“While I was confident in the water I’d never been able to do the front crawl. I was concerned as an adult swimmer I’d never be able to learn (and to be honest slightly embarrassed) but Nicole is an amazing teacher and after 6 weeks I’m swimming the front crawl with proper technique and confidence! I’d highly recommend SwimNow”
“I had a disappointing experience with SwimNow. My baby wasn’t ready for the lessons, and despite multiple attempts, they didn’t happen. When I tried to contact the office to request a refund for unused prepaid lessons, no one responded. Ultimately, they refused to refund, which feels unfair given the circumstances. Poor communication and lack of flexibility made this a frustrating experience. I wouldn’t recommend them for parents needing understanding and adaptability.”
“I booked one to one lessons with SwimNow….Alisha is wonderful with children, she put my 7 year old granddaughter at ease instantly and she fully trusts Alisha which is key, she looks forward to her lessons each week, although she’s only been 4 times, I’m surprised with her progress, from a none swimmer to almost swimming,
Thanks Alisha !”
“My 5year old grandson, who is on the autistic spectrum, has been having 1:1 swimming lessons with Alisha since March 2024.
He began as a complete novice and since then has made tremendous progress, due to Alisha's professional expertise, along with her calm, friendly, perceptive, accommodating and encouraging nature. Even taking the initiative to study and learn more about how best to assist swimmers on the autistic spectrum. She certainly provides an inclusive, proficient service.
My grandson has attained certificates and badges, accompanied by a personal gift from Alisha each time, of one of his favourite monster truck toys.
The prospect of the latter item, being a strong self-motivation for my grandson to overcome a number of barriers, due to anxiety, to conquer those fears to complete specific water/swimming tasks.
Such is Alisha's dedication and attention to my grandson as an individual, it is a pleasure to see their mutual bond at each lesson.
Whenever I mention to others about my grandson's swimming lessons, I speak highly of Alisha.
Recently, I have recommended Alisha to a friend, whose 5 year old son has similar SEN traits as my grandson. She is interested in booking Alisha for her son's future swimming lessons, prepared to travel further to do so. 😊
Many thanks, Alisha from all of us! 👌🏼👏🏼💖”
“I’ve been taking lessons with Neve for a few months now and she’s absolutely great!!! It is crazy to me that she isn’t completely booked out every week as she truly is that good. She makes me feel confident and never judges me when i have a bad day.
She’s quite young but has many years experience of swimming. She’s extremely calm and confident in the water and is excellent at talking, which helps relax you a lot :)
Although I will say, if it wasn’t for Neve being so superbly good I would not use SwimNow.
Their sales tactics remind me of my ex boyfriend, calling me up at 8pm on a Friday and begging me for money.
The second you open an email they call you, begging you to pay them. They try and upsell you repeatedly. It’s almost like they’ve watched a youtube course by Gary Vee, notorious crypto scammer, on how to close a sale.
And when you do actually want to talk to them, it seems like they don’t want to talk to you. You’re already paying them, they probably make commission from new sales and not keeping existing sales around. I had to do some proper graft just to get them to talk to me.
Their sales tactics are so moronic that they even asked me if i wanted to take swimming lessons with Neve 2 months after I had started.
I block them on everything and just talk to Neve directly, as she’s actually a great human being and a great swim teacher. My life has gotten significantly calmer since they can no longer reach out to me about whatever they want to upsell me on next.
Despite being subjected to what feels like a sales team who get no salary and live off of commissions alone, I still chose their swimming lessons because of how good Neve is. Whatever they make per upsell they should consider giving to Neve instead, because she’s the real reason they can close any sales at all.
In fact, i deliberately avoided their service the previous 2 times I tried to use them because of their Only Fools and Horses style tactics.
If it wasn’t for the fact that i wanted to learn to swim so badly I went to a taster session and got to experience The Wonder of Neve, i would not be here :)”
“Neve has been most definitely a big hit with Eva ! Eva s diagnosed with autism and selective mutism. neve has made her feel at ease in her lessons and Eva finds neve hilarious 😆 which is just amazing ! Eva has made such a lot of progress in such a short time with neve … communication with my self has been great ! we have a good understanding of what Eva’s working towards each lesson which is great for Eva’s condition and progress. :)”
“Neve has been most definitely a big hit with Eva ! Eva s diagnosed with autism and selective mutism. neve has made her feel at ease in her lessons and Eva finds neve hilarious 😆 which is just amazing ! Eva has made such a lot of progress in such a short time with neve … communication with my self has been great ! we have a good understanding of what Eva’s working towards each lesson which is great for Eva’s condition and progress. :)”
“My daughter has Arthrogryposis and is a wheelchair user. She has very limited muscle mass and needed to strengthen up so we brought her to Killerby Hall in Cayton, Scarborough and she is taught by Phoebe who I cannot speak more highly about. She’s just amazing with my daughter and has now taught her to swim on her back, tread water and swim on her front a little in just 6 months! She had zero confidence in water prior to this so we are so impressed.”
“We have booked lessons with Ryan at Rugby for our 7 years old autistic son who was struggling with his group lessons and no progression he been stock in level 2 for over a year. Ryan was amazing very patient and had a good approach to J. After a while J.has gained confidence and great skills in the water, completed his all key stage levels. Thank you Ryan for everything you have done. Booking lessons was easy and very accommodating”
“I booked one-to-one lessons for my 10-year old daughter, Anjali following concerns of not progressing through her group swim lessons. After just one session, Holly-Eva recognised what my daughter was doing and perfected her technique. In her following group swimming lesson she finally passed her grading, after being stuck at the previous stage for over two years!! I cannot praise Holly-Eva enough!! She makes her students feel very welcome, promotes the 'technical' aspects of swimming, has great attention to detail and is very patient!! Book without hesitation!! Highly recommended!! A++++”
“I had a terrible fear of water but I was jealous of people on holiday who were enjoying swimming in the sea so I decided to TRY and learn to swim. I took the “plunge” lol and booked a tester lesson. On my arrival I met my tutor a lovely lady called Slava. I told her of my total fear of water but by the end of the taster lesson Slava had me floating in the water moving my arms and legs in a swimming motion which I thought was unachievable.
I have now just had my 7th lesson and I can now swim but it is still work in progress. I have another 6 lesson and I get so excited when I am going for my lesson for two reasons. 1/ My tutor is absolutely fantastic but also a really lovely lady. 2/ My tutor has not only has taught me to swim but to enjoy the water.
I am so thankful that I choose Swim Now for my lessons and would definitely recommend this company for anyone who wants to learn to swim.”
“We chose SwimNow in the summer for intensive lessons for our 8 year old daughter, who was effectively a basic doggy paddle swimmer. Clare was fantastic with her from lesson one and encouraged her to have confidence and work really hard, giving her positive praise for her progress at every step. Clare got our daughter to a level where she could have joint lessons with our son from September and their progress since then has been phenomenal. Neither had done any stage badges or distance awards, last week they finished Stage 7 and got their 100m badges. Their progress has been so fantastic that they both competed in their first triathlon last weekend and the swimming leg was their best scoring performance! SwimNow lessons aren’t cheap, but the value for money is priceless and Clare has been a simply amazing teacher!”
“We initially signed up for a 6 week block with Clare for our 5 year old daughter. She made great progress in that time and Clare has helped her build her confidence in the water. She has managed a perfect balance of making our daughter feel comfortable and pushing her to do more. Signed up for regular lessons now as don’t want to stop the progress!”
“Clare is the most fantastic instructor. Having had a nasty incident in a swimming pool when I was a teenager, I have lost all confidence in water but Clare is gradually getting my confidence back even though it’s though it’s a slow process.After 4 and a half months worth of lessons I can now go underwater but still struggle with taking my feet off the bottom of the pool. Clare is patient, understanding and appreciates my phobia. She encourages me without being pushy or frustrated with me and I would definitely recommend her as an instructor.”
“Clare has been very helpful to my daughter right from the beginning of her lessons and now my daughter is doing very well swimming by herself although she used to be afraid to get in the water. The price is moderate and the lessons go very well.”
“Clare is a fantastic coach. She was able to help my daughter increase her confidence in swimming and swim on her own in a span of few sessions. She made learning fun and switches to keep up with kiddies attention span. As for adult coaching, she explains things well, and corrects my bad swimming habits. She’s a great coach over all, patient, kind and with flexible teaching skills.”
“Our boys started lessons with Clare in June, both were beginner swimmers and in a short period of starting, both their confidence in the water has significantly grown and what they have learnt already has blown us away. Our boys so look forward to their lessons on a Friday. Clare is fantastic at teaching and very patient and we have already recommended her to several friends”
