At Ollies Swim School we will help your child become water confident and improve their swimming in a fun and safe environment at Little Waltham and Boswell School.
Our instructors are qualified through the Amateur Swimming Association and are insured through the IOS and ASA.
Classes are 1/2 hour duration and consist of a maximum of 6 children to one instructor.
If your child wants to further their swimming career, Ollies Swim School is linked with Chelmsford Swimming Club and will be able to offer advice into one of the four aquatic disciplines of Swimming, Water Polo, Diving and Synchronised Swimming.
Dear Parent/Guardian, May I take this opportunity to introduce Ollie's Swim School, Ollie's Swim School is a small swim school, all the classes have been kept small with a maximum of 6 children. Both instructors are ASA Level 2 Qualified, registered with the Institute of Swimming and have enhanced CRB certificates. All the lessons your child will be participating in are compiled in line with the ASA teaching plan with a natural progression, making the sessions fun, recording the children's achievements giving them an incentive to obtain proficiency badges. For those of you who do not know me, my name is Neil Hawes, I have been involved in swimming from the age of 5 until my 20's as a competitive swimmer representing Hertfordshire County a number of times. I have taken part in national lifesaving, swimming and water polo competitions. I am a fully qualified Amateur Swimming Association Level 2 swimming teacher and Level 1 water polo coach, I hold the Swimming Teacher and Coaches Rescue Award. I am also a qualified British Sub-Aqua Club instructor. From 2006 until 2010 I taught and coached swimming at Dunmow Atlantis Swimming Club, teaching children of all ages and abilities. I am currently the Little Waltham School swimming teacher, a member of Chelmsford Swimming club and coach the both the Chelmsford Ladies and Essex ladies Water Polo teams. In association with Sport England, I am helping develop the sport in Essex by going into secondary schools to encourage and develop water polo. I have helped set up the Essex Dolphins disabled water polo club.
My assistant is Victoria (Tor) Hawes. Tor has been swimming since she was 4, swimming competitively for Dunmow Atlantis. Tor is currently studying Sports Exercise and Science at Chelmsford College, aiming to become a school PE teacher. Tor is a qualified level 2 swimming teacher and Level 1 water polo coach.and National pool Lifeguard. She regularly plays for Chelmsford water polo club representing Essex in inter county competitions and trains with the Eastern region team.
