Our Aquarius Swim School swimming lesson programme allows kids to enrol for lessons at any time. Lessons run for 50 weeks of the year, with two weeks off over the Christmas and New Year period. This allows your child to have a continual swimming experience with us.
Lessons are 30 minutes in duration, with one-hour multi-aquatic classes available for children who have progressed through all of the stages – we run a continuous assessment for all children, enabling progression at the point when all the criteria has been achieved.
The swim programme focuses on all four main strokes, water confidence and water skills. Children will develop key stroke techniques whilst working towards badges from the ASA ‘learn to swim’ pathway.
We operate a direct debit payment scheme, which is set up at the time of booking. Once set up, it will allow your child to continuously move through the programme when the teacher feels they are capable.
Coventry Sports Foundation (operated as CV Life) does not offer refunds, credit notes or change of times for any missed lessons due to illness or holiday. Doctors/hospital letters must be provided to receive credits for lessons missed due to illness/broken bones.
Did you know you can book public swimming sessions at Centre AT7, The Alan Higgs Centre, Xcel Leisure Centre and Waterpark sessions at The Wave for FREE*
Use your unique code when booking your space and be sure to bring you Aquarius wristband** when arriving at your public/waterpark session!
We also periodically send newsletters to inform our members of the latest news, enrolment information, timetables and more. Plus, we send customer alerts via text message for any communications related to a specific class.
Check we have the correct contact details for you at reception during your next visit to The Wave, Xcel Leisure Centre, The Alan Higgs Centre or Centre AT7. If you’ve already provided us with your email address, remember to check your spam folders .
*free for Aquarius Member only. Admission Policy applies at The Wave.
**To obtain an Aquarius Wristband to gain access to your FREE public and Waterpark sessions, you will need to pay £15.00 for the wristband. These can be obtained from Centre AT7, The Alan Higgs Centre, Xcel Leisure Centre or The Wave.
Enrolments for certain stages are available, with limited spaces.
Please note: if a stage is not listed below at a centre, this means the stage is unavailable to enrol onto at this moment in time. For announcements on enrolments and more, please follow our social media pages at at @cvaquariusswim on Facebook and Twitter .
How to enrol: Firstly, check the list below to ensure the stage you are looking for is available! If so, visit us in-centre and speak with reception who will be happy to get you enrolled into swimming lessons. Please Note: please bring proof of address and bank details for the Direct Debit. Spaces will be on a first come, first served basis.
Centre | Available Enrolments (subject to availability) |
Centre AT7 | Ducklings – Thursdays 10:45am – 11:15am Enquire at Reception |
Xcel Leisure Centre | Ducklings Mondays 11:00am – 11:30am Ducklings Wednesday 10:30am – 11:00am, 11:00am – 11:30am Ducklings Fridays: 10:30am – 11:00am Enquire at Reception |
The Alan Higgs Centre | Ducklings Tuesdays 11:00am – 11:30am Ducklings Friday 2:30pm – 3:00pm Enquire at Reception |
The Wave | Ducklings Mondays at 11:00am – 11:30am Enquire at Reception |
To book, please visit our centre or call on 02476856956 for Xcel Leisure Centre, 02476665530 for Centre AT7, 02476308244 for The Alan Higgs Centre or 02476252500 for The Wave. Limited Spaces available.
Running from Monday 8th January – Friday 22nd March. Excluding February Half Term (12th February).
Price: £65.00 for 10 weeks. Limited Spaces available.
Progression
Ducklings classes are based on age range, whereas stages 1 upwards are classes based on ability. Children will progress through stages once all elements of the stage have been achieved.
Your child can progress to the next stage at any time throughout the year. Your current teacher will present your child with a progression slip which you take to reception. They will try to find you a class that is convenient for you and, if we succeed, your child will move up to the next stage the following week.
Once your child has completed a stage, they will be awarded with a badge which is available to purchase from reception.
Badges
We have a range of badges available for children to gain throughout the stages of the framework. These include ‘Stage’ badges when they complete a phase of progression, ‘Distance’ badges and ‘I Can’ Awards for the younger children.
For an in depth view of our lesson date and times, see below our timetables:
Follow our social media pages at at @cvaquariusswim on Facebook and Twitter to keep up to date with the latest information!
FESTIVE LESSONS NOTICE:
Lessons will not be running between these dates: Saturday 23rd December – Friday 5th January 2024.
Last sessions will run on Friday 22nd December 2023 with lessons resuming from Saturday 6th January 2024.