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Chichester Swim School Chichester Swim School is an STA Star Swim School, run by Charlie and Candice alongside a small team of excellent teachers! What do we offer?

We pride ourselves on offering a fun, friendly and inclusive learning environment for swimmers of all ages and abilities. Hi and welcome to Chichester Swim School! Chichester Swim School is run by me – Charlie, alongside lead teacher Candice and a small team of awesome teachers. Since taking over the business in September 2015, we have continued to strive for a happy, friendly and fun learning environment for swimmers of all ages and abilities. Small class sizes that are matched to each child’s ability

Experienced and fully qualified teachers, each with their own personal approach

Lessons tailored to the needs of the individual swimmer

A genuine investment into each individual’s swimming journey

All necessary swimming equipment – bring a child and goggles (oh and a towel!) and we’ll provide the rest! We are based at Oakwood Preparatory School on the outskirts of Chichester. We run our lessons during term time with an additional option of holiday intensive courses which can be booked separately. For more information please check out our website (www.chichesterswimschool.com) and scroll further through our page for reviews and recent events.

Our ‘Home Education’ sessions vary in style and layout depending on the needs of the children attending, but follow a si...
08/10/2026

Our ‘Home Education’ sessions vary in style and layout depending on the needs of the children attending, but follow a similar programme and structure to our ‘Learn to Swim’ lessons, taking place during the school day.

Please do get in touch if this sounds like something that could work for your family.

📩 [email protected]
📲 07783 939559

Our “Swim Training” sessions are 45 minutes long, helping our more confident swimmers develop endurance and stamina whil...
01/10/2026

Our “Swim Training” sessions are 45 minutes long, helping our more confident swimmers develop endurance and stamina while taking a closer look at technique, with the aim of producing a streamlined and competitive stroke.

This is a great pathway into competitive swimming clubs, but also a good option for those who want to keep swimming as a hobby. We offer strong links with local competitive clubs and our teachers have a background in competitive swimming. These relaxed sessions create a lovely social moment for our most advanced swimmers, running weekdays from 1815-1900.

Find out if your child is ready for these sessions by touching base with Candice directly.

📩 [email protected]
📲 07783 939559

🛟CHARITY SWIMATHON – SUNDAY 11TH OCTOBER 🛟We're excited to announce that we're holding another Charity Swimathon on Sund...
29/09/2026

🛟CHARITY SWIMATHON – SUNDAY 11TH OCTOBER 🛟

We're excited to announce that we're holding another Charity Swimathon on Sunday 11th October to help raise funds for Charlie and Debbie's upcoming trip to Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda!

Children can take part individually or in teams of up to four, setting themselves a challenge to swim a chosen distance either aided or unaided. It doesn't matter whether they're a confident swimmer or still building their confidence, it's all about setting themselves a challenge and getting involved!

📍 Chichester Swim School Pool (Oakwood School)
📅 Sunday 11th October
🕖 10am - 4pm

We'll also have hot drinks and cakes available, with all proceeds going towards the Uganda project.

To take part, complete our registration form below. Charlie will then be in touch with all the details and provide a sponsorship form:

👉 https://forms.gle/yVy7fmXMDb44dJD3A

If you'd like to support the project without taking part in the Swimathon, you can also donate directly through the GoFundMe:

👉 https://gofund.me/215cbcbea

We're hoping to get lots of swimmers involved and raise as much as we can to support the work Charlie and Debbie will be doing in Uganda!

We'd love to see you there! 🧡

Our “Learn to Swim” program is aimed at children of school age and above, working through the STA Learn to Swim schemes....
23/09/2026

Our “Learn to Swim” program is aimed at children of school age and above, working through the STA Learn to Swim schemes. Our beginner lessons are a great way for swimmers to build confidence in the water alongside developing basic swimming technique.

Continuing through the stages, our classes prepare children for the many routes learning to swim can lead to, e.g. Water Safety, Competitive Swimming, Lifeguarding etc...

Keeping the learn to swim journey going for as long as possible really helps to ensure continued water safety and competence into adulthood. We aim to keep our lessons engaging and fun to keep our swimmers attending for as long as possible!

With small classes of up to five children per teacher, allocated based on similar ability, our sessions encourage efficient development and enjoyable lessons. We assess progress constantly, ensuring that children are placed in the most beneficial group for their ability at any time in the term.

STA badges and certificates are awarded every other school term to celebrate our swimmers’ achievements and encourage progression.

Please do get in touch with Candice for more info! [email protected]

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be shining a spotlight on the various types of lessons we offer here at Chichester Swim S...
17/09/2026

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be shining a spotlight on the various types of lessons we offer here at Chichester Swim School.

From our Parent & Child lessons for our youngest swimmers from one year old, all the way through to our Swim Training sessions, where we develop our oldest swimmers’ competitive swimming and general aquatic skills, we hope these posts give you an insight into the variety our full program offers.

To enquire about availability or for more information, please get in touch with Candice directly at [email protected].

We’d love to welcome you to our lovely pool!

Charlie & Debbie are going back to Uganda! 🇺🇬Many of you may remember that Charlie and Debbie travelled to Lake Bunyonyi...
11/09/2026

Charlie & Debbie are going back to Uganda! 🇺🇬

Many of you may remember that Charlie and Debbie travelled to Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda last December to support local communities through swimming lessons, water safety education and swimming instructor training.

They’re heading back this October to continue this important work and help promote water safety within the local community.

As a swim school, this is a project that is particularly close to our hearts. Swimming and water safety are so important and it’s fantastic that Charlie and Debbie can use their swimming knowledge and experience to support communities where access to swimming education can be limited.

Thanks to the incredible generosity of supporters so far the project has:

🏊‍♀️ Provided 100+ life jackets

💦 Funded an adult swimming course

🛟 Supplied a range of swimming and water safety resources

For their next trip, they’re raising funds to support another adult swimming course, as well as daily community swimming sessions which can see 50-80 children taking part each day.

Charlie and Debbie are self-funding their own trip, meaning 100% of donations go directly to the project.

If you’d like to find out more about the Swim Project or support their next trip, you can do so below:

🌐 Find out more: www.bunyonyiswimproject.org/index.html

💙 Donate via GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-promote-water-safety-at-lake-bunyonyi-uganda

Every donation, no matter how big or small, helps support swimming and water safety in the Lake Bunyonyi community.

Thank you to everyone who has supported the project so far! 🧡

🏊‍♀️ SPACES AVAILABLE IN OUR MORE ADVANCED SWIMMING CLASSES! 🏊‍♂️Is your child a confident swimmer and ready to take t...
07/09/2026

🏊‍♀️ SPACES AVAILABLE IN OUR MORE ADVANCED SWIMMING CLASSES! 🏊‍♂️

Is your child a confident swimmer and ready to take their swimming to the next level? We currently have spaces available in our more advanced classes, with swimmers working on stroke technique and stamina across all strokes.

💦 Beginner Swimmer | 10–15m
Equivalent to Level 4

💦 Improver | 15–25m
Equivalent to Level 5

💦 Improver+ | 25–50m
Equivalent to Level 6

💦 Swim Training | 50m+
Equivalent to Level 7

Whether they're looking to improve their technique, build stamina or develop their swimming across all strokes, there's a class to help them progress.

To book a space or find out more, please contact Candice via email or WhatsApp.

📩 [email protected]
📲 07783 939559

Welcome back swimmers! 💦 We hope you all had a lovely break. Our Autumn term has officially started and will end on Satu...
07/09/2026

Welcome back swimmers! 💦

We hope you all had a lovely break.

Our Autumn term has officially started and will end on Saturday 12th December 🎄

We forgot we existed on social media for a second there! 👀😂We’ve been busy behind the scenes running swimming sessions f...
26/08/2026

We forgot we existed on social media for a second there! 👀😂

We’ve been busy behind the scenes running swimming sessions for CSS Activities for the past 7 weeks - this week is the last one!

We ran a week of crash courses in July, and we’re halfway through our second week now - it’s been a busy few weeks!

We hope you’re all having a fun summer and most importantly, staying safe in and around the water.

We look forward to seeing you back in the pool from Monday 7th September! 🙂

And that's a wrap on the summer term! 💦Thank you to all our lovely swimmers for joining us this term, current and new fa...
13/07/2026

And that's a wrap on the summer term! 💦

Thank you to all our lovely swimmers for joining us this term, current and new faces 😍

We'll be back teaching from Monday 7th September but some of the team will be helping out with crash courses in August, and the swimming activity at CSS Activities summer camp that started today!

🌞 Crash Courses: Fully Booked

🌞 CSS Activities Multi-Activity Childcare Summer Provision: Monday 13th July - Friday 28th August. Book in via their website to secure your summer childcare: www.cssactivities.com/book-now

We hope you have a lovely summer and stay safe in the water!

Address

Oakwood Preparatory School
Chichester
PO189AN

Opening Hours

Monday 11:30am - 7pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 11:30am - 7pm
Saturday 8am - 7pm

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+447783939559

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