Our mission is to teach the world to swim in the most compelling and memorable way possible, ensuring the knowledge and skills are retained for life.
Swimtime, founded in 1998, is the largest independent swim school in the UK.
Swimtime teaches swimming lessons to tens of thousands of people every week across hundreds of pools in the UK through a network of independent franchise businesses.
To teach the world to swim in the most compelling and memorable way possible, ensuring the knowledge and skills are retained for life.
British Franchise Association (BFA) - Swimtime is an accredited franchise operator, with full BFA membership.
International Swim Schools Association (ISSA) - Swimtime is not only a member of the ISSA but also an advisor.
Institute of Children's Activity Providers (ICAP) - Swimtime is an accredited member.
Swimtime has received a number of award nominations and wins in recent years:
Our technology places us head and shoulders above the rest. As an example, to help bring swimmers back to the pool post COVID 19, Swimtime developed MyPass, a unique contactless entry system.
Designed by Swimtime utilising the multi award winning FranScape platform, Swimtime has the power of cutting edge A.I. behind it to deliver not just personal swimming lessons, but an incredible all round customer experience with a simple to use customer portal that enables you to manage your information and bookings with ease.
Imagine being in a world where we all learned at the same pace! I say imagine because that is the reality. We don't. Learning to swim is no different to learning how to ride a bike or figuring out how to do trigonometry.
Teaching your children an important life skill the fun way. We love swimming and love teaching children to swim and can teach them in group sessions or private 1:1 lessons!
We believe swimming is for everyone and our adult swimming lessons are planned around your needs. We teach all ages and trust us, you are never too old to learn to swim, or work on your technique.