About Us
The Coral Magson Swim School is the longest running swim school in York, established over 30 years ago, with a reputation for high quality swimming lessons, small classes and excellent instruction.
Our swimming lessons take placeĀ at New Earswick pool on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and Robert Wilkinson school in Strensall on a Thursday.
The Coral Magson Swim School works in accordance with the ASA national plan for the teaching of swimming and creates a fun and interactive environment with a high teacher to pupil ratio. Our aim is to achieve consistent progress resulting in confident, capable and safe swimmers through our successfully tested swimming lesson format.
- Badges for all skills & distances
- Small classes
- Competitive rates
- Teaching children from 4 years old
- Emphasis on excellent strokes
- Quality teachers
What We Teach
We have a reputation for high quality lessons, small classes and excellent instruction. Find out more below.

Ducklings
Younger children aged 4+

Beginners
Develop safety awareness, increase water confidence and swimming techniques

Beginners Plus
Develop swimming techinques and introduce the deep end

Challenge 100
Learn to swim 50m confidently freestyle and back crawl & learn basic survival skills

Challenge 200
Learn to swim 100m confidently & develop survival skills and dives

Bronze
A series of 6 basic challenges to earn a bronze swimming certificate.

Silver
A series of 7 challenges to earn silver swimming certificate.

Gold
A series of 6 challenges to earn a gold swimming certificate.
Where We Teach
Both our pools offer excellent facilities where our children can learn to swim in a safe and fun environment. Our swimming lessons are held at the following times and locations:
Swimming Lessons:
Beginners and Improvers
Robert Wilkinson Pool, Strensall
West End, Strensall
York
YO32 5UH
Thursday - between 4pm and 6pm