Children's Swimming Lessons
Learning to swim is an invaluable life skill that will help your child stay safe in and around water. Our instructors are highly qualified and follow the Swim England lesson structure and progression system.
Other Swimming Lessons at King Alfred
Splash and Play
A gentle class for little ones just learning about the water.
Swim Tech
A pool-based class for those looking to improve their overall technique.
Intensive Swimming Lessons
5-day intensive swimming courses teaching Swim England Learn to Swim pathway stages 1-3.
Adult Swimming Lessons
We offer adult swimming lessons for beginners or stroke improvement sessions for more advanced swimmers.
Adult and child
Lessons for children aged 24 months to 5 years. Parents are required to be in the water with their child during these sessions.
We follow Swim England's Learn to Swim Pathway
We work in partnership with Swim England to deliver a high quality Learn to Swim Programme for all ages and abilities.
All our instructors are experienced and trained to deliver the Swim England Learn to Swim Programme and are fully DBS checked.
Frequently Asked Questions
Most children are ready for swim lessons by the age of 4, at which point they can usually learn basic water survival skills such as floating, treading water and getting to an exit point. By age 5 or 6, they can work towards mastering the front crawl.
Some children are more naturally competent and confident in the water and therefore will progress faster. Other children are slower to learn new skills but can quite often become stronger more proficient swimmers as they progress.
The six-lane pool is 25 metres long.
Learn to Swim is the national syllabus produced by Swim England to assist and support the delivery of swimming lessons.
The main pool swimming ranges from a depth of 1.2 at the shallow end to 2.5m at the deep end. The teaching pool ranges from 0.9m to 1.2m.
There is a pay and display carpark right next to the King Alfred. You can pay via the app.
Our swimming lessons take place at King Alfred Leisure Centre, Kingsway, Hove, Brighton, BN3 2WW. Can’t make it to King Alfred? No problem! You can also sign up for swimming lessons at our sister sites across Brighton & Hove. Click on Find Another Centre to find your nearest Freedom Leisure Centre!
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