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21 February 2026

96 Month Report


2025 has been a transformational year for SafelySwim, and as we reach...

11 December 2025

Pricing Adjustment Starting From January 2026


As we move into the new year, we are continuing our commitment...

28 October 2025

What We Achieved – Together


Back in December 2024, we faced the very real possibility of a...

20 October 2025

Intergrating our Awards into our Stage Criteria


You may have noticed already, but we’ve introduced our Distance, Water Safety...

06 October 2025

Supporting Swimmers Moving from SafelySwim Endless to DOYRMS

As part of our ongoing efforts to improve the Learn to Swim...

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02 September 2025

Learn to Compete - Setting up Swimmers for Success

Our Learn to Compete sessions are designed for swimmers who want to...

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27 August 2025

White Cliffs Swimmers Complete Swim England Young Volunteer Programme

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13 August 2025

Selecting September Lessons

We are excited to be moving into our new normal, providing lessons...

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21 July 2025

Phased Reopening - The Duke of York's Royal Military School

We’re excited to share that from Monday 21st July, swimmers in Stage...

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19 May 2025

Safety, Inclusion & Transparency at SafelySwim

The recent BBC Panorama episode, “The Dark Side of Swimming Clubs”, highlights...

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13 May 2025

Casual Swim - at Your own Leisure

Looking to enjoy a swim without the bustle of a public pool?...

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08 April 2025

Step 04 - Regular Weekly Lessons Are Back

We’re delighted to reach Step 4 in our journey back to full...

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14 March 2025

Step 03 - Booking Alternative Lessons During Our Trial Weeks

As we transition to our new venues, we are introducing Trial Weeks,...

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04 March 2025

Step 02 - Class Information & Trial Week Dates

As we prepare for the closure of the swimming pool at The...

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07 February 2025

Step 01 - Scheduled DOYRMS Maintenance Closure

We have some big news to share! SafelySwim at The Duke of...

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12 December 2024

84 Month Report

2024 has been a standout year for SafelySwim, celebrating 7 years of...

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28 November 2024

Christmas Training Camp 2024!

This Christmas, SafelySwim, White Cliffs Swimming Club and Folkestone Swim Club are...

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21 November 2024

How to Spot a Confident Swimmer

At SafelySwim, we know that confidence in the water is key to...

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17 September 2024

Supporting Your Child's Journey

Starting swim lessons is an exciting milestone for you and your child,...

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13 June 2024

The Importance of Learning to Swim as an Adult

Swimming is a skill that can be acquired at any age, and...

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13 June 2024

Partnering with Level Water

SafelySwim’s goal is to ensure learners are provided with the very best...

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25 May 2024

Drowning Prevention Week

15th - 22nd of June 2024

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19 December 2023

Private Lesson Cancellation Policy

Over the past 18 months, we’ve been hard at work refining our...

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30 October 2023

When Is The Right Time To Stop Swimming Lessons?

A swimmer should aim to confidently swim lengths of the pool with...

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16 June 2023

Crash Courses? What Are They?

We operate Crash Courses throughout selected half-terms and school holidays, these are...

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11 May 2023

Assessment Week Details

Since the very beginning, our Assessment Weeks have become an incredibly valuable...

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08 March 2023

Top Tips for Parents

To help support the learning within our lessons, we have created some...

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09 February 2023

60 Month Report

It has been a long 5 years and we have helped so...

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08 December 2022

Get Started At Home

Since Covid-19 back in 2020, our waiting list has been growing to...

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09 November 2022

Adding Stage 6 & 7

We are experiencing amazing progress from our swimmers throughout our lessons. So...

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03 November 2022

Baby & Toddler Feedback

At SafelySwim we are striving to continue delivering outstanding lessons for all...

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13 October 2022

White Cliffs Swimming Club

After about a year of paperwork, checks and countless emails to Swim...

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28 September 2022

Group Lesson Late Payment Procedure

Payment Policy Enforcement

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25 April 2022

Is Swimwear Colour Important?

At SafelySwim we see children arriving in all sorts of swimming shorts...

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18 March 2022

Dover Schools Swimming Gala - Results

On Thursday 10th of March, India, Lee, Ashleigh, and I were lucky...

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26 January 2022

48 Month Report

Last year was a tough one, however, I am extremely proud that...

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09 August 2021

Water Safety Week

Learning to swim is a vital life skill. Here at SafelySwim we...

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21 May 2021

When Should we Eat After Training?

A lot of people, when thinking about training or working out tend...

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21 March 2021

Privacy Policy Update and how we use Your Data

Transparency is very important to us at SafelySwim. Our customers form a...

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04 February 2021

Those That Have Missed out due to Covid-19

It has now been over a year that Covid-19 has been with...

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08 January 2021

36 Month Report

It’s been 3 years since SafelySwim began and a lot has changed...

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19 September 2020

STT Pricing Update

We are excited to announce that we are introducing a new pricing...

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04 September 2020

Baby & Toddler Classes are here!

We have been working hard behind the scenes and are excited to...

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01 September 2020

Our Next Step is for those in Group Lessons

Over the past month we have slowly restarted some of our sessions,...

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11 May 2020

Our Advice on Open Water Swimming

As of this week, the government’s advice has now changed regarding Covid-19....

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08 January 2020

24 Month Report

It’s been a whole 2 years since SafelySwim first opened its doors...

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30 October 2019

Water Safety Week

During our group lessons, on the week commencing Monday 4th of November,...

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09 October 2019

Our Plan to Help Those in our School Sessions

Since February 2019 we have been supporting the local primary schools and...

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13 June 2019

18 month report

SafelySwim has now been at The Duke of Yorks Royal Military School...

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07 March 2019

Why we’re always investing in new equipment and our pool!

At SafelySwim we want every single one of our customers to have...

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27 February 2019

Our next big jump.

Over the past year we have continued to grow and develop our...

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08 January 2019

12 Month Report

SafelySwim at The Duke of Yorks Royal Military School in Dover has...

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19 December 2018

Creating our own Learn to Swim Criteria.

SafelySwim has come so far in one year, we have increased in...

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28 November 2018

Monthly assessments, why we don’t do them on Poolside?

At Safely Swim we have opted to do class assessments during the...

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13 November 2018

The Challenges of Stage 1.

Stage 1 is where all non-swimmers start out, this stage introduces the...

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30 October 2018

Jumping In.

Jumping in plays a very important part in our lessons at Safely...

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05 October 2018

Open Water vs Pool?

For me open water swimming was something that kept me interested in...

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29 August 2018

What do you actually gain from swimming regularly?

Everyone has a different reason to participate in physical activity whether it...

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07 August 2018

Noticing a larger interest in Adult Beginner Classes

We already know swimming is one of the most effective ways to...

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05 June 2018

We are not just a SwimSchool

Yes we are a Swim School, and we are all qualified swimming...

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30 May 2018

6 Month Report

I started SafelySwim at The Duke of Yorks in January 2018, after...

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09 April 2018

Our approach to Video Analysis

SafelySwim works with a lot of competitive swimmers wanting to improve their...

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16 February 2018

Why we are expanding stage 1 into two different classes

Having joined Swim England, we follow their ‘Learn to Swim’ programme. By...

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12 January 2018

Working with Disabilities

Being Dyslexic and Colour Blind myself I understand how difficult things can...

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03 December 2017

Different Teachers Different Techniques

Not every teacher believes in the same technique, we all have different...

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01 December 2017

Benefits of Swimming

Swimming is an activity that is often overlooked when wanting to lose...

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Video Blogs

We want to share our knowledge, interests, and opinions with others at SafelySwim and through the means of video. Learn more below!


Evan Waters

School Swimming Sessions


Discover more about our School Swimming Sessions with Evan. A brief overview...

Evan Waters

The 3 Top Tips to Improve your Butterfly


Discover more about Evans top three tips to improve your butterfly. Evan...

India Ribbans

Top 5 Tips when Learning to Swim


Want to know how to get started with us? What to bring...