Cost of a 1-1 Swim lesson

[Haboose]

DS has been swimming for a year but not much progress and not much progress has been made in a group lesson.

I have been quoted 50 pounds an hour for a 1-1 swimming lesson at a community pool in London. I would like to know how much are others paying for a 1-1 swimming lesson ? Isn't 1 hour rather long for a 1-1 lesson?

[EldonAve]

We don't have 1:1 but it would cost 44 GBP per lesson (for 30 mins) at the swim school we use
We pay termly and if you miss a class you don't get any refunds

[SmileAndNod]

We're not in London but we paid about £80 for 6 half hour sessions for DS. Did wonders for his confidence. An hour does seem quite a long time for a session though.

[beepbeep]

my son (7) has had extra 1-1 lessons with his swimming teacher (extra half hour after his regular group lesson) for the same reasons you have said - progressing but v slowly. They are at the local pool (Nexus) and we are charged £17 for the 1-1 half hour.

[sliceofsoup]

I'm in NI. We were quoted £20 per half hour for 1-1 in a private swimming pool, and two other companies who use the council pools were £15 per half hour.

Based on that £50 per hour in London seems about right, if not cheap. An hour does seem long when most lessons are 30 mins, but then, I do think 30 mins is too short sometimes. Especially in group sessions where one of the children is only getting one or two goes at doing a specific thing. Perhaps the idea of an hour long session is that it will take less time over all because there is time for practicing.

[tricot39]

40 pounds for 30mins in London although we get two-to-one for that. I think this may be on the high side but the teachers charging less were really unreliable

[wanderingwondering]

Crikey. I pay £11 for half an hour. It's in a public pool though which isn't ideal

[QueenofLouisiana]

£22 per half hour- private pool on East Anglia.

[WeAllHaveWings]

£11 for 20 mins which is enough time for a

[SquirrelledAway]

I'd agree that an hour is too long for a 1-2-1 lesson for a child - it's much more intense than a group lesson. Our swim school charged £18 for a 30 minute private lesson, which covered the cost of pool hire, staffing, insurance and admin.

[Worriedandlost]

Up until now it was £14/30 mins, from this week it was raised to £16/30 mins, South East

[AsTimeGoesBy]

£21 for half hour here (SE England).

[lostscot]

£17 for 1/2 hr both at private pool or council in Norfolk.