Oakleigh Park Swimming Pool London

Reviews

1. Nina Sedaghati ★★★★★

   I love teachers and the way they help children to learn swimming

   almost 8 months ago
2. Rachelle Dsilva ★★★★★

   Annette is an amazing instructor. My 3year old has picked up so much because she loves her teacher! We've done some back to back courses and whilst all the instructors are competent and nice in our experience Annette has been a game changer with our little ones learning and this has had a massive impact on her willingness to learn and advancing her swimming capabilities. The swim school in itself is nice warm and welcoming with a lovely pool, ample of parking. Beautiful little swim family!

   almost 11 months ago
3. Shaf U ★★★★★

   Lovely staff.. great instructors.. Jess very friendly. Small, clean and great. Ample parking.

   almost 11 months ago

1. Richard C ★★★☆☆

   Not overly impressed. 1. It costs a little more than Better as it's a business rather than not-for-profit/community-spirited but that's balanced out by smaller class sizes. For the younger kids the teachers are in the water, unlike Better who only do that in the baby pool. 2. The changing facilities are OK (apparently they're grim at the other venue in Whetstone). The mums can go into either changing room and the dads can only go into one - weird. There's a couple of showers (which isn't enough) and a solitary hairdryer on the wall that's coin operated so forget about drying your kids hair. Also, the viewing gallery is small but in the warm weather you can sit outside which provides a much better view. 3. The pool is 8m by 20m. I assumed my daughter would be swimming 20m but she only swims the 8m at a time (which isn't enough for her ability) because they have 4 or 5 lessons in parallel. 4. The part that bothers me most, though, is the badge system. At the end of each term the kids attempt to achieve a badge/certification, but that seems based on how long you've been a customer (i.e. ££) rather than ability. My daughter started in January (before she turned 6) and is a strong swimmer, and clearly the best in her group, but come badge time she was only allowed to do the first badge whilst the kid who had been there more than one term but was clearly not as good a swimmer, did the next badge up. We were told our daughter can do that badge next term. We didn't renew for the next term because a) they didn't invite us to and b) our daughter had a trial at a proper swim club and was accepted (again proving she should have done the higher badge) so we've switched to that instead. 5. Finally, the teaching staff seem pretty good. There's a couple of very good swimmers amongst the older kids, so the teaching appears effective in the long term. It just didn't work for us and we happened to have a better option offered to us.

   1 year ago
2. Douglas Held ★★★★★

   Small and nice swimming pool, 1-2m. What stands out here is the very kind instructors, small class sizes. Facilities are very clean. I took a beginner scuba lesson here. My child took beginner swimming lessons. I cannot recommend highly enough for ab initio.

   1 year ago
3. Stephen Priddy ★★★★★

   Friendly staff and my 3 year old is progressing much faster than when she was with a different local swimming class.

   almost 3 years ago

1. Mario GOMEZ RUBER ★★★★☆

   This is a great swimming pool premises, well managed with a professional, friendly and family staff. Great courses for children. Changing room are very good, clean and tidy

   almost 3 years ago
2. Sophia Zuo ★★★★★

   The best place for little one to learn swimming, the pool is fully with hot water, the teachers are so nice

   almost 3 years ago
3. Maureen O'Connor ★★★★★

   I have recently started having swimming lessons. I was extremely nervous but wanted to learn as I have 3 grandchildren. The staff have been so patient and understanding with me. I am so pleased I found this swimming school

   almost 4 years ago

1. Manisha Parmar ★★★★★

   My daughter attends swimming lessons for the last two years. Very professional and facilities are excellent. Communication is great from the provider and they provide certificates and badges for learning. Highly recommend them.

   almost 4 years ago

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