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The Bettridge School
Warden Hill Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL51 3ATAvailable programmes at this location:
Baby & Pre-school 0-4 years
Swim Academy 4-10 years
Poolside Assistant
1.2m Pool Depth
Exclusive Pool Use
Free Parking
Spectators Allowed
Avg Pool Temp 32°C
Classes Timetable
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Upcoming Holiday Dates (inclusive)
Starts: Sat 01 Aug 2026
Starts: Mon 03 Aug 2026
Starts: Mon 21 Dec 2026
Starts: Fri 26 Mar 2027
Tuesday
Swim Academy Level 1
4 - 10 years
Swim Academy Level 2
4 - 10 years
Swim Academy Level 1
4 - 10 years
Swim Academy Level 1
4 - 10 years
Swim Academy Level 3
4 - 10 years
Swim Academy Level 4
4 - 10 years
Saturday
Little Dippers
30 months - 4 years
Kickers
15 - 30 months
Splashers
6 - 15 months
Splashers classes are for babies between 6-15 months. If your baby is between 6-9 months and has no swimming lesson experience, you should book into our Floaties class.
Floaties
0 - 9 months
Floaties classes are for babies from 0-9 months. If your baby is between 6-9 months and had previous swimming lesson experience, you can book into our Splashers class.
Little Dippers
30 months - 4 years
Kickers
15 - 30 months
Location & Directions
Warden Hill Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 3AT
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Essential Pool Information
What to wear
All Swim Academy children must be wearing appropriate swimwear – Boys should wear trunks or jammers. Girls should wear a well-fitting one-piece swimming costume. Baggy ‘Bermuda style’ shorts or baggy swimming costumes are not allowed as these can cause drag in the water and could delay your child achieving a distance swim. No wetsuits are permitted – if your child is cold we recommend a thermal base layer, not a neoprene wet suit.
Children and adults must remove loose fitting or sharp jewellery before swimming. Hoop earrings are not permitted.
All Swim Academy children must wear a swim hat – you will be given one at your first class or feel free to bring your own.
Goggles are optional but will be encouraged during class for Swim Academy children.
Baby & Pre-school: A well-fitting neoprene swim nappy must be worn with a disposable swim nappy or one of our environmentally friendly NappyWraps & Liners underneath if your child is in Floaties, Splashers or Kickers and in other programmes if they are not yet fully potty/toilet trained.
You can find our range of goggles and other Swim Accessories in our online shop.
Changing Rooms
Please arrive as ‘swim ready’ as possible i.e. with your swimming costume/trunks on underneath
your clothes to speed up changing time and time spent in the changing room to free up space. There
are separate male/female changing rooms available.
Swim Academy children are to change with their parent in the parents gender appropriate changing room, until age 8 when they should change in their own gender appropriate changing room.
Additional Pool Information
Spectators allowed. Please be mindful of other swimmers and space available. Spectators must remove shoes before entering pool hall.
Entering the building:
Please enter through the automatic double doors and remove all outdoor shoes. You can leave
shoes and pushchairs/car seats tidily here. The pool hall is through the door to the left.
Before the Lesson:
Please make sure your child has been to the toilet before their class begins to minimise disruption.
Arriving at the Pool:
When you are changed, please wait to be called over by the teacher. All children and adults are
required to enter and exit the water as a group. The teachers will talk you through this. You are not
allowed in the pool before or after the class time.
Leaving the building:
Please collect all your belongings, exit the pool building, then turn right into the lobby and out the
double doors to the car park
Photography is allowed in 'splash time' for baby & pre-school sessions ONLY and at the end of the
lesson and at teacher's discretion. No videos allowed.
No food or drink to be consumed on the premises.
Baby & Pre-school: 8 adult/child pairings with 1 teacher
Swim Academy:
- 8:2 child:teacher for Level 1 & 2
- 8:1 child:teacher for Level 3 & 4
Registered Address
10 Hillesley Road Kingswood Wotton under Edge Gloucestershire
