About our classes

Here you’ll find more information about each of our classes and what each class offers

Child – Group

Our child group lessons run weekly in conjunction with the school term. The lessons are 30 minutes and consist of small class sizes (maximum of 5 in a group), with a teacher in the water, giving your child more attention, feedback and swim time.

Lessons are carried out in warm, private and peaceful swimming pools, away from the many distractions of public pools.

Upon enrolment, every child is assessed and grouped accordingly. This ensures that swimmers are learning alongside other swimmers of similar ability.

We follow the Swim England framework, and all our instructors are fully qualified and experienced ASA swimming teachers who undergo regular in-house training to teach the Russell way.

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Small group sizes (maximum of 5 in a group)

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Teacher in the water at all times

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Run in conjunction with the school term

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30 minute lesson in a warm and private pool

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fully qualified ASA and STA swimming teachers

Child – 1 to 1

1-2-1 lessons are an excellent way to accelerate your child’s learning as your child will receive the teacher’s undivided attention for the full 30 minutes.

People take advantage of 1-2-1 lessons for many different reasons, such as:

Your child is a nervous swimmer and is struggling to integrate into a group lesson, and needs more individual attention
Your child is struggling with a specific skill or technique and wants to overcome an obstacle or difficulty
You are keen to give your child a head start

Our child 1-2-1s lessons follow the same learning pathway as our group sessions. 1-2-1s are dedicated, private sessions, tailored to your child’s individual needs. Your child benefits from the close and focused attention of the instructor, which creates an ideal learning environment. This ensures quicker progression and maximum attention.

We also offer 2-2-1 lessons. These are ideal for siblings or friends to learn together in a private lesson.

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Undivided attention for a full 30 minutes

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Dedicated, private sessions tailored to your children's needs

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Teacher in the water at all times

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Ideal for nervous swimmers, children with additional needs or advanced swimmers wanting to overcome an obstacle

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Learn with a friend or sibling

Adult – Group

1 in 5 adults in the UK can’t swim – but it’s never too late to learn!

Our adult group lessons run weekly. The lessons are 30 minutes, and class sizes are kept to a maximum of 5. Lessons are carried out in warm, private and peaceful swimming pools, away from the many distractions of public pools.

Adult group lessons are perfect if you have a fear of water, have had a bad experience with water in the past, are looking to learn a new stroke or improve your technique, are wanting to increase your stamina, are wanting to learn how to train or swim a triathlon.

Classes to suite your level:

Beginner

This group is ideal for non or weak swimmers that lack water confidence, and may want to overcome a fear of the water and boost confidence. Teacher will be in the water to give support.

Improvers

This group is ideal for people who can swim, but may want to learn a new stroke or improve technique and breathing, to enable them to swim longer distances with more confidence.

Advanced

This group is ideal for people that want to learn how to train, improve their technique or stamina and lower their times or swim a triathlon.

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1 in 5 adults in the UK can’t swim – but it’s never too late to learn!

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30 minute lessons in warm, private and peaceful swimming pools

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Small class sizes (maximum of 5)

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Beginners, improvers and advanced group classes

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Ideal for non-swimmers, weak swimmers, learning a new stroke, improving technique and breathing, increasing stamina, learning to train or swimming a triathlon

Adult – 1 to 1

Our adult 1-2-1 lessons are dedicated 30 minute, private sessions, tailored to your individual needs. The close and focused attention of the instructor creates an ideal learning environment, which ensures quicker progression and maximum attention.

Adult 1-2-1 lessons are Ideal for:

Non or weak swimmers who lack water confidence
Adults who have a fear of group lessons, a fear of water, or who have had a bad experience with water in the past
Adults who can swim and want to learn a new stroke, or improve technique and breathing
Advanced adult swimmers who want to learn to train, improve technique, distance, stamina or who want to shave seconds off their times for triathlons or competitive swimming.

We also offer adult 2-2-1 lessons. These are ideal for friends or partners to learn together in a private lesson.

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Dedicated, private sessions, tailored to your individual needs

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Develop and improve your swimming ability at a much faster rate

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Undivided attention for a full 30 minutes

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Ideal for non-swimmers, weak swimmers, swimmers with additional needs, those learning a new stroke, improving technique and breathing, increasing stamina, learning to train or swimming a triathlon

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Learn with a friend or partner

School holiday intensive

As well as our term-time swim school lessons, Russell’s Swimming School also offers five-day intensive courses, during the each of the school holidays, for children and adults, in all our venues.

Our intensives are ideal for complete beginners, those currently in lessons wishing to top up their learning, and those who can’t commit to weekly classes.

They run Monday to Friday, every day, at the same time, with same teacher.

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