The address is… Farringdon Community Academy, Allendale Road, Sunderland, SR3 3EL
North East
Looking for kids swimming lessons in Sunderland?
Swim@ Farringdon is located inside Farringdon Community Academy, offering expert-led lessons for children aged 3–11 in a bright, welcoming setting. It’s easily accessible from across the city, with parking available on-site.
Led by fully-qualified teachers in the water, our small group sessions help kids feel safe, supported and excited to learn every week.
🎉 Every success celebrated with stickers and certificates
💻 Sign up online – view lesson times instantly
🏊 Weekly 30-minute sessions that build confidence and skill
💷 Just £36 a month
Make swimming their favourite part of the week — at Swim@ Farringdon.
SWIM@ 3-11 YEARS
enjoying your swim@ experience from day one
Our fun, bespoke programme is designed in collaboration with Olympic medalist Becky Adlington to support your child through their introduction to swimming lessons. With small class sizes, teachers in the water with beginners and weekly themed lessons we will unlock their swimming potential.
experience the swim@ difference
comfortably warm water
Incredible swimming facility at Farringdon Community Academy.
olympian-led
Our swim programme is developed in collaboration with Olympic medallists Becky Adlington & Steve Parry.
teachers in the water
Small group sizes and teachers in the pool with beginners.
free swim caps
All swimmers will be provided with a swim cap at their first lesson.
child-led approach
Our lessons are designed to be fun, engaging and progressive for all swimmers.
weekly themes
Lessons follow a different theme each week, from pirates, to animals!
don’t take it from us, take it from them!
Helpful friendly staff who get the best out of the students.
Claire
Staff are absolutely fabulous. Children have come on fantastically.
Janet
Staff all really friendly and engaging. Children absolutely love them and respond to their enthusiasm and fun games. Big focus on technique not just distance.
Emma
Really pleased with how our daughter is progressing . She’s confident and made a really good progress .
Ash
frequently asked questions
Here at swim@ we deliver the same bespoke learn to swim programme and it is delivered by our expert teachers. At swim@ farringdon academy, we have lessons for ages 3+ compared to swim! where we cater for ages 0-11.
At swim@ farringdon academy we teach lessons from the convenience of Farringdon Community Academy. By delivering lessons from the school pool we are able to teach high-quality lessons to more children and give back to the local community. We invest in the local school pool and in many instances help prevent the closure of more pools across the country.
You can still expect small class sizes, fun weekly-themed lessons and enthusiastic and engaging teachers.
At swim we offer a bespoke programme which focuses on water safety, fun and great technique. We have small class sizes allowing for individual feedback and progression.
Lessons have fun themes each week and our teachers are highly skilled and experts at what they do.
The best way to get in touch is by filling out the contact us form.
Go through the green gates infront of school.
Immediately turn right and right again into the big car park. Walk to the bottom of the car park through the little gate.
Turn right immediately and right again. Keep the blue building on the left of you.
Turn left at the bottom of the blue building, the men’s changing room is on the right and the females on the left.
Lessons are £36 per month, which covers one 30 minute lesson per week.
Our lessons run for 50 weeks in the year, with the only closure period being between Christmas and New Year.