Choose Swim Lessons

We are pleased to be welcoming new swimmers to Choose Swim Lessons. With more people enjoying the outdoors and open water than ever, making sure you or your children have the skills to stay safe around the water is essential.

Learn to Swim with Doncaster's largest Swimming Lessons provider

We have designed our swimming journey with Swim England’s support to ensure that whatever your starting point is, you or your child will grow in confidence and skill in and around water.

Learning to swim is a key skill, helping you and your family to stay safe and enjoy the water. Our goal is to ensure you or your children are safe in and around water at home and abroad.

We currently provide:

Babies, Toddlers & Pre-School lessons
Primary school age lessons (from 4yrs - 11yrs)

Find out more or send us a message below to check availability.

Pre-School Lessons

Sessions are aimed at babies and toddlers aged between 0-5 years old these fun lessons introduce them to water, build confidence and provide a great foundation for a lifetime of swimming. Just check with your health visitor for advice before you start the swimming journey.

Send us a message on our enquiry form below or call us to check availability on 01302 370777.

Primary School Age Children

Seven stages of fun and exciting lessons developing all of the skills needed for children to be competent, confident and safe in the water.

Send us a message on our enquiry form below or call us to check availability on 01302 370777.

Our Choose Swim memberships are very popular so we have limited spaces available at sites across Doncaster. Simply fill out the enquiry form below and we'll be in touch, or give our team or email us at contact@dclt.co.uk

Choose Swim (child membership)

£24.00 per month by Direct Debit

For more information or to join Choose Swim, send us a message below, or email us at contact@dclt.co.uk

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Our children's lessons follow the Swim England approved 7 stage syllabus...

Learn to Swim Awards 1-7

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The Learn to Swim Awards 1-7 are divided into progressive stages. They make up the core, national syllabus of learning to swim for primary school aged children.

They are designed to reward your child for their development of the essential aquatic skills they need to be confident, competent and safe in the water.

Each of the Learn to Swim Awards 1-7 stages has a list of clear outcomes that need to be completed in order to gain each award.

Learn to Swim Awards 1-7 Outcomes

Stage 1

By completing this Award, with or without floatation equipment or support, you will be able to:

Enter the water safely.
Move forward for a distance of 5 metres, feet may be on or off the floor.
Move backwards for a distance of 5 metres, feet may be on or off the floor.
Move sideways for a distance of 5 metres, feet may be on or off the floor.
Scoop the water and wash the face.
Be comfortable with water showered from overhead.
Move from a flat floating position on the back and return to standing.
Move from a flat floating position on the front and return to standing.
Push and glide in a flat position on the front from a wall.
Push and glide in a flat position on the back from a wall.
Give examples of two pool rules.
Exit the water safely.

Stage 2

By completing this Award, with or without floatation equipment or support, you will be able to:

Jump in from poolside safely to a minimum depth of 1.0 metre.
Blow bubbles a minimum of three times rhythmically, with nose and mouth submerged.
Move from a flat floating position on the back and return to standing without support.
Move from a flat floating position on the front and return to standing without support.
Push from a wall and glide on the back – arms can be by the side or above the head.
Push from a wall and glide on the front with arms extended.
Travel using a recognised leg action with feet off the pool floor on the back for 5 metres.
Travel using a recognised leg action with feet off the pool floor on the front for 5 metres.
Perform a tuck to rotate from a flat floating position on the front, to a back floating position, then return to standing.
Perform a tuck to rotate from a flat floating position on the back, to a front floating position, then return to standing.
Perform a log roll from the back to the front.
Perform a log roll from the front to the back.
Exit the water without support.

Stage 3

By completing this Award, without floatation equipment or support, you will be able to:

Jump in from poolside and submerge to a minimum depth of 1.0 metre.
Sink, push away from wall and maintain a streamlined position.
Push and glide on the front with arms extended and log roll onto the back.
Push and glide on the back with arms extended and log roll onto the front.
Travel 5 metres on the front, perform a tuck to rotate onto the back and return on the back.
Fully submerge to pick up an object.
Answer correctly three questions on the Water Safety Code.
Push and glide and travel 10 metres on the back.
Push and glide and travel 10 metres on the front.
Perform a tuck float and hold for three seconds.
Exit the water without using steps.

Stage 4

By completing this Award, without floatation equipment or support, you will be able to:

Perform a sequence of changing shapes (minimum of three) whilst floating on the surface and demonstrate an understanding of floating.
Push and glide from the wall towards the pool floor.
Kick 10 metres backstroke (one item of equipment optional).
Kick 10 metres front crawl (one item of equipment optional).
Kick 10 metres butterfly on the front or on the back.
Kick 10 metres breaststroke on the front (one item of equipment optional).
Perform a head first sculling action for 5 metres in a flat position on the back.
Travel on back and log roll in one continuous movement onto front.
Travel on front and log roll in one continuous movement onto back.
Push and glide and swim 10 metres, choice of stroke is optional.

Stage 5

By completing this Award you will be able to:

Perform a flat stationary scull on the back.
Perform a feet first sculling action for 5 metres in a flat position on the back.
Perform a sculling sequence with a partner for 30-45 seconds to include a rotation.
Tread water for 30 seconds.
Perform three different shaped jumps into deep water.
Push and glide and swim 10 metres backstroke (performed to Swim England expected standards).
Push and glide and swim 10 metres front crawl (performed to Swim England expected standards).
Push and glide and swim 10 metres breaststroke (performed to Swim England expected standards).
Push and glide and swim 10 metres butterfly (performed to Swim England expected standards).
Perform a handstand and hold for a minimum of three seconds.
Perform a forward somersault.
Demonstrate an action for getting help.

Stage 6

By completing this Award you will be able to:

Give two examples of how to prepare for exercise and understand why it is important.
Sink, push off on side from the wall, glide, kick and rotate into backstroke.
Sink, push off on side from the wall, glide, kick and rotate into front crawl.
Swim 10 metres wearing clothes.
Push and glide and swim front crawl to include at least six rhythmical breaths.
Push and glide and swim breaststroke to include at least six rhythmical breaths.
Push and glide and swim butterfly to include at least three rhythmical breaths.
Push and glide and swim backstroke to include at least six regular breaths.
Push and glide and swim 25 metres, choice of stroke is optional (performed to Swim England expected standards).
Perform a ‘shout and signal’ rescue.
Perform a surface dive.

Stage 7

By completing this Award you will be able to:

Push and glide and swim 25 metres backstroke (performed to Swim England expected standards).
Push and glide and swim 25 metres front crawl (performed to Swim England expected standards).
Push and glide and swim 25 metres breaststroke (performed to Swim England expected standards).
Push and glide and swim 25 metres butterfly (performed to Swim England expected standards).
Perform a movement sequence (linking skills with strokes and sculls) of one-minute duration, in a group of three or more, incorporating a number of the following skills: Sculling: head first, feet first
Rotation: forward or backward somersault, log roll
Floating: star on the front or on the back, tuck float, create own
Eggbeater: Moving, lifting one or both arms out of the water
Perform a sitting dive or dive.
Push and glide and swim 50 metres continuously using one stroke (performed to Swim England expected standards).
Push and glide and swim 100 metres, using a minimum of three different strokes (performed to Swim England expected standards).
Tread water using eggbeater action for 30 seconds.
Complete an obstacle course (using a minimum of four objects) with feet off the pool floor throughout.