Enrolment and Booking
Waiting Lists
For most of the swimming courses, waiting lists exist, so it is advisable to contact your chosen centre as soon as you know when would like a place on a course. It may be possible to give you a place on a course immediately, depending upon availability and if the waiting list has been called recently, or you may join a waiting list in advance of the actual time you wish to start a course.
Firstly, look at the class descriptions and decide upon which level is the most suitable. For children under the age of 5, the choice of level will depend upon age as children are grouped this way for the most effective teaching and learning methods. If you are unsure about the level, please call the leisure centre and ask for a free assessment. A swimming teacher will arrange with you a mutually convenient time to assess the child, so placing them on the correct waiting list.
Periodically the people on the waiting lists are contacted and informed if there are any places available on the next course. You will not be placed on a course until you call back and choose the day and time most suitable to you from the choices available. You will not be removed from the list until you ask to be removed, or such time that you join a course.
Enrolling on a Course
Before commencement of the first course you will be required to complete a registration form, giving us a few details about the person joining the course. If any of your details change it is your responsibility to update us with these changes. The paperwork should be completed by the parent or guardian of the child and completed along with the relevant payment before the start of the course. Please note that full payment by cash, cheque, credit or debit card is required before commencement of the course.
Continual Assessment
Swim Like A Fish operates on a continual assessment basis following the A.S.A. National Plan for Teaching Swimming. Therefore swimmers continue to attend their classes until they have completed all of the requirements and learned all of the necessary skills to the expected standards. If children are ready to move up into the next stage at any time during the course the teacher will give the child a slip to take to reception where they can book into the next stage without having to wait until the end of the current course. This happens regularly, and so the continual movement of children means that places become available in the next stage for them to move into. If there is no space to move into immediately the child stays in their current course and they are placed on a priority waiting list for the next level, allowing them to continue to come to lessons until they can move.
Junior Lifestyle Membership
The Junior Lifestyle membership is now available. A membership for children, ideal for those on swimming lessons as the monthly membership fee is inclusive of group swimming lessons as well as giving access to public swimming sessions to practice what you have learned in your lessons as well as Teen Gym and other benefits. The standard rate for group swimming lessons is £5 per lesson, and the membership is only £18.50 per month. This represents extremely good value for money, as it is actually a cheaper way to pay for your swimming lessons over a year - with unlimited practice in public times. Don't delay, join today! Click here for more information.
