Our Classes
Baby and Preschool
Parent and baby classes are a perfect way for helping your child learn a key life skill. In these lessons, the sensory lighting is used to help children and creates a relaxing atmosphere. These lessons run in terms and last for half an hour. This is paired with SONOS surround sound, making the lessons more enjoyable for both parent and baby. The pool sits nice and warm at 32 degrees, which is the recommended temperature from Swim England.
Sarah has many years experience teaching these classes and has also completed Baby Swimming qualifications at Birthlight. We follow the Swim England Duckling Awards and more information about these can be found here. At SBSOS, we want to make sure that your child is learning life skills in a safe environment. To ensure this, we follow the PAS 520:2015 Code of Practice which has been recently developed by Swim England. This Code of Practice gives swim schools across the country, a high standard of practice which parents and carers can rely on, including safeguarding, pool safety and much more.
Baby Classes - 3-18 months
Preschool Classes - 18 months to 4 years
Lessons run Monday, Tuesday and Friday mornings and weekend afternoons. Lessons are £15 each and paid for termly.
Group Lessons
Our group lessons start from 4 years old and run Monday to Friday between 4-7pm, and weekends 9am-12pm. Lessons are half an hour long and are £54 a month. For these lessons, parents/carers are welcome to sit at the side of the pool to watch or in our Coffee Room. We follow the Swim England Awards and you can find more information about these here
For these lessons, we run four different groups depending on your child’s ability.
For our Advanced classes, these run Monday to Thursday at 6:30pm for 45 minutes. These are bigger groups for children aiming to complete their Bronze, Silver, Gold and 1 Mile Awards.
When booking with ourselves, we will go through any stages or current swimming ability to see which class would be best for your child. If you have any questions, please let us know.
1-2-1 Lessons
We also offer 1-2-1 lessons for children and these run at the same time as our group lessons. 1-2-1 lessons start from £40 each for a half an hour lesson, depending on the teacher.
1-2-1 lessons can be a great option for children who struggle to concentrate in groups or if they are nervous around water. Lessons are available on a weekly or fortnightly basis, and can also be shared with a friend or sibling (2-2-1).
Crash Courses
Crash Courses include 1 x half hour lesson every day from Monday to Friday (a total of 5 lessons). At the start of the week, the swimming teacher will assess your child to see what they would like to work on or if they’re working towards achieving a Swim England award. Crash Courses can also be useful as a refresher or learning safety around water, especially if you’re heading on holiday.
We have small class sizes, with 4 children in a class to 1 teacher in the water.
We also have the option for children to have 5 x 1-1 lessons. Please ask the office regarding pricing, as this depends on the swimming teacher.
Classes run during Derby City half term holidays and over the summer, with classes starting at 3:30pm. The price for a Crash Course week is £70.
If you were interested in booking or have any queries, please contact us.
Book a Class
If you’ve seen a class you would like to book or would like more information on, we would be more than happy to help!