Children’s Swimming Lessons

Learning to swim is a key life skill for any child. Swim Academy is a clearly structured swimming and water safety programme designed by the Swimming Teachers’ Association (STA), one of the largest swim teaching and lifesaving organisations in the world and delivered by highly trained swimming teachers.

The lesson structure allows gradual progression and there is an exciting badge scheme in place to encourage your child along the way.

Building confidence and developing basic skills such as breathing in the water, floating and simple movement are the foundation for moving on successfully to developing swimming strokes.

For those who have completed the learn to swim badges, there are a range of lessons for advanced swimmers developing strokes over greater distances and including more challenging skills including rescue techniques and timed swims.

Benefits of Swim Academy

All children registered with the Your Trust Swim Academy have the added bonus of being able to swim for free in any public, casual pay as you go swimming session.

A continuous, rolling programme of high quality swimming teaching, running throughout the year (50 week programme)
Progress tracking via Home Portal
A free swimming hat – with a new colour issued at every different level
Great lessons with fun ways to learn to swim
Spread the cost with the direct debit payment scheme and automatic enrolment

Young girl shown during a swimming lesson. She is in the swimming pool with her head and shoulders out of the water. She is wearing a bright pink costume and an orange arm band on each arm.

Levels

STARFISH For children aged 0-3 year old
An innovative series of 6 progressive awards designed to introduce babies from a few months old with the accompanying adult to a water adventure where water confidence and safety skills are introduced.

STANLEY For children aged 3-5 year old
Stanley lessons are designed for non swimmers and beginners. Lessons teach basic swimming and water safety skills helping to build confidence in the water, learn aquatic breathing, floating and movement.

OCTOPUS For children aged 5-8 year old
Octopus lessons are designed for non swimmers and beginners. Lessons will develop pupil’s confidence, knowledge and skills in the water.

GOLDFISH For children aged 5-8 year old
Goldfish lessons are the next stage for swimmers who have progressed through either the Stanley or Octopus lessons. Lessons help to develop correct stroke technique over short distances. (Front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly.) On completion, swimmers will be able to swim 15 metres without any aid as well as perform basic floats.

ANGELFISH
Once swimmers have completed the Goldfish Series they can progress to the Angelfish Series. On completion, swimmers will be capable of swimming 25 metres without aid, perform butterfly stroke as well as mastering sculling techniques and entries to the water.

SHARK
Pupils will learn how to swim 25m across three competitive strokes, perform head first and feet first surface dive and swim underwater 5m. They will also learn basic water rescue and survival techniques as well as starts and turns for each of the strokes. On completion, learners will be able to swim 100 metres.

Advanced Swimmers

The Advanced Swimmer Series consists of three levels, Bronze, Silver and Gold; each award has a badge and certificate. This series develops swimming technique, speed, stamina and water polo or synchronised swimming skills.

BRONZE
Learning outcomes include swimming 200m in 6 minutes, using a recognised competitive stroke; swimming 50m in 90 seconds and sculling head first and feet first.

SILVER
Learning outcomes include swimming 400m in 10 minutes, swimming 100m in 2 minutes, 4 x 50m individual medley, sculling 15m and tread water for 90 seconds.

GOLD
Learning outcomes include swimming 400m in 8 minutes, 100m in 90 seconds, scull 25m and tread water for 2 minutes.

Junior Lifeguard

Junior Lifeguard Academy is a survival and rescue training programme that includes lifeguarding skills, first aid, ocean awareness, distance, sport skills and health and wellbeing. Age 8+

Track your child’s progress

Your Home Portal enables you to track your child’s progress in their lessons. You’ll be able to log in to access information and updates directly from your swimming instructor.

View Your Home Portal

Not receiving an activation email – Please ring the centre or ask for a member of staff on your next visit to activate the account on on-course, customer will then be able to log in using the details they set the account up with.

Not receiving a forgotten password re-set email – Please check your spam/junk emails first. If there is still no email please contact or visit the centre directly so one of the team can de-activate your account

Not being able to see past history – If you are a returning customer and have set up a new Direct Debit the details need to be exactly the same as the last account on our system otherwise it will set up as new and the history for your child will not be seen.