Swimming as
Proper PE.
At Your Pace.
Private 1-to-1 swimming lessons for home-educated children in a warm, heated pool in Arkley, Barnet. No school schedule, no group pressure — just focused, flexible coaching that counts as physical education. Daytime slots available Monday to Friday.
Swimming That Fits Your Timetable
Home-educating families face a problem most swimming schools aren't built for: lessons happen after school, on weekends, or in chaotic group classes that don't suit every child. We've worked with home ed families for years — and the difference is straightforward.
No scrambling for early morning or Saturday slots. Home-educated children can come during the week when the pool is quietest and teaching is most focused.
Our private pool in Arkley is nothing like a public leisure centre. One child, one coach, one pool. Children who struggle in busy or noisy environments thrive here.
Sessions with a qualified coach (ASA and STA) are widely accepted as physical education within home education programmes. We can provide a session summary on request.
PE for your home education record
We know that keeping clear records matters for home-educating families. Brian provides a verbal debrief after every session, and written session notes are available on request — useful for portfolios, local authority visits, or education records. Sessions can be described as structured physical education with a qualified swimming coach. take the 30-second quiz →
90 Minutes of Undivided Attention
per session
Group swimming classes are built around time limits — get in, run the drill, get out. When a child needs more time on one skill, the group moves on anyway. In a 90-minute private session, the lesson moves at the child's pace — not the clock's.
Time to warm up and settle
Children — especially those sensitive to new environments — need time to acclimatise before learning begins in earnest. There's no rush here.
Skills drilled until they stick
Repetition is how the body learns to swim. Longer sessions mean each technique is practised enough to begin forming real muscle memory — not just demonstrated and forgotten.
More progress per session
Home education is built on the idea that learning works better when it's tailored to the individual. A 90-minute private swimming lesson is exactly that — teaching at your child's speed, not the group's.
Home-educated children often arrive with a very different relationship to learning than school-taught kids. They're used to someone actually paying attention to them, actually explaining why — not just telling them to go again. That makes my job easier and their progress faster.
Brian FitzGerald — Swimming Class UKFrom First Enquiry to Confident Swimmer
Children We've Helped Thrive
Great classes - our daughter made more progress in a term here than with all of my previous years of amateurish attempts to teach her.
Brain and Norbit have been amazing, and filled my daughter with confidence in the pool, and she loves coming to her lesson every week.
My 6 year old son had a history of being pretty scared of being in the water and had got better over the last 6 months.
Private 1-to-1 Coaching
One price, one coach, one pool. No packages or commitments required.
- 90-minute private 1-to-1 lesson
- Heated private pool, Arkley, Barnet EN5
- Daytime slots available Mon–Fri
- Same coach every session
- Written session notes available on request
- Siblings or home-ed group — just ask
Interested in a sibling pair or small home-ed group? take the 30-second quiz →
Home Ed Swimming FAQ
Home Ed Swimming. Done Properly.
90-minute private lessons in a heated pool in Arkley, Barnet. Daytime slots Mon–Fri. One teacher, one pool, one child — focused on actual progress, every session.