Swimming isn’t optional - it’s an essential skill for life.
Like you, our aim is to teach your child to swim independently, feel safe and confident in water and develop the awareness to make safe choices, what to do if they ever find themselves in trouble, and how to respond safely if someone else needs help.
We achieve this by offering a comprehensive learn to swim program that is technique focussed, coupled with water safety messaging and skills all delivered in a fun, and nurturing environment.
Our programs flow seamlessly into the Surrey Park Swimming Club squad programs.
5 – 14 years old
Surrey Park Swimming focuses on teaching technique and development of all strokes from our first level, ensuring those essential survival strokes and skills are tackled from day one, compared to other swimming programs that only focus on freestyle initially. We care about our local families and community and have been the center for swimming education and club swimming in the City of Whitehorse for over 120 years.
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Progression through our preschool swimming levels is ability based. Once kids reach school age, they graduate across to the equivalent school age level class.
Beginners focus on developing floating, freestyle, and water safety skills.
Level progression is ability based. Each skill has a star for introduction, development, and mastery. Once all 10 criteria are achieved, your child will progress to the next level.
Confident beginners focus on developing freestyle, backstroke, water safety skills and all previously learnt skills from Level 1.
Level progression is ability based. Each skill has a star for introduction, development, and mastery. Once all 10 criteria are achieved, your child will progress to the next level.
Intermediate swimmers focus on developing freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and build on swimming skills from previous levels.
Level progression is ability based. Each skill has a star for introduction, development, and mastery. Once all 10 criteria are achieved, your child will progress to the next level.
Intermediate swimmers focus on developing freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and build on swimming skills from previous levels.
Level progression is ability based. Each skill has a star for introduction, development, and mastery. Once all 10 criteria are achieved, your child will progress to the next level.
Intermediate swimmers consolidate freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and build on swimming skills from previous levels.
Level progression is ability based. Each skill has a star for introduction, development, and mastery. Once all 10 criteria are achieved, your child will progress to the next level.
Advanced swimmers consolidate freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and build on swimming skills from previous levels.
Level progression is ability based. Each skill has a star for introduction, development, and mastery. Once all 10 criteria are achieved, your child will progress to the next level.
Advanced swimmers consolidate freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and build on swimming skills from previous levels.
Level progression is ability based. Each skill has a star for introduction, development, and mastery. Once all 10 criteria are achieved, your child will progress to the next level.
Advanced swimmers master freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and build on swimming skills from previous levels.
Progression to the next level is ability based and lead instructor assessment. Each skill has a star for introduction, development, and mastery. Once all 10 criteria are achieved, your child will be ready to progress to the final learn to swim level.
This is the final step in your learn to swim journey. This is for swimmers who have learnt how to swim all four strokes and are ready to progress on to be a compentent swimmer, and thus safer in the water. From this squad, your child can continue to progress into our competitive state and national club program or to our Fitness squad that complements other sports and assists with injury prevention.
Squad progression is ability based. Our qualified coach will notify you when you are ready for advancement to other squads and can update you on your current progress.
This squad is designed for swimmers who still enjoy swimming as a sport but do not wish to swim competitively or keep up with the training commitments of competitive squads. This squad aims to continue stroke correction while working on endurance, stamina and strength.
This squad is ideal for cross-training for other sports; as swimming is a low-impact total body workout and will improve cardivascular fitness, range of motion and muscle strength to improve performance, and assist with injury recovery and prevention.
Squad progression to other squads is based on swimmers ability, interests and coaches recommendations.
Our convenient swim school locations are throughout Melbourne.
Answers to commonly asked questions about our swim lessons and programs.
Our Level 1 class is the ideal class for you, this class teaches kids the basics of swimming from scratch
The Victorian Water Safety Certificate is a program designed by Life Saving Victoria in conjunction with the Victorian Department of Education to establish a minimum baseline or safety net for water safety. Our program exceeds this minimum requirement and aims to ensure all students are competent swimmers.
We recommend that children should progress through to Junior Squad before stopping their learn to swim journey. Prior to this your child is learning the techniques of swimming and essential water safety skills. We believe for a child to be safer in water they need to be a competent swimmer, where they can swim continuously for long periods even when they are tired, and where they are confident enough in their swimming that they won’t panic if facing an unexpected situation in the water.
"Highly efficient, reliable and fun lessons"
Rachel,
Parent
"Surrey Park Swimming is a well-established organisation that offers a wide variety of classes and flexible options to suit our family's needs. The instructors are professional and supportive and my child has had many positive learning experiences here. We’ve been especially fortunate to have instructors who provide thoughtful, specific guidance and show great patience in helping my child refine her technique. I truly appreciate their support and dedication. The reception team also deserves recognition - they’re always friendly and helpful, whether it’s managing absences or arranging make-up classes. Thank you to everyone at Surrey Park for your continued commitment to high-quality swimming education."
Shelley,
Parent
"Our children thoroughly enjoy the lessons at Surrey Park. The staff are fantastic and really care about the progress of the kids."
Nick,
Parent
"Surrey Park Swimming is by far the best swimming location for kids in the local area offering a wide range of swimming, diving and play across multiple facilities. We have been attending for many years and wouldn't go anywhere else!"
Kris,
Parent
"Our family has been associated with Surrey Park Swimming for close to 40 years now. As grandparents it has been a real pleasure to see our grandsons learning to swim at the same club that taught their fathers to swim competently and then later to swim competitively with the Surrey Park Swimming Club. Surrey Park Swimming had an excellent learn to swim program 40 years ago and in my opinion has improved over the years. Our grandsons love their swimming lessons and we love the professionalism and good humour of the many teachers."
Lindy,
Parent
"Surrey park swim school has been fantastic for my family. The facilities are great and every teacher has been knowledgeable, kind and has provided a fun environment for the kids. I highly recommend choosing Surrey park swim school."
Michelle,
Parent
"Fantastic staff. Swim teachers are patient, supportive and encouraging for all kids. Children learn to swim and water safety in an inclusive, fun and supportive environment."
Nat,
Parent
"Surrey Park swimming club is the most supportive swim school we have been a part of. It helps the kids get through any stages where things get tougher whether it’s the learning or just getting in the water. This avoids any breaks in learning and helps them thrive. We still travel even though it’s further to come to this school."
Elle,
Parent
"We have been with Surrey Park Swimming for years and highly recommend them! The classes run very smoothly, and the instructors are professional and patient with the kids. My daughter loves swimming because of her positive experience with Surrey Park."
Jennifer,
Parent
"Surrey Park Swimming has been an incredible place for our family. The instructors are knowledgeable, kind, and truly dedicated to helping children grow in both skill and confidence. Our child not only learned to swim - they learned to love swimming. The team creates such a positive and supportive environment and we couldn’t be happier to be part of this community."
Aria,
Parent
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