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At Aqua Splash we pride ourselves on being the best possible place for your child to learn to swim. Our friendly & experienced swim instructors are qualified to provide swimming lessons for children aged from 3 years..

Baby Lessons
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Our Baby Swimming Lessons are a great beginning to your Child's swimming development. Working on holds, entries, prone and supine movements, balance, spatial awareness and much more...

Adult & Child Lessons
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Our Adult & Child lessons are a great beginning to your child's swimming development. They help both you as the supporting adult and your child to enjoy swimming in safety and with confidence...

Adult Lessons
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If you're an adult looking to learn to swim, improve your stroke, or build your confidence to get back in the water; then Aqua Splash can tailor lessons to achieve your own personal goal...

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About Us

Aqua Splash Swim School

Cumbria Swim School Providing Swimming Lessons & Courses throughout Whitehaven & West Cumbria

Aqua Splash Swim School are a small family run swim school situated on the edge of Whitehaven on the west coast of Cumbria. We have over 20 years teaching experience in helping children and adults of all ages and abilities, including special educational needs,  learn how to swim.

Family is at the centre of everything that we do. We want your time with our swim school to be fun and informative; an eagerly anticipated weekly activity for you and/or your little one!

Here at Aqua Splash Swim School, we have used our expert knowledge and experience to develop a unique swim school that provides the opportunity for you or your child to learn and develop a vital life skill in a fun, safe and engaging environment.

We recognise that every swimmer’s progression is unique and our swim instructor’s will tailor our programme to ensure it is appropriate and inclusive for each individual.

Our overall aim is to produce confident and safe swimmers with a good standard of stroke and to equip them with the skills required to safely enjoy water based activities - ‘Enjoying & Achieving’

Gavin Bound, founder of Aqua Splash Swim School Ltd

Why Choose Us?

  • We cater for different age groups and abilities – Aqua Splash offer a variety of Swimming Lessons & Courses to help children and adults of all ages and abilities learn how to swim or improve their technique.

  • Small Class Sizes – Our small groups ensure children get the best possible tuition and receive the individual attention that’s needed to consistently learn and improve their swimming skills.

  • Structured Lessons with Clear Goals – We use a structured teaching syllabus with clear goals for delivering safe, inclusive and effective swimming lessons for all ages.

  • Professionally Qualified Swim Instructors – Our swim instructors are highly experienced, professionally qualified and have the ability to make swimming lessons engaging and fun.

  • Regular Parental Feedback – We can give you concise, constructive feedback so you know at all times, just how well your child is progressing. We have a clear system for keeping records of your child’s progress.

  • Private Pool Facilities – We operate from private pool facilities teaching our lessons in individual private sessions reducing distraction and enhancing learning.

  • Water Based Instructor – our instructor is water based offering maximum support during your child’s lessons, it’s also a great way for the instructor to demonstrate particular skills and strokes to enhance your child’s learning.

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Our Pool

Our private indoor heated pool offers a great environment for learning how to swim

The Mansion Guest House - Swimming Pool

Pool Dimensions

  • Length = 10 Meters
  • Width = 4.5 Meters
  • Depth = 1 Meter (Shallow end) with a gradient to 2.1 Meters (Deep end)
  • Temp – 30 degrees Celsius

Pool Location

  • The Mansion Guesthouse, Woodhouse Road, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 9LN.
The Mansion Guest House - Swimming Pool

Lesson Services

Aqua Splash offer a variety of Swimming Lessons & Courses to help children and adults of all ages and abilities learn how to swim

All lessons are run from private pool sessions and run similar to school academic terms, covering 40 weeks over the year

Crash Courses

(Summer Holidays Only) Limited Availability

Our Crash Course consists of 30 minute lessons run over 3 consecutive days. (Mon to Wed) – this is equivalent of 6 weeks of lessons in three days.

The Courses are very popular before holidays to give children an extra boost or even to sample Aqua Splash Swim School’s fantastic lessons.

The course will normally run mornings sessions.

Lesson are subject to pool availability and viability. Places, if running, will be advised prior to summer holidays starting.

Prices per lesson £37.00 (based on a 1-1) paid in blocks of 3 day lessons for group lessons intensive course

Crash Courses

Baby Swimming Lessons

Our Baby swimming lessons are a great beginning to your Childs swimming development

This is our foundation phase working on holds, entries, prone and supine movements, balance, spatial awareness and much more

Children as young as 4 months onwards (full vaccinated) of age can take part in these lessons.

There is a maximum of 4 children/supporting adult per lesson.

Baby lessons run Thursday early afternoons 12:30 – 1:00pm and 1:00 – 1:30pm.

Prices per lesson £16.85 paid in blocks similar to a school academic term

Baby Swimming Lessons

One to One Swimming Lessons

Our one to one lessons are ideal for individuals who might need a boost, perhaps need to learn a specific skill, or just want that extra individual attention.

These lessons are a very popular way off achieving quick results in any area of your swimming that you want to improve in.

We can even teach on a two to one, three to one basis.

One to One lessons are 30 minutes in duration and run early weekday evenings until 6:00pm.

Also available on Saturday late mornings.

Prices per lesson £42.00 (based on a 1-1) paid in blocks similar to a school academic term

One to One Swimming Lessons

Adult & Child Swimming Lessons

Our Adult & Child lessons are a great beginning to your Childs swimming development.

Children as young as twelve months up to three years six months of age can take part in these lessons.

Once your child reaches the age of three years six months they will be phased in to group lessons ensuring your child’s development continues to develop.

Lessons are mixed ability.

There is a maximum of 4 children/supporting adult per lesson.*

Adult & Child lessons run Saturday mornings from 10.30am – 12:00pm.

* We aim to keep a structure of 4:1 for beginner lessons, however, we reserve the right to go to a 5:1 maximum ratio during high demand periods.

Prices per lesson £16.85 paid in blocks similar to a school academic term

Adult & Child Swimming Lessons

Children’s Group Swimming Lessons

Our group lessons are ideal for children to develop into confident and competent swimmers through fun and enjoyment.

Aqua Splash Swim School pride themselves on their small group sizes with a pupil to teacher ratio of 5:1* and teaching children a vital life skill in a fun way.

These lessons are great for children as young as three years.

All lessons are 30 minutes in duration.

Group lessons run Monday to Friday early evenings until 6:00pm and Saturday mornings at 9:00am -10.30am.

* We aim to keep a structure of 5:1 for beginner lessons, however, we reserve the right to go to a 6:1 maximum ratio during high demand periods.

Prices per lesson £13.50 paid in blocks similar to a school academic term

3:1 and 4:1 ratio classes are also run between 3.30-4pm Monday to Friday and from 6-6.30pm Monday to Thursday. These smaller ratios come with a pricing structure as shown below:

3:1 ratio £22.50 per lessons paid in blocks similar to a school term

4:1 ratio £16.85 per lessons paid in blocks similar to a school term

Children’s Group Swimming Lessons

Adult Swimming Lessons

For older teens and adults looking to make a start with swimming, build water confidence and/or improve their swimming technique.

If you are an adult looking to learn to swim, improve your stroke, or build your confidence to get back in the water, then we can tailor lessons to achieve your own personal goal.

Lessons are taught during school term time.

The lessons are taught in 5 x one hour sessions with flexible agreed dates and days to suit.

Late evenings 8-9pm or 9-10pm Monday to Thursdays and Weekday mornings 10am onwards.

Lessons are taught from Sandylands pool near Aspatria.

Collectrion and drop off depending on location can be arranged.

Total price per 5 hour sessions £380.00 which are taught in one to one private sessions

Adult Swimming Lessons

Open Water Swimming Experience

Our open water swimming is ideal for the complete novice who has always wanted to experience open water swimming or for those who are wanting to train for an open water event.

We offer the following courses:

Introduction to open water experience

This course is 1 and a half hours (this includes short safety briefing, pre swim preparation, swim experience (40 minutes) and post swim brief.

This can be mornings, or evenings depending on availability.

Short open water course

This course consists of 4 x 1 hour sessions focusing on your specific goals and improvements. First session is slightly longer as this includes (this includes short safety briefing, pre swim preparation, swim experience and post swim brief)

This can be mornings, or evenings depending on availability.

Introduction to open water experience - £35.00

Short open water course - £65.00

Crummock water and Ennerdale water. Other locations can be arranged at an additional travel charge

Open water swim bouy will be provided as part of your session as a safety measure

Open water swimming lessons

Swimming Awards

We use Swim England's Learn to Swim Programme, which is the leading national teaching syllabus for delivering safe, inclusive and effective swimming lessons for all ages.

With a bright range of badges and certificates, the Programme provides motivation and support for children at every level – from their first splash to gaining their enhanced swimming skills.

Pre-School Framework

Perfect for pre-school children, building the beginnings of a life-long love of water.

Duckling Awards

Duckling Awards are the next step on from the Discovery Duckling Awards.

They are designed to help toddlers enjoy learning to swim with help from their parents or guardians.

With Duckling Awards your child can work towards four different colourful Awards. Each Award has its own certificate and badge.

Duckling 1 will see children start to move by themselves in the water.

By Duckling 4 they will be jumping in, going underwater, floating and travel 10 metres without support.

Duckling Awards are great at promoting increased independence and water confidence to help prepare for Stage 1 of the Learn to Swim Framework.

Learn to Swim Framework

Ideal for children aged four through to 11, developing confident and competent swimmers through fun and enjoyment.

The Learn to Swim Stage 1-7 Awards are divided into progressive stages. They make up the core, national syllabus of learning to swim for primary school aged children.

They are designed to reward your child for their development of the essential aquatic skills they need to be confident, competent and safe in the water.

Each of the Learn to Swim Stage 1-7 Awards has a list of clear outcomes that need to be completed in order to gain each Award.

Swimming Award - Learn to Swim 1-7

Complementary Awards

Complementary Awards keep learners enjoying their swimming whilst they progress  through the Learn to Swim Programme.

These can be achieved alongside the core Awards in each Framework to reward smaller steps or demonstrate achievement of new skills. Here you will find information on our complementary Awards and the next steps learners can take after achieving their Awards

Adult & Child Award

The Swim England Adult and Child Award helps both you as the supporting adult and your child to enjoy swimming in safety and with confidence.

It rewards you with a certificate on achievement of six practical skills as well as completion of a short, written test on your knowledge of water safety, handling and support.

All six practical skills must be passed to achieve the Swim England Adult and Child Award and may be accumulated over a number of sessions.

A minimum of four of the questions need to be completed correctly.

Rainbow Distance Awards

The Rainbow Distance Awards (including Puffin Award) are aimed at swimmers of five years and older and are designed to demonstrate the pupils’ ability to swim from A to B without pause and without stress.

They are a great way to give swimmers the incentive to develop their swimming abilities and stamina by gradually increasing the distance they can swim.

Water Safety Awards

There are three Water Safety Awards teaching water danger awareness, self-rescue techniques and vital survival skills in clothes, without swimming goggles.

Water Skills Awards

The Swim England Water Skills Awards support intensive activity programmes and reward your child for successfully developing water skills skills across six grading levels. The six Awards are represented by six colour-coded certificates and accompanying badges and focus on confidence, versatility, skills and endurance.

Swimming Challenge Awards

Swim England Swimming Challenge Awards are for young people working towards the latter stages of Learn to Swim Stages 1-7 or Learn to Swim Stages 8-10 of the Aquatic Skills Framework, with Bronze, Silver, Gold and Honours Awards available.

Your children will be challenged to develop a wide range of skills and stamina in order to achieve the Awards, with a focus on good stroke style.

Adult Distance Awards

The Swim England Adult Distance Awards can be gained by achieving 5 metres, 10 metres, 25 metres, 50 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres, 800 metres and 1 mile.

Designed to provide motivational milestones for swimmers who enjoy lane swimming, these Awards offer swimmers a clear target to achieve.

Alpha Step Awards

The Alpha Step Awards are designed to build confidence in those who may need additional support during their swimming lessons.

They are particularly relevant for a shy/timid child, a nervous adult and some individuals with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

The Alpha Step Awards reward the development of the early stages of buoyancy, coordination, spatial awareness, breathing, and entering and leaving the pool safely.

The basic water skills and confidence gained through these Awards enable a smooth transition to Learn to Swim Stage 1 Award of the Swim England Learn to Swim Framework.

Download the Learn to Swim Programme Overview

An easy access overview of the badges and Frameworks of Swim England’s Learn to Swim Programme, together with how a swimmer progresses through them can be downloaded here as a handy PDF document.

The Learn to Swim Programme helps children and adults of all ages and abilities to learn how to swim. The Awards journey is a fantastic experience that opens up a range of new possibilities for everyone, as well as supporting their confidence, enjoyment and safety in the water

FAQs

Some of the most common questions asked by our customers

For little splashers all babies must wear correct fitting swimming nappies with a second nappy over the top. This is a double nappy system which all parents must ensure their babies wear. You can buy a Happy Nappy over the internet, or from the Swim School Direct.

For all fully toilet trained children regular swim wear is required. We advise boys not to wear long knee length swim shorts as this restricts their swimming.

We provide mats and all teaching equipment and water aids. It is recommended to bring a bottle of water for your child to drink after they finish the lesson.

For babies we recommend their usual food as they can get very hungry swimming around for 30 minutes.

All our teachers are very experienced with dealing with nervous children and they will know how to deal with the children. However it is always best to take your child to the pool beforehand to familiarise him/her with the layout and facilities.

You can email, complete our enquiry form, use Facebook Messenger or call the Swim School to be added to our waiting list.

The waiting-list can vary in length and is also dependant on the ability of the child. Please ask the Swim school for the current situation of the waiting time, as a piece of mind ALL our waiting lists are regularly reviewed.

Four weeks prior to the end of the current course you will be given a reenrolment letter, this will have all information of course prices, reenrolment due date, and next term course dates. Failure to re-enrol within the deadline period will result in being removed from the next course and your place being taken by another child from our waiting list.

If you miss the date, please contact the Swim school office as soon as possible. After the pay by date, we fill the lessons with other children. If your space is still available, you just need to pay. If your space has gone, we will try to find you a suitable alternative. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to find you a suitable class, so please make sure you pay on time.

We do not offer refunds or catch up lessons for general sickness, however if it is long term please call the office to discuss the situation and we will try to be accommodating.

Little splashers takes babies from 4 months old and once they graduate from here at about 1-11/2 years old they can join our duckling lessons right up to the age of 31/2 years.

Aqua Splash cater for all ages and all abilities; if you are unsure on where to place your child please call the office where we can help place your child in the most suitable class for them or arrange an assessment prior to starting.

If you can’t make the lesson time, please call the Swim School as soon as possible. We will then try to move your child if there is space available when it is suitable for you. There is a cut-off date by which parents must re-enrol, so after this date the spaces that are free will be available to other children.

30 minutes is the length of each lesson.

Aqua splash swim school prides itself on small class sizes. This ensures that all children get the special care and attention in learning the vital life skill of swimming.

Our ducking lessons has a maximum class size of 4, and our children’s group lessons has a maximum class size of 5.

The owner is our instructor with over 20 years in the leisure and teaching industry.

Holding many qualifications such as Level 2 teacher certificate, Halliwick AST instructor (SEN qualification), Sensafloat instructor (SEN qualification).

Yes, you are able to watch and provide support and encouragement to your child. Please get your child changed and take them through to the poolside, and leave them. Please be on the poolside one minute before the lesson is due to end to collect your child.

If your child is in Duckling lessons then you will be with them in the water at all times.

Please note – there is a strict ban of any photography at the pool.

For little splashers all babies must wear correct fitting swimming nappies with a second nappy over the top. This is a double nappy system which all parents must ensure their babies wear. You can buy a Happy Nappy over the internet, or from the Swim School Direct.

For all fully toilet trained children regular swim wear is required. We advise boys not to wear long knee length swim shorts as this restricts their swimming.

We provide mats and all teaching equipment and water aids. It is recommended to bring a bottle of water for your child to drink after they finish the lesson.

For babies we recommend their usual food as they can get very hungry swimming around for 30 minutes.

All our teachers are very experienced with dealing with nervous children and they will know how to deal with the children. However it is always best to take your child to the pool beforehand to familiarise him/her with the layout and facilities.

You can email, complete our enquiry form, use Facebook Messenger or call the Swim School to be added to our waiting list.

The waiting-list can vary in length and is also dependant on the ability of the child. Please ask the Swim school for the current situation of the waiting time, as a piece of mind ALL our waiting lists are regularly reviewed.

Four weeks prior to the end of the current course you will be given a reenrolment letter, this will have all information of course prices, reenrolment due date, and next term course dates. Failure to re-enrol within the deadline period will result in being removed from the next course and your place being taken by another child from our waiting list.

If you miss the date, please contact the Swim school office as soon as possible. After the pay by date, we fill the lessons with other children. If your space is still available, you just need to pay. If your space has gone, we will try to find you a suitable alternative. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to find you a suitable class, so please make sure you pay on time.

We do not offer refunds or catch up lessons for general sickness, however if it is long term please call the office to discuss the situation and we will try to be accommodating.

Little splashers takes babies from 4 months old and once they graduate from here at about 1-11/2 years old they can join our duckling lessons right up to the age of 31/2 years.

Aqua Splash cater for all ages and all abilities; if you are unsure on where to place your child please call the office where we can help place your child in the most suitable class for them or arrange an assessment prior to starting.

If you can’t make the lesson time, please call the Swim School as soon as possible. We will then try to move your child if there is space available when it is suitable for you. There is a cut-off date by which parents must re-enrol, so after this date the spaces that are free will be available to other children.

30 minutes is the length of each lesson.

Aqua splash swim school prides itself on small class sizes. This ensures that all children get the special care and attention in learning the vital life skill of swimming.

Our ducking lessons has a maximum class size of 4, and our children’s group lessons has a maximum class size of 5.

The owner is our instructor with over 20 years in the leisure and teaching industry.

Holding many qualifications such as Level 2 teacher certificate, Halliwick AST instructor (SEN qualification), Sensafloat instructor (SEN qualification).

Yes, you are able to watch and provide support and encouragement to your child. Please get your child changed and take them through to the poolside, and leave them. Please be on the poolside one minute before the lesson is due to end to collect your child.

If your child is in Duckling lessons then you will be with them in the water at all times.

Please note – there is a strict ban of any photography at the pool.

We use Swim England’s awards as our awards structure, with supporting awards such as rainbow distance, challenge awards to support the main framework.

At the end of each term your child will receive an individual assessment form which shows all out comes which your child has worked towards and if they have achieved the recommended requirement for an award. Every lesson is assessed to ensure overall consistency and confidence within their current stage of development.

Please be aware, your child will only pass the Stage if they have completed all of the Outcomes to the correct standard, determined by their teacher.

Unable to find an answer to your question? No problem! Aqua Splash Swim School is on hand to answer any questions you may have. Get in touch with us today and a member of our team would be happy to discuss any queries you may have.

Contact Us

Are you looking for Adult or Child Swimming Lessons in Whitehaven and the surrounding areas of West Cumbria?

Then look no further than Aqua Splash Swim School, we pride ourselves on delivering high quality swimming lessons in a relaxed, fun environment, with fully-qualified instructors to help you every step of the way, no matter what your ability.

For more information on Aqua Splash Swim School and the Swimming Lessons & Courses we provide, please contact us using the following contact details, complete our enquiry form or leave a message via Facebook Messenger and a member of our team will get back to you within 48 hours.

Please note that as we operate a part time office, we use an answer phone service to collect telephone enquiries. So when calling, please leave your name and contact info when prompted.

We aim to respond to all email/phone enquiries within 72 hours (excluding weekends) however during busy enrolment periods our response time will be longer.