Sea Swim Safety and Rookie lifeguard sessions  

Enrol your child onto one of our Sea Safety and Rookie Lifeguard sessions. Teaching children vital sea safety skills and building confidence and ability to swim safer 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. Join your child as they learn life saving skills before the summer holidays to keep your children safer.

If you would like to book a private safety session for a group please email info@nfsa.co.uk and we will discuss a bespoke group session. This is perfect for children from football teams, rugby etc and can be designed to be a learning and team building session.

To ensure your child’s place, make your booking now as numbers are limited to first come basis.

Classes 

All classes can be booked here.

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 1 dates: Durlston Court School 

Monday 20th April – Monday 18th May (5 sessions)

Due to the schools private grounds, Durlston pupils only can attend the first class at 5:30pm. Lessons after this time are available to Durlston and the community.

Durlston pupils, Non swimmers 5:30pm – 6:00pm

Durlston pupils, Intermediates 5:30pm – 6:00pm

Durlston pupils, Privates 5:30pm – 6:00pm

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 22nd April – Wednesday 20th May (5 sessions)

Non swimmers, 5:15pm – 5:45pm

Beginners and Intermediates, 5:15pm – 5:45pm

Privates, 5:45pm – 6:15pm

Privates, 6:15pm – 6:45pm

Adults swim fit and form, 6:45pm – 7:30pm

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).

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Durlston Court School 

Saturday 25th April – Saturday 23rd May (5 sessions)

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

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

Non swimmers, 9:00am – 9:30am

Intermediates, 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

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 June 2026..

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 2025** (small booking fee applies)          

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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