Learn to Swim with Reading Swimming Club

We welcome anyone interested in learning to swim or wanting to improve their strokes from the age of 3 up to adults. Our swimming teachers are well qualified and enthusiastic, with a genuine interest for the sport of swimming.

The club is very proud to be SwimMark accredited. This provides evidence that the club and its programs and policies has been scrutinised, and found to be current and up-to-date with all the required regulations and that it will continue to improve.

All our swimmers wear swimming hats, for safety and hygiene reasons. Swimmers will need to order there swimming hat on your Swim Manager account under the tab shop. Red-Stages 1-3, White - Stages 4-6 and Black Stages 7 upwards including Academy, swimfit and Adults. Our swimming teachers will then be given the hat to give you.

Classic Silicone Hat is for please with short hair and the Moulded Silicone Hat is for long hair.

We run the Teaching Programme from five different venues:

Highdown School, Emmer Green (Tuesday evening) Stage 3 and above
Sonning Common Primary School (Friday evening) Stage 1-3 only
Kendrick School (Friday evening, Saturday morning) Stages 1-10 and Adult Lessons
Kendrick School (Sunday Morning) Stages 1 - 7.
St Andrew's School, Pangbourne (Wednesday evening) Stages 1-10 and Adult Improver
The Abbey Senior School, Reading (Saturday Afternoon's) Stages 1- 10 and Adult lessons.

Our programme of lessons are structured to encourage progression from each stage to the next as the swimmer improves. Lessons run during term time only and are payable monthly by direct debt (monthly invoice will be sent out, payment will be around the 16th of the month).

Stages 1 - 6 lessons run for 30 minutes (some Stage 5 and 6 are 45 minutes), Stages 7 - 9 run for 45 minutes and Academy sessions (Stage 10) run for 45 - 60 minutes. Swimfit 60 minutes and Adult lessons are 45 minutes.

From Stage 7 (coaches recommendation only), if your swimmer would like to take part in swimming competitions we encourage swimmers to move into our training section - starting with the Transition Squad which is 1 sessions a week plus a LTS lessons or Dev 3 Squad which is 2 sessions a week. Please see our 'Join Us' button on the home page or the 'Squad' tab for more details.

We do not permit parents onto poolside during their lessons as we feel this distracts and disrupts the childrens learning. For some medical conditions parents are allowed to stay. We do have some viewing at some of our swimming pools see below.

At Kendrick Pool there is parents viewing twice a term, St Andrew's and Sonning Common, there is viewing windows to watch through weekly. The Abbey Senior School has a Balcony for 1 parent to sit on and watch. The only pool with no viewing at all is Highdown School as the poolside is to small.

To arrange to join.

The first step is to arrange a lesson.

To request an invitation to a lesson please email teachingprogram@readingswimclub.org or rsc.teachingprogram@gmail.com

This will send a message to our team, who will aim to get back to you within 48 hours.

When requesting to join, please tell us

Parent's name
Swimmer's name and date of birth
Swimming experience to date
Your email address, contact phone number also house number and postcode.

After your Lesson the Teacher will provide individual feedback and allocate an appropriate Stage. If after the Lesson you decide not to take up a place then we will charge you £9.38 for a 30 minute lesson and £12.46 if its a 45 minute lesson. If you take up a place then the first lesson will be free if you have transferred from another swim school.

The registration process is simple for both new and returning families. You’ll get access to your own private account to view/edit your contact information and current and past class histories. Your instructor and class details will be supplied after the trial or via email prior to the beginning of the new term.

If you decide you would like to stop your lessons then please give a 4 weeks notice in writing (email) before you would like to cancel, as this is subject to charge, we ask that you don't cancel your Direct Debt until you have paid your final invoice.

Lesson timetable for April 25 to July 25.

Highdown School - Tuesday 22nd April to Tuesday 22nd July - No lessons on Tuesday 27th May as its Half Term.

St Andrew's School - Wednesday 23rd April to Wednesday 23rd July - No lessons on Wednesday 28th May as its Half Term.

Sonning Common Primary School - Friday 25th April to Friday 25th July - No lessons on Friday 30th May as its Half Term.

Kendrick School - Friday 25th April to Friday 25th July - No lessons on Friday 30th May as its Half Term.

Kendrick School - Saturday 26th April to Saturday 26th July - No lessons on Saturday 31st May as its Half Term.

The Abbey School - Saturday 26th April to Saturday 26th July - No lessons on Saturday 31st May as its Half Term.

Kendrick School - Sunday 27th April to Sunday 27th July - No lessons on Sunday 1st June as its Half Term.

Lesson Fees from April 2025.

Lessons restart on Tuesday 22nd April 2025 to Sunday 27th July 2025 will be a 13-week course the prices include a swimming badge if awarded one.

Fees for April 2025 will be -

Children for 30-minute lessons £125.38 (£41.79 a month)

Children for 45 mins lessons £165.48 (£55.16 a month)

Adults & Advance for 45-min lessons £162.00 (£54.00 a month)

Advance for 60-min lessons £195.30 (£65.10 a month)

If having 2 x 30 minute lessons a week the cost will be £247.23 (£82.41 a month)

If having 1 x 30 minutes and 1 x 45 minute lessons a week the cost will be £287.37 (£95.79 a month)

Transition Squad (Invite only) - 1 LTS and 1 Transition is £55 a month.

The above fees will be split equally over 4 months to cover the whole term. Monthly Fees are in the Brackets.

Direct debts will normally be taken on the 16th day of the following months: September, October, November, December, January, February, March, May, June and July.

We have a 1 off fee of £21.00 which is the new starters fee which includes a swimming hat for Children.

For the adults the one off New Starter fee is £16.00 which doesn't include a hat.

If you are a returning customer then the returning joiners fee will be £16.00 if you need a new hat then you will need to order one in the shop on your swim manager account.

Please make sure you log in and update your details on your Swim Manager Account, including your house number and postcode. It is very important your details are correct so please make sure you have logged in.

Please also set up your direct debt.

To log in to Swim Manager:

Open https://reading.swimmanager.co.uk/in your web browser
Click the "Forgotten Password" link
Check your email - Swim Manager will send you an email with a link in it
Click the link in the Forgotten Password email
Choose a new password and log in

We look forward to meeting you.

Susie Buxton and the team of Teachers.