AquaJems

AquaJems provides affordable, fun, sensitive swimming classes, in 4 local pools with caring, sensitive teachers. Swim teachers working within the water.

Aqua Jems Ltd was established to provide a different approach to teaching swimming that is progressive and inclusive, building a close trust relationship between the parent and baby and then teacher and child. This enables a personalised and bespoke service in a safe, friendly style, within a warm relaxed environment, this ensures the progression of each and every swimmer is optimised. We now have

pools in Bromsgrove, Kidderminster, Selly Oak, Edgbaston and Oldbury. Lessons run 6 days a week

We are a small swimming school, expanding our services in 2017. Our primary aim is to subscribe as much as possible to a holistic ethos, where we hope to provide a welcoming, relaxed environment in which babies can experience the benefits of the water. Once born join us for Aqua Splashers (a series of baby classes up to approximately 15-18 months), Aqua Movers (toddler sessions progressing to preschool lessons), and Aqua Strokes our fully supported learn to swim program. At an Aqua Jems session you will never feel like you are on a production line, with class after class. Our staff specialise in teaching babies and young children in a sensitive manner ensuring regardless of ability or age that every child's emotional needs are catered for right from day one. Our aims and ethos are demonstrated well with the example of our Aqua Splashers classes. By applying the Birthlight© principles and methods which include promoting awareness, respect, providing a deeper understanding of ourselves and our relationships with our children in a kind, gentle, loving and effective nature this allows parents and babies to relax, share the enjoyment of the movements in the classes and their baby’s exploration of the water and their journey to independence. Often parents’ personal anxieties towards the water and their children can be a strong barrier to progression. Establishing this relationship of trust provides a strong bond that ensures a healthy deep-rooted foundation for future physical and emotional stability for the child. This unique approach helps to ensure parents and swimmers who start with Aqua Jems stay with Aqua Jems, often introducing friends and relatives to our classes. The key elements to this approach are:
Luxurious 33°C water temperature within high specification facilities. We find cold water is often a major barrier to enjoyment of baby swimming in particular. As 32°C is the recommended temperature for young and very small babies we only use pools that achieve this standard routinely. Babies are happy, parents are happy and therefore we are happy!! Maximum teacher to swimmer ratio of 1 to 4 in Aqua Strokes and Aqua Movers classes where parents are out of the water. Teacher to baby and parent ratio of 1 to 8 in Aqua Splashers and Aqua Movers classes where parents are in the water. We find these ratios offer each child more attention from our staff and ensures every child is provided with more teaching points increasing their level of progress including rate of stroke development. Instead of the traditional swim teacher standing on the side and taking a more authoritative position, which can seem imposing, particularly to younger and less confident swimmers or swimmers with distinctive emotional needs. From this position staff are more able to be supportive and effective in correcting errors in body position or stroke and we find less confident swimmers advance quicker. Every Aqua Movers and Aqua Strokes lesson is delivered based on the specific areas that each individual child needs to improve on. Rather than a schedule of delivery e.g Week 1 front crawl, Week 2 backstroke, Week 3 breaststroke etc. Aqua Jems staff find that this baby and child centred approach accelerates the swimmers progress and produces pupils of a very high standard at a young age. Babies are NEVER forced to submerge as parents are taught to get to know their child and wait for them to be ready.

21/06/2026

Happy Fathers Day to all our swim dads, and those that are like a dad to us. Thank you for everything you do 🩵

20/06/2026

📣NEW BEGINNER CLASS ‼️

New beginner classes:
🕣Fridays- 4:30pm from 3rd July.
🕣Tuesdays after school.
📍Bromsgrove Hotel and Spa.

🩵30° warm pool
💙Small class sizes
🩵Maximum 4 children to 1 teacher
💙Spectators welcome
🩵Free parking
💙All teachers DBS checked
🩵Fully qualified and experienced teachers
💙Teachers in the water
🩵Swim England member

Get in touch to book your trial today 🫧

📧[email protected]
📱07305 096472

18/06/2026

🩱SWIMMING COSTUME VISIBILITY🩳

As it is drowning prevention week we wanted to remind everyone of the importance of visible swimming costumes. ‼️

Did you know certain coloured swimming costumes can make it harder to see your child in the water. 💦

Dark blues and greens and even pastels can blend in with the water in pools, lakes and the ocean.🌊
Making it difficult to spot your little one in an emergency 🚨

For maximum visibility choose bright neon colours 💛💚🧡🩷

These colours stand out in all types of water.

Visibility saves lives 💚🧡

Stay safe this summer 🐠

13/06/2026

🛟DROWNING PREVENTION WEEK🛟

Starting this week ALL our independent swimmers will be reminded of the Water Safety Code. They will be learning or revising how important it is to respect the water, what to do if they fall in or if there is an emergency and how to keep themselves safe.

In lessons this week our swimmers will be learning “Float to Live” as part of Drowning Prevention Week. This helps to prepare them for what to do if they ever fall into open water.

1. Fight your instinct to thrash around - Keep calm and try not to panic.

2. Lean back - Create a star shape with your body and keep your mouth and nose out of the water.

3. Use gentle movements - If you need to gently move your arms and legs to help keep you floating.

4. Catch your breath - Keep floating until you have control of your breathing, around 60-90 seconds.

5. Now think about how to get out - Only after completing he first 4 steps can you consider finding a safe way out. If you can, swim to safety or if someone is nearby, raise one hand and try to get their attention.

05/06/2026

🛟💦 Drowning Prevention Week 2026 💦🛟

📆 Save the date 📆

We will be reminding all independent swimmers of the water safety code and how to stay safe around water. 💦

Also, as the weather is getting warmer, please chat with your children on how to respect the water and how they can keep themselves safe around water 💦

01/06/2026

📣NEW BEGINNER CLASS ‼️

Brand new beginner class starting mid June.
🕣Tuesdays and Thursdays after school.
📍Bromsgrove Hotel and Spa

🩵30° warm pool
💙Small class sizes
🩵Maximum 4 children to 1 teacher
💙Spectators welcome
🩵Free parking
💙All teachers DBS checked
🩵Fully qualified and experienced teachers
💙Teachers in the water
🩵Swim England member

Get in touch to book your trial today 🫧

📧[email protected]
📱07305 096472

25/05/2026

📣NEW PARENT AND BABY CLASS‼️

🐠We have a brand new parent and baby class starting on
🕣Tuesday mornings
📆From the 16th June
👶0-6 months
📍At Bromsgrove Hotel and Spa

Get in touch to book your space 🫧

📧[email protected]
📱07305 096472

22/05/2026

☀️HALF TERM WEEK. ☀️

No lessons at Wyre forest school during half term.

All lessons at Bromsgrove Hotel will run as normal.

Please let us know in advance if your child will be absent.

Enjoy the sunshine ☀️

20/05/2026

⚠️ Did you know we are a Swim England Affiliated Swim School 🏊‍♂️.

This means:

🫧 All our teachers are Swim England fully qualified.

🫧 DBS checked

🫧 Have completed and comply with the Swim England safeguarding policy.

🫧 Fully insured

🫧Pool Emergency Responder trained.

Find us in the Swim England Swim School directory.

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