Intensive Summer Courses During School Holidays

The summer holidays are an ideal time to sign your child up in intensive swimming courses. With schools on a long break and without having the stress of attending several scheduled weekly activities, as many out of school activities are on a summer break too, for busy families, it is a good time to allocate time to swimming.

Intensive courses are designed to help every swimmer, a child or an adult, with

1. Rapidly improve swimming skills
2. Learning necessary water-safety skills for safe swimming
3. Boosting water-confidence
4. Enjoying the fun part of summer which is swimming

For parents seeking to fill their children’s time with a fun and productive activity suitable for summer, here’s a comprehensive guide to finding intensive summer holiday swimming courses for your child near you.

When Do Normally Summer Intensive Courses Run in London?

Summer intensive swimming courses typically run during the summer school holidays in London (England) based on the state school’s calendar. Summer holidays could vary slightly depending on where you live and normally depend on London borough you live or your child goes to school. You can check the state school’s calendar and holiday dates for your area here.

Here’s a general guide to when summer crash courses are usually available:

General Timing

1. Start and End Dates:
   • From the third week of July to the middle of August: Most intensive summer swimming courses begin in mid or by third week of July, right after the state school summer term ends, and run until August. Although different providers have different ways of offering crash course, the majority of swim school offer courses for 2- 4 weeks of summer holidays as most families will be away the second half of August until schools open again in September.
2. Duration:
   • 5-Day courses run 4 weeks: Courses are often structured in one block of 5 days, with lessons held daily from Monday to Friday. Most intensive courses don’t run over the weekends as people prefer to enjoy weekends free of obligations to travel or rest.
   • Single-Week Crash Course: They are popular in school half-terms, but, many providers also offer summer courses only for one week or two.
3. Lesson Times:
   • Could be in the morning or afternoons, Depending on the provider. At our swim school, we offer our intensive summer courses in the mornings.

How To Find Providers for Intensive Summer Holiday Swimming courses for your Child

1. Start with Swim Schools Near You
   • Intensive summer holiday courses are offered by some swim schools but not all of them do. We have covered topic of finding a provider before in another blog.
     • If your child is already doing swimming lessons and you are happy with them, ask from your current provider if they have swim lessons running over the summer holidays. Some swim school like us, do offer summer holiday lessons and some don’t.
     • Contact your local leisure centres but, if you are looking for 1:1 intensive courses, most leisure centres do large group lessons.
     • If you prefer to go to another provider because for example, you wish to do an intensive course of 1:1 lessons in summer, you can find others in your area by doing an internet search like Google search.
     • Try to put keywords like “summer intensive swim courses near me” and see what you can find online. For example, if you kike to do a course in Wimbledon or Southwest London, try to add these words in your searches.

Finding the Right Provider for Your Child:

1. Lesson formats :
   • Although most providers offer summer courses with the structure of weekly blocks of 5 lessons-per-week , the daily lessons could be group or private or semi-private lessons. At our swim school, we only provide private and semi-private lessons in our summer holiday courses. Our semi-private option is open to siblings of similar age and swimming ability and friends who wish to share lessons. Book Children 1:1 Summer Crash Courses Online Here
     • • Choosing the right format of lessons for your child: If you’d prefer group lessons, more likely you find them in your local leisure centres. However, if  you wish to maximize the time available for your child to engage in swimming without conflicting with other regular school schedule, 1:1 could be a great choice. If you live in southwest London, contact us for 1:1 summer intensive course in Wimbleon.
2. Swimming Pool Specifications

• • Depending on the provider, again, the type of swimming pool that each provider uses is different. It could be a small teaching pool which could be fine for pre-school children and beginners but, at our swim school, we offer our intensive summer courses in a 25 meter pool in Wimbledon, so, we can teach all levels of swimming; from complete beginners to advanced level. Choose the one that could be right for your child’s age and swimming ability.

Conclusion

Summer intensive swimming courses generally run from late July to mid-August, with most courses structured in weekly blocks of 5-Day course. If you live in southwest London, check with specific providers like us, to find the exact dates, fees and options available, ensuring you can plan the most convenient and effective schedule for your child.

Booking early is recommended to secure a spot during these popular periods.

For more detailed information about our Summer 2024 intensive summer courses for children, you can visit this page o or contact us directly. You may also like to read Swimming Crash Courses FAQs

You can also book 1:1 summer swimming course for your child online with us.

Book Children 1:1 Summer Crash Courses Online Here