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Terms & Conditions of Booking

BOOKING & REGISTRATION PROCEDURE:

Existing Swimmers

Existing Swimmers are emailed an initial ‘prompt email’ followed by a second email allocating a place for the next term based on the Instructor assessment. The completed ‘PRIORITY BOOKING FORM’ must be returned promptly, and no later than the DEADLINE DATE given, together with payment.  If your child has completed all the criteria at their current level, they will be moved up, otherwise they will stay at the same level until all the relevant skills have been achieved.  Please note that session times vary from term to term.  We will take consideration of siblings and try to place them either at the same time, or as near one another as possible, however this cannot be guaranteed.  Failure to book and send the full course fees by the requested deadline date will result in a late booking fee charged of £10.00.  Any cheques returned unpaid will be subject to a £5 administration fee.

New Swimmers

New Swimmers must, in the first instance, contact the Aqua Office to check availability and discuss the ability level of the swimmer and then complete a New Swimmer Registration Form which must be  returned  to the office address (33 Chipstead Park, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 2SL). New Swimmers are allocated places after existing swimmers have booked for the term.
Payment MUST BE MADE, IN FULL, BEFORE THE START OF THE TERM and any cheques returned as unpaid will be subject to a £5 administration fee.

General Terms and Conditions

Aqua Swimming Ltd provides swimming tuition to children following the National Plan for the Teaching of Swimming endorsed by the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA).  The company hires indoor swimming facilities and is not responsible for the cleaning, provision of changing rooms or maintenance of equipment being hired other than the swimming training aids used in a swimming lesson and owned by Aqua Swimming.

Swimmers who join the ‘Aqua Swimming’ programme follow the NPTS (National Plan for the Teaching of Swimming) endorsed by the ASA (Amateur Swimming Association).  Each swimmer from the NPTS Foundation stage (Pre-School) to stage 10 (Competitive Swimming) follows a set of swimming skills (outcomes) which must all be achieved three times in comfort before moving to the next stage in the ‘Aqua’ programme.  At the end of each term the Instructor will make a recommendation on whether the swimmer will stay at the same level or move to the next level. Please note that swimmers could stay at the same NPTS stage for up to three terms.

NO REFUNDS are given should any lesson have to be cancelled for any reason outside the control of Aqua Swimming Ltd (this includes swimming pool malfunction) or if lessons are missed owing to holidays, sickness or other absences. It may be possible, on some occasions, to arrange ‘make up’ sessions at the end of the term or offer an alternative class to attend if a session or sessions are cancelled by the swimming school.

One half term’s written notice is required prior to withdrawal of a child from the swimming school otherwise a half term’s fees will be charged. Withdrawals apply to the following term’s swimming.

ALL swimmers are required to wear a swimming hat. These are issued by Aqua Swimming when swimmers join the Aqua programme.

It is the responsibility of parents/carers to ensure that children under the age of 16 are taken into the swimming pool at their allotted time and registered with the Aqua Swimming Instructor.  Similarly, parent/carers must collect their child from the Aqua Swimming Instructor immediately the swimming lesson has finished.

Payment MUST BE MADE, IN FULL, BEFORE THE START OF THE TERM and any cheques returned as unpaid will be subject to a £5 administration fee. Existing swimmers will be charged a late booking fee of £10 if the course fee payment has not been received by the booking deadline.