Sessions are 12 lessons each
15270 Old Halls Ferry, Florissant, MO 63034
From infants to adults, British Swim School offers premier water survival and swim classes taught by highly trained instructors using our proven fun and gentle methods. Our first priority is making sure children and adults are SAFE around water. Drowning is the #1 cause of death for children 1–4 years old (50% higher than car accidents), but it doesn’t have to be. Swim lessons reduce the risk of drowning by 88%!
Ready to ENROLL? Enroll online below or call us at 314–312–1878. Our knowledgeable team is ready to help you find the best class and schedule to fit your needs. See below for tuition prices and financial assistance opportunities.
Adult lessons are available!
British Swim School was founded over 40 years ago on the belief that everyone should learn water safety and survival skills. Our unique methodologies, programs, and techniques are proven to save lives and teach people of all ages how to swim.
Our highly trained, experienced, and friendly swim instructors teach swimming lessons that focus on safety, fun, and developing skills during every single class. Every student is different, and our program is purposely designed to help anyone no matter their age or ability.
Students learn better in small groups: that is why our lessons are limited to 4 students. Students get the benefit of watching each other and instructors focus on each student’s individual needs.
Standard Tuition:
$300 Per Session
(12 weeks, 1 lesson per week)
Financial Assistance is available through the Hope Floats Foundation. Click here to apply . Under “Name of the Swim School” please select “MO Pallottine Renewal Center.” Tuition is due upon enrollment. If you need financial assistance, you must get approved by Hope Floats before enrolling.
Funding for the financial assistance is generously provided by SWIM ON Foundation through grants from Pettus Foundation, Optimist Club of St. Louis, the Bernice Priger Foundation, and St. Louis Service Bureau Foundation. Click here to learn more about SWIM ON Foundation.
We offer the following levels at Pallottine Retreat & Conference Center:
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Tadpole — Water Acclimation & Beginner Water Safety |
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3 months to 36 months (with parent) Not just another mommy-and-me playtime. This class will build your infant’s or toddler’s confidence in the water and introduce foundational water safety skills, including how to roll over and float, using our structured program of songs, games, and fun. |
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Seahorse — Advanced Water Safety |
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18 months to 36 months Swim instructors work with each child individually to master the water safety skills introduced in the white level. Parents are not in the pool, but actively participate in the class from the pool deck.
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Minnow — Beginner Water Safety |
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3 years and up The Yellow level is for children 3 and up just starting their journey to becoming swimmers. This class will build your child’s confidence in the water and teach foundational water safety skills, including how to roll over and float, through our structured program using fun, gentle methods. |
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Turtle 1 — Advanced Water Safety & Beginner Swimming |
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3 years and up The Red level reinforces and builds on the safety skills from the Yellow level by introducing propulsion skills for water survival. Children learn beginner freestyle and backstroke to build confidence and prepare for our stroke development level.
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Adults |
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70% of drowning victims today are adults! These lessons are for adults who can’t swim or aren’t confident in their swimming ability. Lessons are personalized for the individual students and apply our methods in a way that’s specifically designed to help adult swimmers feel comfortable and become safer in the water.
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Families & Mixed Level Groups |
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Limited classes are families or other groups with students in multiple levels. Please contact our office at 314-312-1878 for more information. Please note: • groups must be at least 3 students • parents in the water with a student in the white level do not count as students • we strongly recommend no more than 4 students per group – larger groups will slow progress for all students • if possible, please enroll in the regular group classes – mixing levels in one class slows progress because students cannot learn from each other
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Lessons are offered on Sundays and Mondays in sessions of 12 classes. All lessons are 30 minutes long.
Sunday Session
January 21-April 14
2:30, 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, 6:30
Monday Session
January 22-April 15
4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30
Private, semi–private, and special abilities lessons are available at our other pools, located at year–round pools. Click here for locations. Our fun and gentle approach works well for many students with special abilities. We are working to bring dedicated special abilities programming to Pallottine soon!
A makeup lesson will be offered if a lesson is cancelled due to a pool closure. The date and time will be based on instructor availability. Makeups will not be offered for student absences.
✅ SAFETY is our top priority. We teach our students critical SURVIVAL SKILLS that will help keep them safe in the event of an accident. Drowning is the number one cause of death for children 1-4 years old (50% higher than car accidents), but lessons can reduce that risk by up to 88%.
✅ We teach all of our survival levels WITHOUT FLOATIES or GOGGLES. Our goal is to prepare our students for real-life accidents, rather than relying on equipment they won’t always have.
✅ Our water-survival lessons work for students of ALL AGES. We start as early as 3 months to make sure your little one is ready before they can crawl or walk to the pool. But it is never too late for older children or adults to learn the skills that will give them confidence around the water.
✅ No one has more expertise. British Swim School lessons are based on 40 YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE. We have taught hundreds of thousands of students and currently teach more than 17,000 lessons per week nationwide – and we have seen it all. Every child is different, and our program is purposely designed to help any student no matter the age or ability.
✅ Our COHESIVE PROGRAM builds on itself at every level. The survival skills we teach our youngest beginners become the foundation for proper swimming form and technique as they advance, with no wasted skills such as doggy paddle or bobbing that must be untaught later.
✅ British Swim School instructors are amazingly FRIENDLY and HIGHLY TRAINED. They know that being a great instructor takes more than just knowing the strokes, it takes building a real connection with every student and adapting to meet their individual needs.
✅ British Swim School lessons are GOAL-BASED. Master the goals for your level and move up right away. We will help you and your child understand the goals for your level, so you know why they are important and what is needed do to graduate.
✅ Students learn better in SMALL GROUPS: that’s why British Swim School’s classes are limited to 4 students. Students get the benefit of watching each other while giving our instructors the flexibility to focus on each student’s individual needs.
St. Louis, MO