After School Lessons

Lessons for school-age children (4½ years plus) take place after school during the week and on Saturday mornings, catering for complete beginners to the more advanced.  These structured lessons are taught by our professionally trained Swim School Instructors.

Bluecoat Sports has the reputation of being one of the most professional and successful providers of swimming lessons in the area.

Parent and Baby Drop-In Sessions

Parent and Baby Drop-in sessions are supervised by our friendly instructors and will help your child gain confidence in the water in a fun safe environment with the use of toys and games.

Waterbabe Classes

Waterbabe classes cater for the younger child (pre-school) and are suitable for children aged 2 upwards. Classes run on Wednesday mornings and on Fridays after lunch.  The sessions are for 20 minutes and the parent or guardian accompanies the child in the water.

Rookie Lifesaving

Children interested in lifesaving would enjoy our Rookie Programme which consists of half an hour dry side and half an hour wet side covering rescues, water safety, casualty management and first aid.  Must be 8+ years and be able to swim in deep water

Barracudas and Junior Coaching

After finishing the Swim School syllabus, children may like to continue swimming and there are two options:

1. Barracudas, a non-competitive swimming club running on Mondays (17.30 - 18.30) or Fridays (17.30 - 18.30)

2. For those purely wishing to continue swimming to maintain their fitness levels, there is drop-in coaching session on Sundays from 17.30 - 18.30

Children's Intensive Swimming Courses

During the school holidays, Bluecoats offer week long intensive swimming courses for those wishing to brush up on their technique, learn a new skill or just try something completely different.  Courses run for half an hour for 5 days and improvements can be dramatic.  An example of the courses which we offer are:

• Beginners (must be 4½ years old)

• Stroke Clinics

• Breaststroke/Butterfly Stroke Clinic

• Front Crawl/Backstroke Stroke Clinic

• Mini Polo

• AquaFun (Synchronised swimming)

To find out what we are running during the next school holidays, please follow the link to our children's activities page