Terms and conditions

Please read our terms and conditions before you book swimming lessons with us.

Our policy must provide all the necessary details regarding our booking, rules in place when you attend our lessons and what would happen if our lessons have to be cancelled due to pool closure or other events like pandemics and national lockdown. However, if there is any need for further clarity, please make an enquiry BEFORE booking your lessons.

The swimming pool is open to participating students only. For the safety of the children, a family member and/or friend/trusted adult must stay in the pool building and observe from the allocated areas in the facility as our lessons run.
In case there are NO lockers or if you don’t wish to use lockers post pandemic (to keep the touch points low), we strongly advise all adults to NOT to bring ANY valuable items to the pool. When you are attending the swimming lessons, clients are responsible for their personal belongings and Paddle ‘n’ Swim School does not accept responsibility for any stolen or lost items.
No food or drinks are allowed in the pool area. However, we recommend parents have a water bottle handy on the pool side to keep swimmers hydrated.
Parents or any accompanying adult are not allowed to take photos or filming in and around the swimming pool or in the changing room areas. Photographic equipment includes video recorders, camcorders, cameras and mobile phones with imagery equipment are not allow.
Swimmers are not allowed enter the pool before their lessons begin and should leave the pool area as soon as their lessons are finished. Parents/guardians should actively supervise their children before and after the lessons and make sure that the children do not get close to the poolside during waiting time.
Swimmers should be on time for their lessons as any delay will have an effect on the provision of the lessons for all. If swimmers are late more than 15 min, it will be at swim teacher’s discretion to allow swimmers to join the lesson.
Students who turn up without having appropriate swimwear for their lessons (swimming shorts/suits and swimming caps, swimming nappies for under 3’s) will not be allowed to enter the pool.
During the lessons, parents/guardians are asked not to engage with swim instructors and/or students in conversation in such a way that it could be distracting to the whole class.
For group and semi-private lessons, children are grouped based on their age and swimming ability. For our ‘Parent & Child’ classes, children are not divided to different groups based on their previous swimming lesson history.
Swimming lessons missed due to ANY reason are forfeit.
In the event that you/your child is going to miss a lesson due to illness or pre-arranged activities and engagements, unfortunately another person or another child cannot turn up and utilise the lesson on your/your child’s behalf.
Once the payment is made and a place has been confirmed, there will be NO refund or credit given, due to cancellation made by the client for whatever reason.
Paddle’n’ Swim School reserves the right to charge a £20 admin fee for any cheques and extra administrative work due to clients’ mistake.
On payment it is deemed that clients understand and agree to all of Paddle n’ Swim School’s policies, terms and conditions.
Paddle ‘n’ Swim School reserves the right to alter the timetable, lessons schedule and venue or to cancel its lessons. In the event that swimming lessons have to be cancelled due to bad weather, closure of the pool or other similar circumstances, customers will be EITHER refunded OR provided with a make-up lesson provided at a later date, for the cancelled session/s only. The refund for any cancelled lessons will be offered only when the option of make-up lesson(s) cannot be provided in a reasonably timely manner and when the circumstances reasonably permitted us.
If any members of your household shows signs and symptoms of COVID-19, you should not attend our swim lessons. Please go to the below link for COVID-19 signs and symptoms https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/symptoms/
In case you have any member of your household showing COVID-19 symptoms and you cannot attend your pre-booked swim lessons, or you have been contacted by track & trace team to advise you to self-isolate, you’ll be credited for any missed lessons. We’ll arrange your COVID-related cancelled lessons to be delivered at different date(s) when the circumstances reasonably permitted us. You also need to provide evidence later on your return either for a positive COVID-19 test of a member of your household or an evidence of advice from the local Public Health department or relevant authorities for self-isolation.
Parents/guardians who wish to discuss any matter relevant to the swimming lessons, are welcome to speak to the Swim Instructors.