Thank you for your interest in Luton Stingray Swim School. The school is run by Gill and Peter. Gill has been teaching swimming for 12 years with private and public swim schools and has taught schools in Stevenage, Welwyn Garden City and the Hitchin area. Currently she also works in Welwyn Garden City and Hitchin. Peter has a background in I.T. so looks after the administration.
We have a number of fully insured and CRB checked Teachers together with Helpers, Lifeguards and a first aider is present. This allows us to run classes for differing levels of competency from complete beginners through to the more experienced.
We run lessons at Challney School Pool on a Wednesday and Friday evening 4.00pm to 6.00pm and Thursday evening 5.00pm to 6.00pm. All lessons are ½ hr long. There is up to 10 children in each lesson and there is always a teacher and at least one helper to each group sometimes two. We also offer some one 2 one lessons which we book in blocks of three. We teach three terms of twelve weeks each which follow the academic year. We do not swim during the half terms.
We take in children from the age of 2 ½ onwards providing they are dry and they can understand a simple yes/no instruction and go up to 14yrs. All flotation is provided.
As each child starts with us we assess them and put them into an appropriate group. Their progress is then monitored individually as they then work through a program of skills and stroke work as laid down by the ASA our governing body (British swimming). When they have completed all the skills or their stroke has improved enough they will be able to purchase the awarded badge and certificate that day.
They will be taught frontcrawl, backstroke and breastroke in the lower groups and then butterfly in the top groups. They are grouped by ability and we have all abilities in the water at the same time so if you have children at different levels they can be taught at the same time.
The classes are held at the swimming pool at:-
Challney Girls High School,
Stoneygate Road,
Luton, Beds.,
LU4 9TJ.
Which is next to M1 junction 11.