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Swim

4 life

A friendly, family run Swimschool based at two pools in central Watford.
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About us

I opened Swim4Life Watford in January 2022 with the help of my family. As a Mum to three children, a primary school teacher and ex competitive swimmer, teaching water confidence and promoting a love of swimming is something that I am very passionate about.

We are an inclusive swim school that currently provides small class lessons for children aged one year and above. Our lessons are taught by friendly and experienced teachers, most of whom are also school teachers.

The 30 and 45 minute lessons follow the Swim England Stage Criteria in a fun and interactive way. We celebrate each and every swimmer's success with the aim of giving everyone the skills to be able to swim for life.

We run a very diverse swim school that encourages everyone to learn to swim irrespective of their ethnicity or religious background. We currently run a very popular ladies only swimming class, offering the opportunity to swim to those who may not have had the chance before.

Caroline Tearle, Swim4Life owner and teacher

Our Teachers

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Caroline
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Alice
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Dean
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Tiffany
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James
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Fionn
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Oria
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Isobel
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Sarah
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Our Locations

Swim4Life Watford is based at two different locations:

FULLERLIFE FITNESS CENTRE, WATFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

We are in the centre of Watford, making travel easy via public transport.

The swimming pool can be accessed via the blue gate on Vicarage road (not Lady’s Close).

Watford Girls Grammar School, Ladys Close, Watford. WD18 ODE

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CASSIO METRO LEISURE CENTRE

Cassio Metro is a conveniently located swimming pool in close proximity to the Met station and Cassiobury Park.

Parking is available on Cassiobury Avenue which is only a couple of minutes walk

Address: Linden Ave, Watford WD18 7AX

WEEKLY SCHEDULEOur sessions

Schedule 2024
1-1 & 2-1 LESSONSTuesday at Cassio Metro
1-1 Lessons
4pm-7pm
2-1 Lessons
4pm-7pm
GROUP TRAININGWednesday at Cassio Metro
Stages 1-7
4pm-5.30pm
Ladies only
5.30pm-6pm
GROUP TRAININGThursday at Cassio Metro
Stages 1-7
4pm-6pm
GROUP TRAININGSaturday at Watford Girls
Parent + Toddler, Stages 1-3
11.30am-12.30pm
Stages 4-7
12.30pm-1.15pm

CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENTSustainability

We are conscious at Swim4Life of any areas in which we can reduce our carbon footprint.  Swimming teachers will often car share especially on match days.

Our uniform and logo design are locally sourced and being in the centre of Watford means that our customers can easily use public transport, walk or cycle to lessons.

Single use plastic over shoes are not used on poolside with parents either taking their shoes off or bringing pool friendly footwear.

Swim4Life is a paperless business and over 90% of our marketing is online.

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CELEBRATING SUCCESS

Achievements

Christmas 2025

Congratulations to: Melody & Megan for passing stage 5, Noa for passing stage 1 and Harvey for passing stage 4! See you after the holidays 🎄

Swimathon 2024

We’re proud to have taken part in the 2024 Swimathon which raised over £2000 for charity.

Non swimmer to swimmer

Darcie worked so hard in the summer holidays and could swim a length by herself by the end of her time away.

“So proud of our swimmers continuing to work hard through the holidays!” Caroline mentioned.

Diving success

Mimi has been working really hard on improving her diving this year. She had a real fear of going off the blocks but is flying off them now!

Confidence boosted

Alyssa joined us last term and was incredibly nervous of entering the water and getting her face wet. We are so proud of the huge progress that she has made so far. She is now confident enough to get her face wet and has started to swim with an aid through the water.

Well done Ducklings!

Well done to all of our new ducklings for showing such enthusiasm and water confidence in their first few weeks with us!

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CONTACT US

If you would like more information and to enquire about availability and booking then please fill out the form on our website or drop us an email.

We hope to swim with you soon!

E: Swim4lifewatford@gmail.com

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