to swim 25m by the time they leave primary school.

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ABOUT US

why chose SwimStars?

The SwimStars program is designed to be a fun and engaging way for children to learn to swim, with lessons focusing on water safety, stroke technique, and overall confidence in the water. We aim to be progressive, with children learning new skills and techniques as they progress through the levels. This helps to ensure that children are continually challenged and engaged, and that they are able to build on their existing skills.

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Find out more about courses available delivered by our professional tutors. Becoming a swim teacher offers a career where you can make a difference, have career development and an enjoyable work environment. The possibilities are endless!

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Our program is based in gym facilities. We have dedicated lanes for our lessons. If you have any specific questions please speak to a member of our team.

frequently asked questions

At SwimStars our programme focuses on great technique and core skills before progressing onto distances. Specially selected pools offering clean and modern facilities.
Small class sizes, expert teachers in the water for Foundation and Early Swimmer levels.

All of this comes with a simple online booking process with manageable monthly payments. Our programme runs over 50 weeks of the year to allow seamless progress with a break for 2 weeks over the festive period which is automatically factored into your payments.

Swimming lessons can be booked online via click here. Lessons are available for ages 3+ and are bookable on a monthly subscription basis and require a Direct Debit to be set up. All lessons will start immediately, and the confirmation date listed in your welcome email.

Don’t worry if you’re not sure which ability group to select, we’ve put a quick guide together here.

Lessons are group based with up to six children per class and require children to have the ability to be independent in the water and able to take instructions from our teachers. We don’t currently offer SEN or disability specific group sessions; however, we may have one-to-one lessons on offer which may be suitable. Please contact us should you wish to discuss any information specific to your child.

The UK national curriculum states children should be able to swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres using a range of all 4 strokes effectively and perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.

In line with this, your swimmer should be able to complete this upon finishing our Improver 6 level. Progressing your child to this level will be dependent on many factors as all children learn at a different rate.

You are able to mark your child as unable to attend via your customer account. Unfortunately, due to the high demand for our program, we are unable to offer catch-up lessons or alternative lessons as a one-off.