ABC Aquatic Journey Overview

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Why Choose ABC Swim School for your Aquatic Journey

Discover a world of aquatic excellence with our comprehensive range of programs designed for all ages and skill levels!
Kickstart your child's swimming journey with our engaging baby and toddler classes, designed to introduce water confidence and basic skills in a fun and supportive environment. As your child progresses, our comprehensive children's swimming lessons follow the Swim England learn to swim program stages 1 through 7, ensuring a structured and progressive development of swimming skills. Whether your child is just starting out with our baby classes or looking to refine their skills at higher levels, our program is designed to build confidence, safety, and a lifelong love of swimming.
Our lessons are tailored to different ability levels, with small class sizes. This allows our dedicated team of 2 to 3 qualified teachers per class to provide personalized attention and support, helping each child reach their full potential.
Incorporating SwimPix into our lessons promotes an inclusive atmosphere by encouraging clear communication and accelerating learning. Each station will feature a visual storyboard outlining the lesson content, ensuring students understand the objectives. Incorporating SwimPix into our lessons promotes clear communication and accelerates learning. SwimPix can be used consistently throughout the session to enhance engagement and comprehension, with adaptations as necessary to support children with SEND.
For our more skilled swimmers, we offer advanced lessons that focus on improving technique, endurance, and competitive skills, helping them excel and prepare for further swimming challenges, this can lead to joining our participation clubs.
Our participation clubs, including the all-new ABC Aquatic Squad launching September 2025 and the ABC Artistic Swimming Team, are designed to keep swimmers engaged with the sport they love—building friendships, staying fit, and creating a lifelong passion for swimming, health, and wellbeing. Plus, these clubs open incredible doors for future teaching opportunities at ABC Swim School, where talented young swimmers can learn to become swimming teachers of lifeguards under the expert guidance of Alison Bell starting at age 16.
For adults, we provide personalised swimming lessons tailored to your goals—whether you're a beginner or looking to refine your technique. Our dedicated ABC Manager is always available to assist with any questions or concerns during the sessions.
Enjoy small, focused classes with 1-3 instructors based on ability, ensuring personalised attention and progress. Plus, receive complimentary certification for your achievements, stay informed with our termly newsletters, and be part of a vibrant swimming community.
Join us and unlock your full potential in the water—a lifetime skill that opens up many opportunities and may one day save your life.

Swimmer's progress and complimentary awards

We are a Swim England Accredited Swim School.
We work towards Duckling, Stages 1 - 7 of the Swim England Learn to Swim Pathway (LTSP), followed by Stages 8 - 10 for multi aquatic disciplines.
Many other awards are available for Artistic Swimming, Rookie Lifesaving, Challenge Awards and distance awards from puffin, 5m to 1 mile.
Our lessons are small in order to enhance the swimming experience of every individual and allows each swimmer to progress at their own pace. Progress is recorded on our ABC App.
Badges and certificates are complimentary for awards achieved.

Welcome emails are sent out - Before the start of the first lesson

Do not come to the lesson if you feel unwell
Toilets can be used downstairs in the entrance before the start of the lesson.
Swimmers to enter the pool via the fire exit for the start of the lesson.
ABC staff will be on the door to take the register and answer any questions
Arrive swim ready with costume, hat, goggles on with overclothes like a onesie easy to take off once they come into the poolside, especially as the weather gets colder.
Each swimmer will need a waterproof bag on the bottom to put in their flipflops, towel and overclothes in. (such as a large shopping bag)
To keep the poolside clean , we ask adults to put on blue shoe covers if you are coming in to help children get ready at the start of the lesson. We provide blue overshoes.
Swimmers will be shown where to go on poolside to put their bags (these will be on the pool floor) this will be a one-way system along the deep end, down the wall on the far side then go to the entry points on the window side.
If armbands are needed ABC staff can help them put them on with your permission.
Parents/adults will be able to view at the window adhering to the ABC code of conduct for parent/guardians and swimmers.
Parents/adults will not be able to come to poolside to watch so children unless arranged with ABC prior to the lesson.

During the lesson

Each session will have a poolside manager to supervise the session.
The teachers will be in the pool teaching except the deep end classes.
There will be 6 - 7 children in a class and 4 stations including a one to one lesson.
Red Stations (Stage 1 and 2) Shallow end with 2 – 3 teachers.
Orange Station (Stage 2 and 3) Shallow end with 2 teachers.
Green Station – (Stage 3 and 4) Middle of the pool with 2 teachers.
Blue Station – (Stage 5, 6, 7) Deep end of the pool - Main teacher on the side of the pool.
ABC will provide floats and noodles.
ABC will provide further engaging equipment.

After the lesson

Swimmers will get out at an exit point.
Swimmers will collect their bags with their clothes, shoes and equipment.
Swimmers will go to the changing rooms directed by ABC staff
Swimmers need to be able to manage in the changing rooms on their own.
ABC staff will be on hand to give swimmers back to parents/adults in the corridor upstairs.
Remove shoes before going into the changing rooms .
Alternatively parents can collect swimmers in the corridor upstairs and take them into the changing rooms adhering to our safeguarding policy.

Viewing from the windows outside

You are able to view the swimmers from the exterior viewing area through the windows adhering to the ABC code of conduct for parent/guardians and swimmers. No mobile phones to be window height.

Safeguarding 2025

To ensure the safety of all swimmers, we ask everyone to follow the following important rules:

All adults and children must abide by the child protection policy, code of conduct in the changing
ABC staff will direct children to the changing rooms and back to parents/carer as
Once children enter the changing rooms ABC staff are available for children or parents/carer to report anything that theyare uncomfortable
Once the children are in the changing room it is a shared responsibility of ABC staff and parents/carer to ensure thatchildren are safe and behaviour is
It is permissible for parents/carer to enter the changing room to support changing or behaviour for their child where necessary as
Boys 7 years and under can be accompanied by their female parents/carer in the female changing room. Boys of 8 years old and over must use the male changing room
Girls 7 years and under can be accompanied by their male parents/carer in the male changing room. Girls of 8 years oldand over must use the female changing room
ABC staff are not permitted to enter the changing room whilst children are getting changed unless there was an
At no time is photography or filming permitted during a session or in the changing room area
MOBILE PHONES and other devices that can record or take photographs are not allowed to be used on poolside, in thechanging room area due to
Filming and taking photographs are not allowed without permission form ABC