Swimming Lessons

Our main Learn to Swim sessions run from 3pm to 4.45pm on Sundays at Charterhouse Pool in Godalming.

Our lessons follow the curriculum set out in Swim England’s National Plan for Teaching Swimming (NPTS). This covers all four main recognised strokes, including general water skills. The initial focus is on stroke technique, expanding in later lessons to include speed work and core skills (diving starts and turns).

Swimmers in our lessons must be aged 5+ and must already have achieved or working towards NPTS Stage 4. This is the ability to swim 10m, know the leg kicks for all 4 strokes, and push off, tuck and float, and roll in the water. A trial will allow the qualified swim teachers to assess the level the swimmer is at.

We use the main pool which is a 25m competition pool at Charterhouse pool. The younger swimmers in the lower groups will have swim teaching assistants in the water with them and their lesson happen at the shallow end.

We also run an additional booster session for 60-3 and 60-4 on Wednesdays 6-7pm at Godalming LC; this is open to swimmers in the top two teaching groups, and helps them to progress more rapidly. Please let’s us know if you want to join this session in addition to the main Sunday session.

When swimmers have completed NPTS Stage 7, there are two paths open: to join the competitive side of the club, or to sign up for our swim sessions for fitness.