Department of Sport

Adult Swimming Lessons

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Our Swim School programme has supported hundreds of adults to learn to swim or improve their skills from our extensive swimming facilities at David Ross Sports Village. 

Our adult lessons are for swimmers aged 14 years and over from complete beginners to advanced swimmers looking to improve technique.Swimming is not just a great way to exercise but an important life skill - it's never too late to learn to swim or improve!

Our expert instructors will support you to shape your own swimming journey based on your needs, from the basics to advanced technique progression. We offer three levels; beginners, improvers and advanced. 

Our group lessons offer:

  • Small class sizes
  • Qualified Level 2 instructors for every class
  • Equipment provided throughout
  • Personalised learn to swim journey
  • Flexible options to cater for swimmers with a disability including your carer supporting you in the water and an adjustable depth pool to assist entry

Joining our Adult group lessons

Our Adult swim school programme is now available for new customers to add their names to our waiting lists but we do have limited availability at all stages. This availability will be sold on a first come first served basis.

 

Our Adult Learn to Swim group lessons are 30 minutes long and the instructor will work their way around each individual giving you teaching practices to help achieve your goals.The programme offers three different levels: 

Beginners:

Located in shallow water at standing depth and ideal for swimmers who:

  • Are a complete beginner
  • Would like to build water confidence
  • Can swim no more than 10 metres

Improvers:

Located in deep water and ideal for swimmers who:

  • Are confident in deep water and submerging under the water
  • Can swim 25m front crawl, 25m backstroke and 25m breaststroke
  • Are able to tread water for 30 seconds

Advanced:

Located in deep water and is ideal for swimmers who:

  • Can swim lengths for a 30 minute session
  • Can swim a minimum of 200m (8 lengths) without stopping
  • Can demonstrate basic techinique on front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke
  • Can swim a length in under 30 seconds

Please contact swimschool@nottingham.ac.uk for more information.

Our programme operates
 Days Times
 Mondays 15.30-16.00/18.30-19.30
 Tuesdays 19.30 - 20.00
 Thursdays  9.30-12.00
 Saturdays 12.15-12.45
 Sundays 12.30 - 13.00

 Swim School Terms and Conditions Contact us

Group lesson pricing:

  • 11 week blocks are priced at £82.50 per block

Current customers - Timetable

The next course of group lessons is week commencing 18th November 2024 - week commencing 10th February 2025. The timetable below shows the days and times available for the next course.

For customers staying in the same stage, day and time, you can book from week commencing 28th October 2024. For customers who are moving up or wanting to change their day or time OR have joined Adult Beginners during the current course of lessons, you can book as per below.

Booking week 2 - for customers moving up or wanting to change day or time
 Day When you can book
 To book Mondays lessons  You can book from Monday 4th November 2024 at 7.30am
 To book Tuesdays lessons  You can book from Tuesday 5th November 2024 at 7.30am
 To book Thursdays lessons  You can book from Thursday 7th November 2024 at 7.30am
 To book Saturdays lessons  You can book from Saturday 9th November 2024 at 8.30am
 To book Sundays lessons  You can book from Sunday 10th November 2024 at 8.30am

 

Please be aware that all the times listed below are subject to availability. Please be aware that the below timetable is yet to be confirmed for the November 2024 - February 2025 course.

Monday

TimeStageInstructor
15.30-16.00 Adult Beginners Alyssa S/Aimee
18.30-19.00 Adult Beginners Alyssa S/Emily
18.30-19.00 Adult Improvers Aimee
19.00-19.30 Adult Advanced Aimee/Emily

Tuesday

TimeStageInstructor
19.00-19.30 Adult Advanced Alyssa S
19.30-20.00 Adult Beginners Alyssa S/Megan C
19.30-20.00 Adult Improvers Aimee

Wednesday

There are no Adult Swimming Lessons on a Wednesday.

Thursday


TimeStageInstructor
9.30-10.00 Adult Beginners Clare
10.00-10.30 Adult Beginners Clare
10.30-11.00 Adult Beginners Clare
11.30-12.00 Adult Improvers Clare

 Please be aware that the Thursday morning lessons do not run during the Children's school holiday periods. There will be no lessons

Friday

There are no Adult Swimming Lessons on a Friday.

Saturday

TimeStageInstructor
12.15-12.45 Adult Beginners Molly/Sophie
12.15-12.45 Adult Improvers Finlay

Sunday

TimeStageInstructor
12.30-13.00 Adult Beginners Keira/Megan D
12:30-13:00 Adult Improvers Molly

 

Adult Pay As You Go lessons

The University of Nottingham is currently expanding its Adult Learn to swim programme and as part of that expansion we will be trialling a new Pay As You Go option.

The lessons will be 30 minutes for £8.50.

You can book more than one session at any time and as far in advance as you would like within the dates available to book. For cancellations, if you cancel more than 48 hours in advance you can receive a credit note to use towards future bookings; if you cancel within the 48 hour period, you will not be eligible for a credit note.

To book please call the Front of House team on 0115 7487000.

Pay As You Go timetable
 Day Time Stage
 Monday  15.30-16.00  Adult Beginners
 Thursday  11.00-11.30  Adult Beginners

University of Nottingham Sport

David Ross Sports Village
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD

telephone: +44 (0)115 74 87000
email: sport@nottingham.ac.uk