SwimExpert Summer Swimming Crash Courses UK

SwimExpert Summer Swimming Crash Courses UK

Published on 28 June 2018

If you’re looking for a way to boost your child’s swimming skills quickly this summer, SwimExpert’s summer swimming crash courses offer a focused, intensive solution that delivers real progress in just one week.

Run by our sister company HydroKidz, these popular crash courses take place throughout July and August at carefully selected venues across the UK. With limited spaces available, they are designed to give children a concentrated burst of learning that builds confidence, improves technique, and accelerates development in the water.

Learn more in one week

Our summer swimming crash courses are structured to help children make noticeable progress in a short space of time. Whether your child is just starting out or looking to refine their technique, our experienced instructors tailor each lesson to ability level and confidence.

Key benefits include:

  • Small class sizes, with a maximum of 4 children in lower ability groups
  • 1-to-1 swimming lessons available at most venues for personalised coaching
  • Structured 30-minute sessions at the same time each weekday
  • Intensive learning combined with fun, engaging activities
  • Detailed progression reports available via our online portal

This focused approach helps swimmers retain skills more effectively and build confidence quickly.

Venues across the UK

Our crash courses run in a range of high-quality, private school swimming pools in beautiful and accessible locations, including:

  • Reading Blue Coat School, Sonning
  • Queen Anne’s School, Caversham
  • Mary Hare School, Newbury
  • Danesfield Manor School, Walton-on-Thames
  • St John’s Beaumont School, Old Windsor

Each venue offers warm, clean pools, free parking, and good public transport links, making attendance simple and stress-free for families.

Why choose a crash course?

Swimming crash courses are ideal for families who want to see fast results. The daily repetition helps children retain skills, improve coordination, and build water confidence more quickly than weekly lessons alone.

They’re also a great way to prepare for holidays, boost confidence before moving up a level, or simply give your child a positive experience in the water over the summer break.

Book your place today

Spaces on our SwimExpert summer swimming crash courses are limited and fill quickly each year. If you’re looking for a structured, supportive, and effective way to improve your child’s swimming in just one week, now is the time to book.

Contact us on 0118 402 2899 or book online at www.hydrokidz.com to secure your place.

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TrustScore 4.7/5 - Excellent

Transformative

Matthew is helping my son regain confidence as a swimmer after not enjoying swimming at school. Individual lessons are well worth the investment. He is a calm and encouraging teacher. I like the way he shows different techniques until he finds the right one for the child.

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Matthew has been an amazing swim instructor

Matthew has been an amazing swim instructor for our autistic 5-year-old son. Our son is non-verbal, and Matthew has shown incredible patience, understanding, and skill in helping him learn to swim. He creates a calm, supportive environment and has built a wonderful connection with him. We are so proud of the progress our son has made and it’s largely thanks to Matthew’s dedication and encouragement. Seeing him grow in confidence and do so brilliantly in the water has been fantastic. We can’t recommend Matthew highly enough. Thank you !

Sabine

Excellent Triathlon Swim Coaching with Hollie

I’ve been having swimming lessons with Hollie while training for a triathlon, as I wanted to improve my freestyle technique and feel more confident in the water. Hollie has been brilliant, she has a great eye for detail and was able to quickly pick up on areas I needed to work on, giving clear, practical feedback that made a real difference. Her coaching style is encouraging and very focused on technique, which has helped me understand what to improve and how to improve it. She has also given me specific training drills to work on outside of lessons, helping me build my fitness, improve my technique and make my training more structured. I’ve come away from the lessons feeling much more confident in my swimming and better prepared for my triathlon training. Highly recommend Hollie to anyone looking to improve their swimming, whether for fitness, technique or event training.

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Highly efficient …brilliant…

Highly efficient …brilliant locations….excellent customer service very accommodating. The instructors are professional punctual excellent at what they do. Highly recommend Christian T my girls love him he’s fun and kind but gets them to somehow do the hard work in a enjoyable way. They LOVE their swim sessions…best part is their gaining the skills and reaching milestones at a steady pace.

Faiza Khan

Great 1:2:1 swimming Teacher

We could not be happier with Chester as a swimming teacher for our 5 yr old daughter. She had really helped grow her confidence in the water.

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SwimExpert: Chester (Kam Sau Y) instructor

Chester (Kam Sau Y) has been a brilliant instructor. My son, Jack, and we as parents were extremely impressed during the trial session so much so that Jack immediately asked if Chester could be his swimming instructor. She was originally fully booked, and the only available slot was 5:30–6:00 pm on Sundays, which didn’t work for us. Despite this, she was incredibly kind and adjusted her schedule to start earlier so she could accommodate us. That alone shows her dedication and commitment. Jack has now completed his fifth lesson. He loves and keeps looking forward to his every session and we can already see a noticeable improvement in both his skills and his confidence in the water. We especially appreciate that Chester incorporates life‑saving techniques, such as what to do in an accidental fall into the water something particularly important given the recent news during the hot weather. It truly shows how much she cares about her students’ safety and overall development. What we value most about Chester is her focus on building strong foundations. Whenever Jack performs a technique incorrectly, she stops him immediately to correct it, ensuring he learns the right way from the start. This level of attention and professionalism makes a huge difference, as it prevents bad habits that would be harder to fix later on. So thank you Chester!

Brenely Smith

Excellent Swimming Instructor – Highly Recommend Marius

I started swimming lessons as a complete beginner, and Marius has been an excellent instructor. He is patient, professional and explains techniques clearly, making them easy to understand and put into practice. Each lesson is well structured and I can see a noticeable improvement in my swimming ability since I started. Marius is encouraging, knowledgeable and genuinely invested in helping his students progress. I would highly recommend him to anyone looking to learn swimming or improve their technique.

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Marius has been really amazing

Marius has been really amazing teacher to my Autistic Son. He knows how to tackle the situation and go through his interest along with teaching him to be confident in water. I am very happy and satisfied.

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Mel B Swim Expert Basingstoke - got my son swimming in 6 sessions

Mel B has been fantastic in getting my 10 year old son to swim. I honestly could not believe my eyes, seeing the rapid improvement in my boy’s ability. We’d tried group lessons at the town pool when he was younger. I spent £400 there in total and he’d learnt nothing. So I thought I’d give 1-2-1 lessons a go. The change in my son’s attitude was instant. Before getting into the pool with Mel B, he was a boy who wouldn’t put his head back in the water. Within 15 minutes he was floating on his back! Yesterday, after his sixth session he swam his first length! Mel B teaches in a methodical way, making it fun too, so my boy doesn’t realise he’s being gently encouraged to do more and progress. Her attention and focus on their learning is 100 per cent. Thanks so much Mel! (Apollo Hotel, Basingstoke)

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Matthew has done a fantastic job

Matthew has done a fantastic job with our 5-year-old son. He has made tremendous progress in the last few weeks and had a lot of fun too. Highly recommended.

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