How Does Swimstars Work?
Swimstars is available at Inkerman House, Stocksbridge Leisure Centre where lessons run Monday to Saturday inclusive. At Denby Dale the lessons are 25 mins long and at Stocksbridge the lessons are 30 mins long. Both venues have lovely warm pools and a maximum ratio of 1 teacher to 7 little swimmers offering attentive, child focused learning and great value for money compared to most swim lesson group sizes of around 12 – 15 swimmers per teacher.
Our little swimstars are continually assessed by your teacher and you will receive feedback by email every other term on their progress through the STA awards set out below.
If your little one has swam elsewhere or has built up their water confidence and free swimming skills at swimbabes we can also welcome them onto the swimstars improvers levels which extend up to basic coaching sessions and prepare them for the move to a bigger pool once they have completed the swimstars programme.
For children aged between 18 months and 4 years we offer our 2+ Splashers classes on the swimbabes programme. As with all of our programmes this offers a supportive, safe environment where children will work in small groups of a maximum 1 teacher to 7 pupils. Parents come in the pool with their children for added comfort and support and your teacher will assess your little swimmer and advise you when they are ready to move on to the beginners swimstars sessions or join an advanced or intermediate swimbabes session depending on how they progress.
We offer the STA awards suitable to our programme and pools, the programme of awards that little swimmers will follow on their journey with us is set out below:-
Octopus 1, 2 and 3
Goldfish 1, 2 and 3
Angelfish 1
To purchase your little ones badge and certificate visit