AIBU Would you pay £20 for a 30 minute kids swimming lesson?

[MonsteraMother]

Keen to book swimming lessons for DS and DD - stage 1 and stage 4.

Lessons are in a local school pool with 4 children in a class.
£20 for 30 minute lesson...13 lessons this term so being asked to pay £260 per child, so £520 upfront for the term in total.

I have to supply youngest child with their own pool noodle and kick board - no shared equipment due to covid. Showers out of use due to covid...slightly run down facilities but good pool.

YABU - that cost is fine
YANBU - it's extortionate

Private health club down the road charges £12 for a group lesson with 5 kids in a class. Sadly, they don't have availability on the days I can do.

YANBU, that is ridiculous. I pay about £50 every 10 weeks with the same ratio.

£54 per term for 1:6 at the council leisure centre and includes free kids swimming at weekends.

£30 per month for 1:4 private lessons at the university pool.

Here it's £20-30 a month for a weekly 30 minute session with most leaker centres. Ratio 1:8-12 dependent on level.

I can understand needing to cover costs but with half group sizes I'd expect £50 a month maximum of demand exists.

I pay £110 a month and ds swims 7 sessions a week (14 hrs!)

And I argue about the shared equipment.

Although swim England have recommended not sharing they've recently commissioned an independent report that shows covid inactivates the virus in under 30 seconds.

A spray bottle of pool water after each session on equipment should do the trick! It's used in the pool anyway.

Club swimming we provide our own but it's a different level of training and they have preferences to types of fins, size of parachute, paddles and pull boys and type of float used.

Poolside looks like a swim shop most days!

I paid £18 a 30 min lesson for mine, about 8/10 kids in the group. It’s extortionate!!!

Is there really no way that you can go to the private health club? Another family member take DS and DD?

We pay £40 per month for weekly lessons in a group of 5.