Learn To Swim

You know that we love swimming right? Established in 1967, we have been teaching swimming in York for over 50 years! We are a small, friendly, swimming club run by a dedicated team of hard working volunteers. Working closely together we deliver high quality swimming lessons to children from 4 years and upwards. All swimming lessons occur at New Earswick pool.

We are affiliated to Swim England, and follow their guidelines and principles to deliver high quality swimming lessons within a safe and controlled environment. We are SwimMark accredited. SwimMark is Swim England's quality standard for swimming clubs, and recognises high standards of governance, sustainability and effectiveness. The club is run and managed by a committee, which includes a dedicated child welfare officer.

Our Learn To Swim scheme is divided into 7 progressive stages. Each stage has a clear set of competencies, that your child needs to achieve in order to progress further. Each swimming lesson is aligned to individual competencies, and together these help turn your child into a confident and competent swimmer. Lessons are fun, engaging and take a games based approach. We find this is the best way for your child to learn. Lessons are supervised by a dedicated lifeguard.

We operate our Learn To Swim scheme for 48 weeks of the year. Monthly membership entitles your child to attend 2 half hour swimming lessons per week. We have a dedicated Learn to Swim Co-ordinator, who is responsible for working closely with our Teachers and Assistants to ensure that your child progresses through each stage. They are also a point of contact for you, should you have any questions or concerns.

Swimmers in the club learn about the core aquatic skills. These enable them to understand the processes that are needed to swim all of the four strokes, front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly.

The core aquatic skills are:
- Entry
- Exits
- Floatation and Balance
- Rotation and Orientation
- Streamlining
- Aquatic Breathing
- Travel and Coordination
- Water Safety
- Health and Fitness

We are happy to offer your child a free swimming assessment. This helps us to understand their current ability, and which stage they should be placed in. It also helps you to get to know us, who we are, what we do, and where we swim.

Upon successful completion of our Learn To Swim scheme, your child will be invited to continue their swimming journey by joining our Competitive Coaching scheme. We have 4 progressive coaching groups, who regularly compete in local, regional and national swimming galas.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Stage 1

Monday- 18:30- 19:00
Wednesday- 18:40- 19:10
Friday- 18:40- 19:10
Saturday- 10:30- 11:00

Stage 2

Monday- 18:00- 18:30
Wednesday- 18:00- 18:30
Friday- 18:00- 18:30
Saturday- 10:30- 11:00

Stage 3

Monday- 18:00- 18:30
Wednesday- 18:00- 18:30
Friday- 18:00- 18:30
Saturday- 10:00- 10:30

Stage 4

Monday- 18:00- 18:30
Wednesday- 18:00- 18:30
Friday- 18:00- 18:30
Saturday- 10:00- 10:30

Stage 5

Monday- 18:30- 19:00
Wednesday- 18:40- 19:10
Friday- 18:40- 19:10
Saturday- 10:30-11:00

Stage 6

Monday- 18:30- 19:00
Friday- 18:30- 19:15

Stage 7

Wednesday- 18:30- 19:15
Saturday- 10:30-11:00

Register here:

New Member Registration for New Earswick Swimming Club (swimclubmanager.co.uk)