We operate seven pools in Oldham and offer swimming lessons that have been developed to provide a fun and engaging environment for young people to learn how to swim. If you’re looking for swimming classes for your child, we have a variety of options available. You can start with adult and baby or adult and child swimming classes to introduce your child to the pool. For non-swimmers and beginners, we offer intensive classes to help you progress quickly.
Over 4,000 students are currently enrolled in our innovative Rainbow Learn to Swim program. Please continue reading below to learn what sets us apart from traditional swimming lessons.
Oldham Active swimming coaches are committed to creating a safe, fun, and engaging environment for your child.
Our 7-level Learn to Swim programme is balanced to achieve core learning objectives through appropriate games-based activities. This will increase your child’s ability to retain knowledge and build on skills while developing social skills with other children in the group.
The fun doesn’t end in the pool! We love celebrating children’s swimming milestones, whether mastering a new skill, reaching a distance goal, or completing a Learn to Swim level Award. Certificates and Badges are available for each level, ready for your little one to proudly show off.
£28 a month and suitable for children aged from 3 years.
To sign up your child for swimming lessons, please fill out the enrolment form using the link below. Once submitted, our Aquatics Team will contact you to arrange your preferred lesson.
Scroll through the characters to see all the achievements your child can earn as they progress through our seven rainbow levels.
Children will learn to enter the water safely, feel comfortable with water on their faces, blow bubbles, and move through the water. They will also learn to swim on their front and back with the help of a flotation device and exit the pool safely. These skills will help children feel confident and safe while swimming.
Children will learn various swimming skills, including swivel entry, travelling unaided, front and back paddle, log roll, jumping, and climbing out safely. These skills will make children feel confident and safe while swimming.
Children will learn to jump and fully submerge, retrieve objects from at least 1m deep, push and glide in a streamlined position and transition from front to back and back to front, swim 10m using front and back paddle, swim 5m using a breaststroke leg action with a noodle and perform a 3-5 second tuck float. These skills will help children feel confident and safe in the water.
Children will learn to sink, push, glide, and swim front crawl and backstroke for 10m, swim breaststroke leg action, and dolphin leg kick for 10m. They will also perform head-first sculling action for 5m, push, glide, and swim front crawl and backstroke for 5m each while doing a log roll. These skills will help children feel confident and safe while swimming.
Children will learn to sink, push, and glide before swimming in various strokes, including front crawl 25m, backstroke 25m, breaststroke 10m, and butterfly 10m. They will also learn to perform a forward somersault, a feet-first sculling action, a head-first kneeling dive, and swim underwater.
Children will learn various swim strokes and techniques, including front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly. They will also learn how to perform standing dives and tumble turns. By the end of their training, they will be able to swim 50 meters of front crawl, 25 meters of breaststroke and butterfly, and 100 meters using a combination of strokes.
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Make friends for life and learn through creative play.
Suitable for babies 6 weeks to 2 years.
Gain water confidence and learn to use swimming aids and other pool equipment.
For pre-schoolers aged 2-5.
These intensive swimming classes are designed for non-swimmers and beginners and run for several days, depending on the swimmer’s ability.
Private Swimming Club training session. Combine pool and land training to achieve maximum fitness, technique, and Speed. Suitable for ages 8.
If you’d like your child to start our Oldham Active Swimming Lessons, simply complete the online form. Following this, a member of the Aquatics Team will contact you to arrange your sessions.
Alternatively you can speak to one of our contact team on 0161 207 7000.
From time to time, you may be added to our waiting list until a space becomes available, as our lessons are extremely popular. If this is the case we operate on a first come first served basis to ensure we allocate spaces in the fairest possible way.
*Did you know?
If you pay for your child’s swimming lessons by direct debit, your child also receives free unlimited swimming outside of their lessons!
Please contact us using the form below and send us a message.
Alternatively you can telephone our Contact Team on 0161 207 7000. We look forward to hearing from you.
Oldham Community Leisure is a proud
member organisation of GM Active
