Nurturing Confidence
Perfecting Technique
Family run swim school. We deliver small group lessons with high quality teaching in state of the art facilities.
We started at Next Level Swimming just over 6 years ago and have been fortunate that our daughter has always had a fantastic teacher at each stage. From the days of crying when about to enter the pool to swimming full lengths - you could say is has been a journey. In stage 5, she had a teacher called Laura and she was amazing and just like all other teachers played a hand in the continuing improvement in our daughter's swimming ability. Nikki who runs the swim school is also very good as she is approachable, gives factual feedback and helps the children when it looks like they might just need a nudge or encouragement. There is regular testing and assessments to rate achievements and help make decisions on moving onto the next stage. All the staff are lovely and helpful. Next Level Swimming has amazing in teaching my daughter who is now a very confident swimmer. I would personally recommend Next Level Swimming to anyone who asks.
My daughter learnt to swim confidently in a week with 30min lessons daily over a week during this summer holiday! - she can now swim backstroke and confident putting her head in the water during front crawl
Thank you to the brilliant staff especially Bryony
Take your swimming to the
next level
Quality
Our exceptional teachers deliver engaging lessons in state-of-the-art facilities.
Personalised
Small group classes and regular assessments enable teachers and assistants to focus on progressing each pupil.
Authentic
We are a family run school. All of our staff members have been personally trained according to our values and methods.
Introducing Our Classes
Classes for Children
Whether your child is a complete beginner or an advanced swimmer, we will motivate and support them to the next level. Our group lessons have a ratio of 1:6. Your child can develop their swimming techniques and water skills with the help of our experienced team of teachers
Swimming classes for little swimmers aged three years and up without a parent in the water. Pupils move to Stage 1 at the start of the term that they turn 5 years. Children develop a concept of water safety as well as swimming skills and water confidence.
Entry level classes for children who are aged 5 years and older. Learn the fundamentals of swimming, as well as water safety awareness and water confidence. We work at your swimmer’s pace, using aids where necessary and making every lesson engaging.
This level is perfect for children working towards swimming 10m unaided. Swimmers develop their aquatic breathing and swimming skills front and back, as well as floating, rotation and entries.
A class for swimmers learning to swim up to 10m front and back without aids. Swimmers develop their streamlining skills and swimming techniques, as well as their knowledge of water safety rules.
By the end of Level Four, swimmers will be able to perform a recognisable leg kick for each of the four swimming strokes. Your brilliant swimmer will further develop a range of skills and techniques, including streamlining and rotations.
During Stage Five, swimmers will develop their skills in treading water, learn the correct arm pulls for all four strokes and learn how to do handstands and somersaults.
At Stage Six, swimmers develop their coordination, stroke technique and breathing, along with surface dives, streamlining and a focus on water safety.
Swimmers develop the range of skills developed in previous stages and bring them together to create a sequence.
By the end of Stage Seven, swimmers will be able to swim 25 metres of all four strokes to Swim England Standards and will be able to complete a continuous swim of 100 metres using three of these different strokes.
The Squad is for competent swimmers (minimum Stage 5). Sessions are designed to cover Stage 5-7 outcomes as well as broader aquatic skills such as competitive starts/turns, water polo, synchronised swimming and life saving skills. The 60 min sessions are social and fun whilst building stamina as well as technical elements.
Classes for Adults
We teach adults of all levels – from those with a fear of the water to advanced swimmers training for a big competition. With the right techniques in place, swimming can be a brilliant way to improve your fitness and for health and wellbeing – let us support you with your swimming goals in our small group classes for adults.
The perfect class for a new swimmer – we offer a safe and nurturing environment for you to learn the fundamentals of swimming. We work at your level of water confidence and ability.
Would you like to develop your breathing technique on front crawl? Perhaps you would like to try a new stroke for the first time? Our intermediate classes are the ideal environment for swimmers able to swim without aids to develop confidence, stamina and technique.
This level is ideal for swimmers who are training for an event or looking to swim for fitness. We can work at your level to perfect your swimming techniques and design your personalised training programme.
For more accomplished swimmers, Swim Fit sessions will improve your technique and fitness and help you to reach personal targets in a social environment. Workouts range from 10-120 lengths, depending on ability, and last for 60 mins. Sessions provide a mixture of different strokes, speeds and distances using different aids and equipment to encourage a more varied and challenging workout than traditional lane swimming. Suitable if you want to improve your fitness, develop stamina, lose weight, train for an event or return to exercise following an injury.
Join Us
Swim with Next Level Swimming Academy
Click book now to find and secure your space or get in touch. Send us an email on info@nextlevelswimming.co.uk or call on 07824 990239 for more information.
Term Dates & Prices
Term Dates
Winter Term 2026
Tuesday 1st September – Sunday 20th December, 15 Weeks (Tue – Sun)/ 14 Weeks (Mon)
Half term: Monday 26th October – Sunday 1st November
Spring Term 2027
Friday 8th Jan – Thursday 25th March, 11 Weeks
Summer Term 2027
Monday 12th April – Sunday 25th July, 15 Weeks (Tue – Sun)/ 13 Weeks (Mon)
Bank holidays: Monday 3rd May, Monday 31st May
Summer Programme 2027
Swimming Crash Course Week 1: Monday 26th – Friday 30th July
Swimming Crash Course Week 2: Monday 2nd – Friday 6th August
Water Polo Camp: Monday 9th – Friday 13th August
Winter Term 2027
Wednesday 1st September – Sunday 19th December, 15 Weeks (Wed – Sun)/ 14 Weeks (Mon & Tue)
Half term: Monday 25th – Sunday 31st October
Prices
Term Time
Ducklings – Stage 5: £17 per 30 minute lesson (Max 6 swimmers)
Next Level Swim Squad & Swim Fit: £17 per 60 minute lesson
Lessons are payable termly (for remaining weeks if mid-term)
Summer Programme
Ducklings – Stage 1: £110 for 5 days, 40 minute lessons each day (Max 4 swimmers)
Stage 2 – Stage 5: £110 for 5 days, 40 minute lessons each day (Max 6 swimmers)
Next Level Swim Squad: £110 for 5 days, 60 minute lessons each day (Max 12 swimmers)
Water Polo Camp: £150 for 5 days, 4.5 hours each day
Frequently Asked Questions
We're here to help
If we haven’t answered your question below, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Booking and Re-enrolment
We have a list of these requests and we will do our best to accommodate the change after we have moved pupils who need to move up a stage. Alternatively, keep an eye on spaces on the website; if you see a space you prefer you can ask us to move your child(ren) to that space.
We appreciate that you may not be able to make a particular lesson. Offering alternative, one-off classes, is too disruptive as the teacher usually doesn’t know the child and spends a disproportionate amount of time with that pupil. Therefore, we don’t offer ‘make up’ or alternative, one-off substitute classes. If you need to swop more permanently to a different class, please check available spaces online, let us know which class you want to move to, and we will process the change.
We priority auto re-enrol pupils about 4 weeks before the end of a current term. Payment is automatically taken on the re-enrolment date which will be communicated to parents/carers. If you are renewing you don’t need to do anything. If you don’t wish to renew for any reason, please email us well in advance of the auto re-enrolment date so that we can make the pupil a leaver and ensure no payment is taken for the next term.
General Questions
A parent or carer must remain in the gallery or reception area for the duration of the lesson
One parent per child can watch from the spectator gallery (though provided it isn’t too crowded a second parent is welcome too).
Please aim to be in the reception area five to ten minutes before the lesson starts. A member of the team will take pupils to their lesson meet point on poolside.
Children are welcome to wear goggles, as long as they are well fitting and your child is able to put on, remove and adjust them independently. A cap if hair is long is a good idea. We will provide any other necessary equipment – all you need to bring are a swimsuit and towel.
For child protection reasons we operate a strict no photography policy on site. If you would like to take any photos of your children in or around the pool, please speak to our Poolside Manager.
We request that swimmers don’t eat within the hour prior to swimming. Please do not bring food and drink into the changing rooms, gallery or on to poolside.
The Haberdashers' Site
Enter the site through the main gate on Aldenham Road. Park before the first barrier in the main visitor car park as close to the school as possible.
The pool is a 5-8 minute walk from the carpark. Leave the carpark via the footpath, turning right at the end of the path and head towards the playground. Continue past the playground until you reach the large grey pool building at the back of the school.
It is a 25m, 6 lane modern indoor swimming pool. We request that you come to the pool swim ready. There are dedicated male and female changing facilities available for after lessons.
The school is a non smoking site, including the outdoor areas.
No dogs are permitted on the school property (as much as we love them!)
We appreciate that the site is wonderful but access to any other parts of the school, including the grounds and fields, is strictly prohibited.
At the end of the lesson, please meet your children in the changing room. Ladies can only go into the ladies changing room and men can only go into the men’s changing room. Children under 8 years old can go into either changing room. Boys/Girls over 8 years old must change in their own sex changing room.
Assessments
A formal assessment is completed in the second half of every term. We assess a number of classes each week after the half terms. We also do informal and ad hoc assessments throughout the term so that pupils can be moved up during a term if needed.
You (and importantly pupils) can view assessments on the Parent Portal, the link is on our website.
We have a record of completed assessments, we will catch up any assessments missed but it may be early in the following term.
We make a note of everyone who needs to be moved and we work our way through the class movements. Some pupils will be moved immediately (if there is a space), others will be moved over the breaks in time for the following term. We hold spaces for movements during a term when we know pupils are close to completing their outcomes.
If your child is close to completing the outcomes, we keep an eye on their progress and will reassess them and move them during a term.
We aim to keep lessons at the same time, if this isn’t possible, we will contact you to discuss options.
Needs more practice’ – early stages of learning the skill or still using discs; ‘Fair’- some ability to do the skill but a good degree of technical improvement still needed or still using a noodle; ‘Good’ – can perform the skill, possibly not consistently or a small technical element needs improvement but almost there; ‘Pass’ – performs the skill to Swim England standard consistently and will be able to manage the skill development in a higher stage.
Contact Us
We would love to hear from you
Send us an email, fill out the contact form or call on 07824 990239 and we would be happy to help you get booked in .