Swimming is one of the few sports that exercises the whole body and swimming is designed to be part of their formal education in England. Swimming is the only sport which is since 1994, has been part of the national curriculum for physical education (PE) for primary schools in England. All children are expected to be able to swim 25 meters before leaving primary school.
However, some schools may struggle to fit in swimming in the school timetable. 2017 Swim England study showed 250,000 children left primary schools that year without being able to swim or knowing the basics of water safety skills. The main reason provided was 'lack of sufficient quality swim lessons'.
Swimming Teacher for Primary SchoolsWhether schools have their swimming pools or don't, the main struggle for providing school swimming is normally related to the lack of confidence in classroom teachers to teach swimming specially to kids who don't know how to swim at all.
Even schools with swimming pools can struggle to offer quality lessons consistently as finding swimming teachers with expertise in teaching school swimming at the primary school level is not easy. But, here's how we can help schools.
If you are based in London or Surrey and your school has a swimming pool or your school has access to a swimming pool locally (which your children can easily travel to) and thinking about offering school swimming at your school or a close by location instead of travelling to your local leisure centres, please contact us.
We can help you with setting up your school swimming all year round.
Our swimming teachers can come to you and teach at a time that fits in with your schedule; ensuring minimum time is wasted and without the hassle of going off-site for lessons or travelling too far.
Our teams can travel within a 25 mile radius of Wimbledon and all of or teachers and Swim England (ASA) or STA qualified and DBS checked.
Our swim teachers have attended local schools in Wimbledon to enable the inclusion of swimming in the timetable and save budget and time by cutting out transportation.
This has proven to be very popular and lets the children have fun and learn by doing something different and try something they may otherwise have little chance to experience.
One of Merton's outstanding schools, Bishop Gilpin, is one of the local schools that we had the pleasure to work within 2019. Blue Wave Swim supplied the swim teachers and taught all of their Year 2 school swimming lessons during 2019 Summer term.
Here is what they say about our services
If you are a school (or nursery) and wish to contact us and discuss how we can help you by supplying DBS checked qualified swim teachers, please call us 0208 090 1415 or email:info@bluewaveswim.co.uk or
A good swim school with professional staff
My girls have been going to Blue Wave Swim School for over 2 years, they have been looking forward to each lesson and keep practicing the swimming tricks even in a bath. All teachers and an owner of the school has been friendly, very professional. They found unique approach and made kids happy, but most importantly show them how to swim and have fun. Thank you very much from our family to Blue Wave Swim School.
April 19, 2021, www.yell.com
Easter 2021 Crash Course
Various lockdowns have held back my daughter’s swimming development so we opted for a crash 4 day course over Easter and she has come away from it much more confident and with a recognisable stroke as opposed to doggy paddle!
April 19, 2021, www.yell.com
Although I have only attended two lessons, Marjan’s bubbly personality makes you feel instantly at ease. During the lessons, the pool was not very busy which is a good thing (as opposed to public pools) for those who are anxious.
I would strongly recommend to adults who have experienced trauma with water at a certain time in their lives.
November 24, 2020, www.yell.com
My son has been going to swimming lessons at Blue Wave in Wimbledon for a few years now and thoroughly enjoys it. The teaching is great and the lessons well run. Helps to prepare him for when we finally get to go on holiday again!
September 26, 2020, www.yell.com
Highly Recommended
My son went to improve his swimming technique and found his instructor very helpful, very kind and patient. The school itself is very welcoming and feels safe for all the children who go there. I would highly recommend it.
August 23, 2019, www.yell.com
Excellent results
My son is 4 years-old and we were looking for weekend swimming classes in a nice environment that could bring good results. After some research we chose Blue Wave Swim. Our son has been having private lessons since the end of 2018 and he is progressing very well. We believe the professionalism of the team, the clean and tidy infrastructure, and the good care of the management are contributing for his development and confidence in the water. Thank you very much Blue Wave Swim!
August 23, 2019, www.yell.com
Awesome!
I am grateful to Marjan and her team at Blue Wave Swim for their hard work and for promoting happiness and enjoyment in swimming. It is amazing to watch the lessons, see the attention, the encouragement and the support the children receive. I have been impressed with my daughters’ progress and the fact that they love attending their classes and learning a vital life skill. Thank you very much. Great job!
August 23, 2019, www.yell.com
Superb Swimming School in Wimbledon
My daughter, who is now 7 years old, started with blue wave two years back and we have been very happy with her progress at the school. Initially we started with group lessons but once she got comfortable in water we moved her to semi private lessons, which made a lot of difference in her ability to learn swimming. As part of the smaller group she is better bonded with other children in the group and gets more attention from the swimming instructor, which is helping her advance her swimming skills. During her 2 years with blue wave, swimming instructors for my daughter have changed and while continuity in learning was maintained, I think this could have been managed better. Needless to say, she still goes and enjoys her time here and looks forward to her class every week. Overall we are very pleased with Blue Wave and would recommend them without any hesitation.
August 23, 2019, www.yell.com
Highly recommend
Highly recommend this swimming school. My daughter has been attending since she was 1 years old and she loves it. The teachers are very good with children and my daughter, who is now 4 years old is very confident in the water.
August 23, 2019, www.yell.com
020 8090 1415