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Celebrating 40 Years of Creating Safer Swimmers

Children sitting on edge of pool smiling and ready for swim lessons

It all started in a basement pool in England and now, 40 years and hundreds of thousands of lessons later, the focus of British Swim School has remained unchanged – to create safer swimmers.  Whether it’s an infant becoming acclimated with water for the first time as a Tadpole, a tween perfecting their backstroke technique […]

Celebrating 40 Years of Fantastic Staff

Children at swim class sitting along edge of pool with swim instructor in water

If you’ve spent time at one of our British Swim School locations or chatted with our team on the phone, you’ve probably noticed that there’s something just a little bit different about them. You may have noticed that they aren’t shy about singing “Row, Row Your Boat” if it means that a child will stay […]

Celebrating 40 Years of Great Owners

When it comes to British Swim School, there are several aspects that set us apart from the rest – our fun and gentle teaching methods, our dedication to ‘Survival of the Littlest’ and the fact that we have 40 years of experience teaching survival-based swim lessons. But one thing is for sure, we couldn’t spread […]

Celebrating 40 Years of History

British Swim School floatie rings use for swim lessons

When British Swim School was founded in 1981, founder Rita Goldberg set out to bring a much-needed service to her local community in Manchester, England.  Today, British Swim School is the nation’s leading “learn to swim” provider with over 215 schools across the U.S. and Canada! A Brief History of British Swim School Believe it […]