Disappointing experience with Swimming Nature I'm sorry to say. Their curriculum that wasn't accurately described to us and didn't suit our daughter. They co-taught our 6 year-old with a 4 year-old, and at a much lower level. When I flagged it, was assured it would change. But nothing changed. And when tried to withdraw and get refunded for the remaining sessions, was refused any refund.

Very disappointed - we started in September but had several teacher swaps which isn't helpful. My daughter really enjoyed her lessons but these were stopped abruptly with only an email!! Our teacher was lovely but I'm not impressed with the company overall.

Swimming Nature has totally turned around our 3 year old son's fear of the water-- now he can't wait for his turn in the pool every week! His prior experience of swimming lessons with a rival children's swimming programme left him panicking and crying at the thought of ever having to go into the pool again. Swimming Nature has changed all that. After only 1 lesson in the pool at the Marriott Regent's Park, our 3 yr old went from being terrified of the water to asking every day thereafter if it was his day to go to the pool again! By the following week he was still so eager for his next lesson that we decided to take advantage of his newfound enthusiasm and see if we could arrange extra lessons to put his water phobia firmly behind him. The regional manager was extremely supportive, letting us know when there were extra slots available during the week to pick up extra lessons. He also coordinated the different instructors so that all were familiar with our son's situation before he had his next lesson with them. Though he had a different instructor for each of the extra lessons, it was seamless for him and he loved it-- and the extra attention from a new person each time! We are amazed at the progress he made with Swimming Nature in just 4 lessons. We are definitely converts to their approach and the attention each instructor gives each individual child. It has changed everything for us and our son!

We have been swimming with Swimming Nature for years- when they first opened in Edinburgh, it was great- there was a very helpful person in charge. However, when he left, the service went downhill rapidly. There was no -one available at the Edinburgh venue and the local admin person was also a swimming teacher which did not work. HQ in London never return messages, lessons are cancelled at short notice and terms/conditions of booking/rescheduling were changed recently WITHOUT advising the customer! Having trying for weeks to re-book (HQ have never returned calls), I have given up and gone somewhere else. The swimming teachers themselves are great but this company lets itself down badly with very poor and centralised admin and lack of care for their customers. The last straw was no medals available for the children at the end of term and then no badges available when children reached their goal. At £18 for a 30 minute lesson, there are now better competitors out there!

Excellent and committed instructors, helpful call centre staff, let down by poor administration. I can only comment on the experience at the London venue that we've been sending our daughter to for three terms. The venue has had constant cancellations due to pool equipment malfunctions (at least four in the last term and now one in this term, despite categorical assurances that a full renewal repair had been carried out). The promise to make refunds have not been actioned and the first refund for missed sessions last year has only now been issued (more accurately, I've had verbal confirmation that the payment has now left their account - it has not appeared on my statement yet...) - this required three separate requests over a two month period and the repeated sharing of bank details. The call staff are very polite and try to be helpful and the company is proactive about sharing information (and making promises to rectify the situation) but this does not translate into the effective management of the problems experienced. Constant cancellations have resulted in our child not progressing as she should, as she constantly needs to return to confidence building at the last stage she was at, rather than moving ahead more fluidly. This effect is compounded if the other child in the double session is less confident or less experienced than your own child These lessons are expensive and service delivery should really be vastly improved.

Don't actually know where to start, as had so many problems in such a short time with Swimming Nature, Edinburgh. £18.00 a lesson! For this I expect the best of the best, and I can assure you, we certainly have not received that! Booked an 8 week course. To date my son has had 4 different teachers and he still is not finished. Lessons on average last about 22 minutes, NOT 30 as stated. Shocking customer service. Cancelled lesson. LACK of communication, emails not replied to, telephone calls not returned. On day of phoning head office to complain I gave up after the 32nd phone call. Engaged, probably everyone else complaining aswell. Pool is tiny, and only half is available for the lessons so, 3 lessons in 1 sessions means maximum of 9 people in a VERY small area. Kids bumping into each each, even teachers! Clashing of heads all the time, especially when doing back-stroke. Don't know how there has not been an accident yet. Could go on more but think I've said enough apart from the teacher my son was suppose to get was brilliant. Just a shame he has not had him very much! I don't mind paying the extortionate price of £18.00 for a swimming lesson but what I do mind is not receiving the service they say they pride themselves on providing. I was expecting some sort of compensation regarding this but don't think I'll be holding my breath. Even though they have admitted that I have experienced lots of problems.

A friend recommended Swimming Nature to me for my three month old baby as I wanted him to be confident in the water (unlike me!) and also have some fun with it. I'm so glad she did as we are both having a great time and the swimming instructor is FANTASTIC! He has a brilliant rapport with the children and adults alike. I think Swimming Nature is good value for money and creates an environment that is safe and friendly for all. The office staff are also great!

My grandson was, orginally, learning through Seriously Fun Swimming at Chertsey and they were quite good. However, Swimming Nature took over and, my goodness, the difference and speed of learning. The coaches get in the water to show new and difficult strokes, give a lot of encouragement and still have time for a bit of fun. My eight-year old grandson has now learnt all the strokes and is working on stamina for distance. Very impressive.

My son is six and has not had swimming lessons since he was a baby. Reasonably confident in the water, he was not making much progress going to the pool with me, wanting to cling on to me or rest on a noodle. I decided to get him some fast track lessons as we are going to a French campsite with a big pool complex in the summer and I want him to be really confident and able to swim. He has just finished a series of four half-hour lessons with swimming nature and I am blown away by his progress. His teacher was amazing, so patient, attentive, always saying just the right thing to motivate and move things forward. He had one to one lessons which are not cheap but were worth every penny. After the first lesson he could float on his own, on his front and back, push off from the side and swim a short distance. He was delighted to learn a simple trick to help him breathe underwater. On the second lesson he swam about 8 metres on his back and was breathing with his full face in the water on his front. He won a badge for floatation, another the following day, and he loved the progression book he was given. It is very clear what he is going to do next, which he really likes, as he can challenge himself. In the last two lessons he learned to tread water, dive down to pick up objects, practised swimming on his front and back and is well on the way to proper side breathing for front crawl. Best of all he was glowing with pride. As soon as he got home, "Daddy, I'm so proud of myself". I've never heard him say that before about anything. He describes his teacher as "the best" and the whole experience as "awesome". The pool was lovely and we were sent lots of useful details, including a picture of the pool, before we started. I found booking easy and the guy I dealt with worked very hard to try to find weekly lessons for us. A the moment we are on a waiting list for weekly lessons which are convenient for us - though we would go out of our way to attend these lessons even if they were further from home or at a less convenient time.