British Swim School at 24 Hour Fitness - Sunnyvale - Sunnyvale, California

Kelly Woodruff

We had a fantastic experience at this school! Karen Rice is a wonderful instructor and clearly loves her job. These classes helped our toddler work through her fear of the water and Karen coached her through it all, in a gentle and positive way. She can now jump into the pool on her own and go under water without fear. Would highly recommend!!

Megha Joshi

We've been absolutely thrilled with our experience at the British Swim School at 24 Hour Fitness - Sunnyvale. My daughter started in the Turtle 2 program with zero swimming skills, and I'm amazed at how far she's come! She can now confidently swim and stay afloat.
The instructor's patience and gentle approach have been crucial in building her confidence in the water. The lessons are always fun and engaging, making learning a truly enjoyable experience.

Sofia Boutahar

This is long overdue but I feel like I have to share this with the community.
I was taking my two kids to the swim classes twice a week. The pool is the 24h fitness pool and the water is really cold. You could see kids shiver when they wait for their turn. For a group class of 4, the class is 25 minutes, last 5 minutes are play time. So divided by 4 that gives around 6 minutes per kid and they’d each wait 21 minutes shivering.
For the toddler class the parents are supposed to do the moves and follow the teacher. The student to teacher ratio is too high for that class.
We complained about the water being too cold but nothing changed.
For the price payed and trust me I didn’t know at the time, we overpaid way too much. The kids didn’t learn anything for months.
I have a friend who took her kid there and she has the exact same experience as me so I decided to post this review. If your kid is new to swimming, you’ll pay way too much money for little to no results. I would recommend doing private classes but you’ll be overpaying again.
The good parts were classes being on time, make up classes were easy to schedule. There were instances where classes were canceled and we got literally same day notice but these instances were rare overall.

Vivian Hin

British Swim School, led by Shawna and her crew, has been a total game-changer for my family! Last year, when my boys (4 and 1) were scared of the water, Shawna, Coach Samariah, Coach Karen and Coach Marissa, worked their magic. Now, they're not just confident swimmers but total water babies!

Shawna and her crew aren't just great at teaching swimming; they're also fantastic listeners. We mentioned that the pool water was a bit chilly, and they worked with the facilities to get it fixed and significantly warmer. Now, my boys rave about how cozy and relaxing their lessons are.

They go out of their way to make sure my boys get the same time slots and work with their favorite coaches. It's like having a personalized swimming experience every time.

In short, British Swim School, especially with Shawna at the helm, has turned my boys into fish and made swimming lessons a highlight of their week. Couldn't recommend them enough!

Andrea Daniel

This review is specifically for Karen Rice. She is the best instructor my son has ever had! Her care, encouragement and drive has pushed him out of his comfort level and I am forever grateful. He went from being afraid of the water to asking to do laps in the pool in a matter of months. Thank you Karen for caring for him, giving him constant high fives, and being persistent.”

Tejas M.U

One of the things that is not mentioned is that if you skip a class, you can’t take the make up class if you unsubscribe even if you have paid for it. The app doesn’t inform you of this. It even shows that the classes are still eligible in the make up class section, during and after unsubsciption. The app says explicitly that the makeup classes expire after some months. And this completely misled me. And my schedule was messed up and I lost two paid classes. I reached out to them via text msg asking for a refund as their app is misleading they just ignored my texts and stopped responding even after I followed up.

Tripti Bansal Burman

Have taken kids as well as adult swim lessons here and we have loved them. Going here for over an year now and Ms. Samariah is one of our favorites. It is located inside a 24x7 fitness facility and the best part is that the pool is indoors so you can always go irrespective of the weather. The app is also very user friendly to manage back up lessons. Highly recommend!

Hyojeong Seibert

My 4 year old and 7 year old started here somewhat recently. They have previous experiences and 4yo tend to resist going in the water, despite eventually liking it, every single time. I was amazed how good the instructors were at convincing him to get in the water. They love going swimming classes and I can see some progress already. The facility is ok enough. I highly recommend this place for young kids.