About Us

The outstanding Aqua Swim School was set up to provide the local private swimming industry with a quality (rather than quantity) swim school. To ensure this all teachers have a minimum of three years experience and are qualified at a minimum of a Level 2 certificate in swimming teaching. In addition all teachers have a lifeguard and first aid qualification and have been CRB checked and attend regular Sports Coach UK, Child Welfare and Protection courses. Aquakidz classes never succeed more than 6 pupils at a time in non swimmer,beginner and improver classes and no more than 8 in advanced classes, and all beginners classes have qualified helpers.

Teachers

Barry Alldrick

Barry has been a water baby all his life having represented the UK at both Swimming and Competitive Lifesaving. He is the passionate Head Coach of the Christchurch and New Milton Seagulls, and regularly trains people to become Swimming Teachers and Lifeguards. Barry also has a vast knowledge within Fitness and was a Personal Trainer before moving into full time coaching. Barry has three ambitions, to swim the channel, complete an Ironman Event, and coach a swimmer to an Olympic Gold

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Charlotte Roberts

Charlotte is also a water baby and has been swimming since the age of 5 winning numerous Dorset Championships in Freestyle events over the last 5 years. Charlotte passed a Sports Development and Fitness Diploma at college and runs the Junior Competition squad of the Christchurch and New Milton Seagulls Swimming Club. Charlotte has completed the 3 peaks challenge in 20 hours gaining a Gold Medal (This is a 24 hour challenge to climb to the top of the biggest peaks in Scotland England and Wales) and has recently run the london marathon.

Charlotte's passion is to teach young children and watch them progress into talented swimmers.

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Background

Both Barry and Charlotte still compete at County Level Swimming and also at National level in Masters Swimming and Open Water Swimming. Now spending more time teaching than training they still picked up a Bronze medal each at the 2006 National Master Championships. Barry in the 200m Butterfly (25-29 age group), Charlotte in the 1500m FC (19-24 age group).

Both Barry and Charlotte have been Dorset County and Southwest Regional Champions at the Open Water 3km, 5km and 10km events.

Carolyn Skew

Carolyn grew up with swimming playing a huge part in her life being a competitive swimmer with the New Milton Torpedos and was their club captain during a very succesful era. Carolyn now teaches the Development and Junior swimmers at the Christchurch and New Milton Seagulls.

Carolyn teaches with a high energy and classes are always fun, fun, fun!

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Dee Seabrook

Dee is an extremely experienced and very popular teacher and regularaly teaches all levels of abilities and ages from 3 month old beginners to national level swimmers. Dee has been teaching for 16 years and her father was a founder member of the New Milton Torpedo's swimming club where Dee trained and swam competitely up to the age of 17.

Apart from teaching parent and child and learn to swim lessons, Dee coaches for the Bournemouth Dolphins and has her hand in all squads from Development to National Squad giving her a great knowledge of stroke mechanics and being able to quickly identify and correct faults.

Dee teaches with great energy and draws all her pupils in with a constant infectious smile!

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Venues

Currently the Aqua Swim School operates out of 3 venues, chosen by having good water quality and evidenec of being maintained to a high standard.

The Marriott Hotel Bournemouth

The pool at the Bournemouth Marriott Highcliffe Hotel panoramically overlooks the Bournemouth Bay. There is an outdoor and an indoor pool and superb facilities with in the hotel for coffees and chats whilst friends and families partake in their lessons. This pool is ideal for people wanting swimming lessons in Bournemouth, swimming lesson in Branksome, swimming lessons in Canford Cliffs, swimming lessons in Westbourne or swimming lessons in Alum Chime.

Stourfield School, Cranleigh Road, Bournemouth

The pool here is well maintained and has recently had its entrance and changing rooms updated. This pool is ideal for people wanting swimming lessons in Southbourne, swimming lessons in Pokesdown, swimming lessons in Boscombe East or swimming lessons in Tuckton.

Bournemouth Collegiate School, College Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth

The pool here is a 4 x 25m lane swimming pool set in the Garden of the private school. This pool is ideal for people wanting swimming lessons in Christchurch, swiming lessons in Bournemouth.