Sea Swim Safety and Rookie lifeguard sessions  

Book your child on to one of our Sea Safety and Rookie Lifeguard sessions. Teaching children vital sea safety skills and building confidence and ability to swim safely in the sea. Knowing when to enter the water versus when not to, what each beach flags mean, risk assessing waters, what to do when you get into trouble and if your friends get into trouble. Run by RLSS Rookie lifeguard instructor, Open water coaches, Swim coaches and beach lifeguards. Learn these life saving skills before the summer holidays to keep your children safer.

When: Sunday 6th July 2025 from 10:00am-11:00am

Where: Hordle Cliffs beach, Milford on sea SO41 0UX – This is the car park with a food kiosk and public toilet. Please note that it is pay and display.

What do I need to bring? Wetsuits are great for the kids to reduce the risk of them getting cold and having a horrible time. A swim cap and goggles

Do I have to stay? Yes, each child needs to have an adult present throughout the session. Please feel free to stay close by and listen in, we hope that you enjoy the session and maybe learn something that will keep your child even safer.

What age does my child have to be? Age 7+. If your child is under 7 years of age but attends lessons with New Forest Swim Academy then please email to discuss if the session is suitable.

Ability: Each child needs to be able to swim a minimum of one length of a pool unaided to be able to take part in the water based exercises. If we deem it unsafe for any child to take part in the water based activities they will not be able to do so and a refund will not be available. We do appreciate however that some children can become nervous entering the sea, but with over 3 years of sea safety sessions, we feel that we are equipped with the right skills as instructors and teachers to deliver this safely to the children. 

Cost: £22.50 per child. Children from the same household will be able to attend at £20.00 per session. Multiple bookings will also be eligible to a discount.

We have multiple children, can we book our own private session? Yes, certainly. Email info@nfsa.co.uk and we will discuss a session bespoke to your group. This is perfect for children from football teams, rugby etc and can be designed to be a learning and teambuilding session.

To ensure your child’s place, make your booking now as numbers are limited to first come basis. https://www.nfsa.co.uk/book/

When completing the form, please note that it doesn’t have a booking form specifically for sea safety sessions, so please complete by filling out your child’s details and then adding in the ‘notes’ column Rookie sea safety session.

Classes 

Monday evenings and Saturday mornings: Durlston Court School, Becton Lane, Barton on Sea, BH25 7AQ

Wednesday evenings: Ballard School, Fernhill Lane, New Milton BH25 5SU

Term 2 dates

Durlston Court School 

Monday 2nd June – Monday 7th July – 6 sessions = £87.00 (£14.50 per session)

Non swimmers, 6:00pm – 6:30pm

Beginners, 6:00pm – 6:30pm

Intermediates, 6:00pm – 6:30pm

Privates, 6:30pm – 7:00pm (1:1 / 1:2 / Small group booking)

Privates, 7:00pm – 7:30pm (1:1 / 1:2 / Small group booking)

 

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Ballard School

Wednesday 4th June – Wednesday 9th July – 6 sessions = £87.00

Beginners, 5:30pm – 6:00pm

Beginners and Intermediates, 6:00pm – 6:30pm

Adults swim fit and form session, 6:30pm – 7:15pm, £9.00. Learn how to improve your stroke, increase efficiency and form and build in speed and fitness with like minded swimmers. Preferable for front crawl swimmers (please contact if you would like further information).

Privates 7:15pm – 7:45pm (1:1 / 1:2 / Small group)

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Durlston Court School 

Saturday 7th June – 12th July – 6 sessions = £87.00

Privates (1:1 / 1:2 / Small group booking), 8:00am – 8:30am

Privates (1:1 / 1:2 / Small group booking), 8:30am – 9:00am

Intermediates, 9:00am – 9:30am

Beginners, 9:00am – 9:30am 

Privates (1:1 / 1:2 / Small group booking), 9:30am – 10:00am 

Privates (1:1 / 1:2 / Small group booking), 10:00am – 10:30am

Non swimmers, 10:30am – 11:00am

Beginners 10:30am – 11:00am

Intermediates, 10:30am – 11:00am 

 

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Term 3 – Summer holidays and Intensives – Lessons TBC

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Please note that failing to attend sessions will not result in refund. However, where possible an alternative session will be offered if a class has space as a ‘one off’. I try to be fair and accommodating where possible but cannot guarantee.

24 hours notice will be required to help make this possible.

 

 

 

Non-Swimmers

These sessions are for children of any age with limited water confidence, experience, or ability. The focus of these sessions will be to introduce children to the pool, learn safety practices, develop confidence and begin to move through the water through games and skills.

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Beginners

These sessions are for children, typically aged 6 to 10, who have limited ability and confidence. The aim of the sessions will be to introduce the strokes, learn safety practices, further develop confidence skills, and submerge under the water.

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Beginners B

These sessions are for children, typically aged 7-12, who have some limited ability and confidence. The aim of these sessions will be to continue introducing the strokes and refining their form, learn safety practices, and further develop confidence skills.

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Improvers / Novices

Improvers – these sessions are for children, typically aged 8 and over, who are confident in the water, and can swim at minimum of 25 metres. The aim of these sessions will be to promote safety, reinforce confidence skills, and improve front crawl, back crawl, and breaststroke.

Novices – during covid many children missed out on swimming lessons and we’ve found that the return to swimming can sometimes be ‘uncool’ as the child gets older. We keep it ‘cool’, fun and progressive.

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Summer Holiday Intensives

Book your child in for an intensive course of swimming lessons to really reinforce their swim form and confidence.

Please note that intensives will be offered to NFSA swimmers first before going live to the public. Dates will be confirmed May 2025.

Group and private lessons available.

Please email info@nfsa.co.uk to register your interest.

Nervous swimmers. At NFSA we understand that some children have fears and barriers with water (as do many adults). If you feel that your child will respond better to lessons with you being in the water with them then please do let us know and if we have space for you to join in the session with your child, we will invite you to do so at no extra cost. You can even have a post swim biscuit!

Prices

Group lessons – £14.50 per session **PRICE FREEZE FROM 2024**             

Private 1:1 – £36 per session

Private 1:2 – £55 per session (£27.50 per child) NB, if children are from the same household, a further 10% discount will be applied/or a sibling discount of 10%.

Private 1:3 – £74.25 per session (£24.75 per child) NB, if children are from the same household, a further 10% discount will be applied/or a sibling discount of 10-15%.

Small group private sessions work best when swimmers are of a similar ability striving for the same goals.

Please complete the booking form to register your interest and check availability.

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