To think £29 for a 30min swimming lesson is daylight robbery?

[GoingRogue]

Enquired into some 1-2-1 swimming lessons for my two young children. Nearly cried when they emailed back the cost.

I don't know what I was expecting, probably half that. They do get slightly cheaper the more you book.

Is this normal? If both kids take the maximum of 20hrs then it will cost us £1800

Thinking I'm going to have to bite the bullet and teach them myself (our local pool is a freezing, dirty hole of a place).

Can they not do group lessons?

does this include exclusive use of a lane in the pool?

Forgot to add pic. Yes it's exclusive use of a lane, in a hotel, with the teacher in the water.

Why 1:1? What do you think the hourly rate plus pool hire should work out at?? Group lessons here are £5 per lesson, 8 in a group =£40, so a lot more profit.

We did group lessons at the local leisure centre for years interspersed with some one to one lessons as required. Both my kids became very good swimmers.

Why not group lessons at the local leisure centre?

Sorry that doesn't seem unreasonable for 121. Have you tried group lessons already? Why not try that and a couple of 121 boosters if needed later on.

CbeebiesAddict probably. I must look into the cost. I was hoping to avoid the gross local pool, and sitting there listening to kids screaming and shouting My two are 3.5 and 6.5 and can't swim yet.

Can you not do group lessons? I take my DS to his class and it's £68 for 12 30min sessions.

He's been to 8 so far and already has his first and second and only needs to complete a few more tasks to move up a group, so they can still learn as part of a group.

That sounds really reasonable to me

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That's madness.

Does the local hole pool do intensive courses? Mine learnt in one half term week and while it was pricy upfront it worked out at no more than the cost of three terms worth in the regular class where they hadn't made any progress in two terms.

Unfortunately if you want nicer conditions you have to pay for it. How about group lessons at a private gym? I know our David Lloyd do rates for non members.

I think that swimming lessons full stop for v young kids are a waste of money. You can teach them basics yourself and then book them in for some group lessons when they are old enough to take on aome instruction about improving technique etc.

I changed from group lessons at the local leisure centre as the learning time they got was minimal.
Like you, I balked at the 1-2-1 price but dd needed to learn to swim.
She learnt quicker and more effectively in her 1-2-1 lesson, progressing more in 2 weeks than she had for 10 at her previous lessons.
We ended up saving money and it was well worth it.

Mine are starting group lessons at a local private pool. Ask in your local fb selling groups, some schools and gyms hire their pool out for swimming lessons.

My dd1 had one to one at a holiday camp site swimming pool- way cheaper than that OP. Might be worth looking at if you have similar places near you.

Wow!
My ds has just qualified as a swimming teacher - I must up his rent
That seems like a HUGE amount

121 they will learn so much quicker. In lessons they are holding the side for a lot of the lesson.

It will be the pool hire cost that hikes it up I bet.

The price Sounds ok to me. Like someone else said, if you want nicer conditions & private lessons you are going to have to pay more for it.

I would recommend taking them yourself very regularly and doing some YouTube tutorials in helping young children to learn. Once they are happy and confident to be in the water and got the basic concepts of using arms and legs then pay for group lessons.

At six it's time to be learning strokes, at 3 I would aim at making swimming a fun family activity.

Both mine were taught in this way but we did love going. Surely there is a nicer pool you can use nearby? I definitely understand being put off by dirty cold pools.

There are lots of other options.My DS did various. We found small group lessons the best... My DS was in a group of 1-4..He finished stage 6 and 7 in local pool as private pool was too small really.

Same neee. Worth it though.

twelve 1-2-1s and swimming confidently at 4. That's important to me, as a single mother taking two young children on holiday.

Whereas during the time DS has her 1-2-1s, I see the group classes for her age. Most of the time is spent shivering on the side waiting for the teacher to finish with one of the 7. And then the lesson is over!

i wouldn't 'teach' them. Watching parents try to 'teach' their children to swim looks very stressful and seems to turn it into a negative experience, just take them regularly and play games get their water confidence up, swimming for balls, submerging for dive sticks etc and once they can do those things, then go for the lessons. I found this to be the best way anyway, Dd had a swim assesment prior to starting lessons and was placed straight into level 4 (learning proper strokes) and missed out all the jumping in and splashing about bits saving me a small fortune in beginner lessons. If you go early in the morning/over lunch or before bed time the pools tend to be quieter.

Not in a city, but DDs lessons are £6 for 30 mins, 5 in a group and she gets to swim at that pool for free during normal swim sessions.