SplashSwim school · Llanishen, CardiffLlanishen

Level finder

Find the stage, then the class.

Two questions: how old the swimmer is, and what they can do in the water today. The finder suggests a stage and lists its classes with the spaces left this term. The first ten minutes of the first lesson check the answer, and the teacher moves them that day if it was wrong.

A child of about eleven swimming front crawl along a lane, one arm out of the water and a breath to the side

Choose the age and the ability above and press "Find the stage". Or read the ladder below and pick for yourself.

Every stage

The ladder, step by step.

  1. 12 weeks to 3 years

    Parent and baby

    Start here if: no experience needed.

    Holds, floating, songs, the first underwater swim when ready.

    30 minutes · £9 a lesson

  2. 3 to 4 years

    Pre-school

    Start here if: happy to be in the water without a parent.

    Faces in, bubbles, floating with an aid, jumping in, getting out.

    30 minutes · £9.50 a lesson

  3. 4 years and over

    Stage 1

    Start here if: cannot yet travel through the water unaided.

    Getting in and out unaided, floating, five metres with an aid.

    30 minutes · £9.50 a lesson

  4. 5 years and over

    Stage 2

    Start here if: confident with the face in, floats with an aid.

    The first unaided five metres, kicking on front and back.

    30 minutes · £9.50 a lesson

  5. 5 years and over

    Stage 3

    Start here if: can swim five metres unaided.

    Ten metres on front and back, the first arm action, treading water.

    30 minutes · £9.50 a lesson

  6. 6 years and over

    Stage 4

    Start here if: can swim ten metres on front and back.

    Twenty-five metres in one stroke, sculling, the other strokes begun.

    30 minutes · £9.50 a lesson

  7. 7 years and over

    Stage 5

    Start here if: can swim twenty-five metres in one stroke.

    Twenty-five metres in three strokes, turns, the main pool.

    45 minutes · £11 a lesson

  8. 8 years and over

    Stage 6

    Start here if: can swim twenty-five metres in three strokes.

    One hundred metres continuously, dives, the start of tumble turns.

    45 minutes · £11 a lesson

  9. 9 years and over

    Stage 7

    Start here if: can swim one hundred metres.

    Four hundred metres, all four strokes, the full water-safety award.

    45 minutes · £11 a lesson

  10. 12 and over

    Adult and teen lessons

    Start here if: anything from never to front crawl.

    Beginners, nervous swimmers or improvers, four to a class.

    30 minutes · £13 a lesson

This term

Every class, and the spaces.

Thirty classes a week. Updated by the office every Friday.

StageDayTimeTeacherSpaces
Parent and babyTuesday10:00amGemma2 spaces
Parent and babyThursday10:00amGemmaFull, waiting list
Parent and babySunday9:00amGemma3 spaces
Parent and babySunday9:30amRhiannon1 space
Pre-schoolMonday3:45pmGemma1 space
Pre-schoolWednesday3:45pmRhiannonFull, waiting list
Pre-schoolSaturday8:00amGemma2 spaces
Pre-schoolSunday10:30amRhiannon1 space
Stage 1Monday4:15pmGemma2 spaces
Stage 1Thursday4:15pmRhiannonFull, waiting list
Stage 1Saturday8:30amGemma3 spaces
Stage 2Tuesday4:15pmOwen1 space
Stage 2Friday3:45pmRhiannon2 spaces
Stage 2Saturday9:00amOwenFull, waiting list
Stage 3Monday4:45pmOwen2 spaces
Stage 3Wednesday4:15pmRhiannon1 space
Stage 3Saturday9:30amOwen3 spaces
Stage 4Tuesday4:45pmOwenFull, waiting list
Stage 4Thursday4:45pmSam2 spaces
Stage 4Saturday10:00amSam1 space
Stage 5Monday5:15pmSam3 spaces
Stage 5Wednesday5:15pmOwen2 spaces
Stage 5Saturday10:30amSamFull, waiting list
Stage 6Tuesday5:30pmSam1 space
Stage 6Saturday11:15amOwen4 spaces
Stage 7Thursday5:30pmSam2 spaces
Stage 7Saturday12:00pmSam3 spaces
Adult and teen lessonsMonday6:30pmOwen1 space
Adult and teen lessonsTuesday6:30pmRhiannon2 spaces
Adult and teen lessonsThursday6:30pmSamFull, waiting list

Find the stage, then book a place. Pay only for the lessons left.

Tell us the swimmer's age and what they can do now, and we offer a class at the right stage with a space, usually within the week. The first ten minutes are an assessment and the teacher moves them that day if the stage is wrong. Or ring Carys in the office.

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