The final lessons of 2025 will be the weekend of 13/14 December 2025.

All lessons will resume on the weekend 10/11 January 2026.

 

Children’s Learn to Swim Programme

Follow the link for L2S Information 2025-26

 

At Camden Swiss Cottage Swimming Club, we offer high quality Learn to Swim provision for all in a fun, safe and professional environment.

Our staff are highly qualified with many years of experience teaching from early fundamental stages through to coaching Olympic athletes. 

 

Programme Benefits

  • Small group sizes up to a maximum of 4 to 5 swimmers, enhancing progression.
  • An individualised and tailored approach enabling teachers to spend more time on each child’s development.
  • Our highly experienced teachers are all also qualified coaches.
  • We offer a consistent professional approach adhering to Swim England’s national curriculum.
  • Children will be continuously monitored to ensure progression through the appropriate stages and to build their confidence as a proficient swimmer.

Weekend Lessons Offer

We cannot provide trial lessons but our team of teachers will (informally) assess every swimmer's ability in their first lesson to ensure they will succeed within the registered stage. Should they not meet the stage criteria, they will be re-directed to an appropriate stage or alternative programme. 

American School in London (ASL)

Stages 1-5 are taught every Saturday & Sunday between 13:45 - 15:45.

The age range for this offer is 4-10yrs. Swimmers may join swimming lessons the month they turn 4yrs. Swimmers up to 10yrs* (as of 30 June 2026) are eligible to access this programme. 

Swimmers who successfully complete the stages available at ASL will be required to move onto lessons at Mallinson to pursue the higher stages (e.g. a swimmer who completes stage 5 must change to Mallinson to access stage 6 - subject to meeting the age eligibility). 

Mallinson Sports Centre (Highgate School)

Stages 5-8 are taught every Sunday between 13:00 - 16:00. Swimmers up to 12yrs* (as of 30 June 2026) are eligible to access this programme.

*Swimmers must be under the upper age limit by 30 June 2026 to be able to register into the programme (e.g. swimmers may not be/turn 10 or 12 during the 2025/26 season). The upper age restrictions needed to be introduced in the 2025-26 season. This decision has not been taken lightly, we acknowledge this may be disappointing.

 

More Questions or Need to get in Touch? 

The Learn to Swim section of the CSCSC website is updated regularly to ensure necessary information is at the member's disposal.

Any queries should be sent to the Stages Co-ordinator whom also maintains an auto-reply message to answer/signpost members to a majority of the FAQs. If your query is answered in this auto-reply, do not expect a response.  

They or a Lead Teacher will also be poolside for every lesson, available to speak with parents about their child’s progress and will communicate any assessments / movement opportunities approximately every 6-8 weeks (half termly).

Please do not contact the pools as our small team is not based at these locations. Your email enquiry will be responded to within administration working hours.

 

Helpful Information

Lessons will commence on the weekend of 6/7 September 2025 and continue until 11/12 July 2026. We do not take breaks/close over the school half term/term holidays with the exception of: Christmas, New Year & Easter weekends as the pools are closed.

 

Lesson fees are charged from the first lesson in September 2025 and then monthly until 1 July 2026, the fees charged to the card on your account reflect the number of lessons in the respective calendar month. 

Registering your swimmer into the L2S programme is agreeing to CSCSC membership terms. You’re committing to the lessons programme for the season, not termly. 

In line with the Club’s Constitution, all members are required to give 1 month notice to cancel, this must be communicated in writing to the Club Administrator only. The Stages Co-ordinator and/or CSCSC Teachers will not communicate any cancellation notice.

All L2S memberships cease on the final day of lessons (11/12 July 2026) - there are no auto-renewal options available for L2S members.

Interested in the CSCSC Squads Programme?                                  

Parents requesting a trial or submitting a trial form will be flagged to the Stages Co-ordinator as an expression of interest for the swimmer to progress to the squads programme. The swimmer will not be invited to a CSCSC trial/taster session until identified by the Stages Co-ordinator/Lead Teacher/Team Manager - not at the request of the parent. The swimmer will have demonstrated the necessary skills, technique and fitness for squad swimming. 

Swimmers will be targeting CSCSC Academy or Development Squad programmes. Find more information about the training schedules and commitment required under the Squads menu of the CSCSC website.