Swimming Classes Belfast

Quality Term Time Swimming Lessons:

Saturday @ Methodist College, Belfast 2-4.30pm

Everlast Gym Bangor Saturday's from 3-5pm

Saturday from 11.30am & Sunday from 2.30pm @ Belfast Royal Academy

At Keen2Swim, we have been specialising in small-group children's swimming lessons for almost twenty years. Our classes are designed to help every swimmer develop water confidence, improve technique, and progress at their own pace. Small class sizes allow teachers to provide personalised instruction and individual feedback during every lesson.

Most of our classes operate with a maximum ratio of 3-4 swimmers per teacher, ensuring each child receives focused support and plenty of opportunities to practise their skills. For experienced swimmers, we also offer a one-hour Advanced Swimming Class at BRA (Belfast Royal Academy) on Sunday evenings.

Learn to Swim Classes for All Ability Levels

Our children's learn-to-swim lessons last approximately 30 minutes and cater for a range of abilities from age 3. Usually we place swimmers from the same family into the same session allowing siblings and family members of different skill levels to attend at the same time.

Our highly qualified and experienced instructors create a positive and encouraging environment where swimmers can build confidence, improve water safety skills, and achieve faster progression through structured swimming activities.

Private Swimming Lessons

For swimmers who would benefit from more personalised instruction, we offer both 2:1 and 1:1 private swimming lessons at:

Belfast Royal Academy (BRA)
Methodist College Belfast
Everlast Gym Bangor

Private lessons are ideal for building confidence, improving specific swimming techniques, preparing for assessments, or supporting swimmers with individual learning needs.

No Everlast Gym membership is required to attend our swimming lessons at the Bangor facility.

For more information on our classes please contact us or use our Facebook page.

Pre-School Swimmers from age 3+

Our pre school classes develop water confidence as well as helping little ones learn how to swim. Our pre school classes are very popular as each swimmer get lots of individual attention while having fun.

Beginner Age 5+ (at school)

This class is aimed at swimmers who cannot swim unaided and require floats to swim. Swimmers will develop skills to improve their strength and stamina while learning to swim. The small class sizes ensure that even the most nervous swimmers gain confidence and have one to one time with the teacher throughout the lesson.

Beginner+

This class is aimed at swimmers with a little more confidence who can submerge their face in the water but can swim less than a width (10m) without aids. We will introduce them to the correct body position, leg kick and breathing at this stage.

Intermediate 1 (10m +)

In this class swimmers will develop further develop their Frontcrawl and breathing techniques as well as developing the full Backcrawl stroke. Breaststroke and Butterfly are introduced. Swimmers should be able to swim at least 10 meters. At this stage swimmers are water confident and have the correct body position.

Intermediate 2 (25m+)

Swimmers in the intermediate 2 class should be able to swim at least 25 meters. They will now be able to swim Frontcrawl and Backstroke well with the correct breathing technique. Breaststroke and Butterfly are developing along with their strength and stamina. In our deeper pools swimmers will learn how to dive in as well.

Improvers (100m+)

At this stage swimmers should be able to swim at least 100 meters distance and will develop all four swimming strokes improving their technique while learning competitive dives and tumble turns. Swimmers at this stage are also develop their water safety knowledge as they may be attending swimming at school or are old enough to attend public swim sessions without parents.

Advanced Improvers (200m+)

At this stage swimmers should be able to swim at least 200 meters. The class will take place in a pool with a deep end. The class aims to develop all four swimming strokes to a proficient standard along with dives and competitive turns and starts. Swimming for fitness is encouraged as well as continuing to learn about water safety. This class takes place at BRA on a Sunday from 5.30-6.30pm on a Sunday.