Private Swimming Lessons at Home
in Sydney for All Ages

Learn how to swim at any age or level, or improve your swimming abilities further- in the familiar environment of your own pool.

Tanya’s Travelling Tadpoles is a family owned business and has been teaching swimming lessons in Sydney for over 30 years.

Our reputation speaks for itself. Talk with us to discuss your needs and we’ll tailor your unique approach.

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Private Swimming Lessons In Your Home Pool

Tanya’s Travelling Tadpole Tuition in Sydney teaches private swimming lessons for children, babies, and adults. Our mobile swim lessons allow you to learn to swim in the comfort and convenience of your own home swimming pool. 

The home is a familiar environment that is more conducive to learning and provides a less stressful atmosphere compared to larger commercial swim schools. Plus, you won’t need to worry about the time travelling!

Swimming lessons are offered every weekday after school, with morning classes offered for pre-school children. Swimming lessons are also offered all day Saturday.

Tanya’s Tadpoles offers

Private Swimming Lessons for:

Baby Swimming Lessons

Tanya’s Tadpoles offers private baby swimming lessons in Sydney in the comfort of your home pool. These lessons are designed for infants aged 5 to 24 months and emphasise water safety, confidence, and early skill development.

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Kids Swimming Lessons

Build your child’s water confidence with private swimming lessons in Sydney, tailored to all skill levels and held at home.

Swimming Stroke Correction

Tanya’s Tadpoles offers stroke correction and refinement to improve technique and efficiency for all levels up to and including squad swimming.

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Special Needs

We offer personalised lessons for children with additional needs and we find the home environment is a great place to focus on individual needs, and the lack of external distractions is especially helpful for kids with ADHD, autism and sensory issues.

Adult Swimming Lessons

Whether a beginner or advanced swimmer, Tanya’s Tadpoles provides private adult swimming lessons in Sydney with certified instructors.

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Pool Parties for Kids

Host a fun, safe kids’ pool party in Sydney with Tanya’s Tadpoles, offering tailored activities and experienced instructors in the comfort of your home pool.

Why Choose Us

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Personalised and
Private Lessons

Our one-on-one approach
allows the instructor to tailor
the lessons to your child’s
unique needs.

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Highly Qualified and
Experienced Instructors

All instructors hold Australian swimming teaching and CPR qualifications, current WWCC and 
are also trained in house by Tanya for teaching private lessons in Sydney home pools.

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Family run and
Owned Business

With 30 years’ experience as a swimming instructor, Tanya is passionate about offering the best quality tuition and now has two of her grown children on the 
instructing team.

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Dedicated Admin Team

As Mums we understand the challenges of parenting and can help you navigate the best experience and lesson options for your family. We are on call when lessons are scheduled to help as required.

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Focus on Water Safety

We emphasise water safety and survival skills alongside swimming techniques, ensuring children feel confident and secure in the water.

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Build Confidence

Our Instructors use gentle, positive reinforcement to build confidence and help children enjoy their lessons.

Pricing for our Private Lessons

Bookings
For School Terms

10 Week Term Lesson Fees For
the 2024-2025 Season

10 x 30 minutes . . . . . . . . . $800
10 x 40 minutes . . . . . . . . . $1000
10 x 45 minutes . . . . . . . . . $1100
10 x 60 minutes* . . . . . . . . $1250

*Best Value:

Rate is discounted for classes of 60 minutes or longer

Regular weekly term booking in 
your own pool

Bookings
For School Holidays

5 Day Holiday Accelerator
Blocks in December and January

5 x 30 minutes . . . . . . . . . . $400
5 x 40 minutes . . . . . . . . . . $500
5 x 45 minutes . . . . . . . . . . $550
5 x 60 minutes* . . . . . . . . . $625

*Best Value:

Rate is discounted for classes of 60 minutes or longer

Includes: 5 consecutive days of lessons in your own pool

How Much Do Our Swimming Lessons Cost?

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About Our Swimming Instructors

Passionate and Experienced Team

Our passionate instructing team comprises female and male instructors and range in age from 16-60+. We have instructors who have been employed by Tanya’s Tadpoles for over 10 and over 20 years, as well as younger staff who were once our students!

External and Internally Qualified

All our instructors are externally
qualified but also participate in our
TTTT in-house training and
development, where we all
share expertise.

Flexible Teaching Approach

Instructors are trained to teach
various levels and work at the pace
your child requires. We issue
certificates for set criteria and
recognise each child’s progress
each term.

Our Qualifications, Awards, and Recognitions

Austswim and Swim Australia Qualified Instructors

Our swimming lessons are conducted by qualified swimming teachers who have also been trained in “Tadpole Tuition” by Tanya and her team. All staff are required to hold current CPR certification and Working with Children Checks.

Tanya’s Tadpoles is a member of Swim Schools Australia and is an Austswim Recognised Swim School.

Testimonials

Experiences Shared by Our Clients

Tutors range from those specialising in teaching young children to be safe in the water to those that have competed at the highest level for their country. In a couple of years, our kids have gone from not putting…

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Tania, Inner West

I just wanted to thank you for sending Natalie. She is great. Lots of energy, engages the kids and they both had fun today. So far so very good! Thank you.

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Louise, Castlecrag

I am an Australian living in the UK and was hoping to find some private swimming lessons for my young children during our trip to Sydney in February. Tanya’s Tadpoles worked around my unusual requirements…

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Ainsley, UK

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    Frequently Asked Questions

    We charge a flat rate for lessons:
    – $80 for 30 minutes
    – $100 for 40 minutes
    – $110 for 45 minutes

    or a reduced rate of
    – $125 per hour for classes of 60 minutes or longer.

    You can include up to 4 children in a 30 minute class and split the cost amongst your group (so for a group of 4 children it works out at $20.00 per child for a 30 minute session).

    However, we do recommend smaller class sizes, as we feel that the more instructor time each child has, the more quickly they progress. In a private class the student receives 100% of the instructor’s attention and the lesson is tailored specifically to suit that child’s needs.

    We are able to accommodate different ages and levels of swimmer within a group and we can structure the class to suit your particular needs.

    For younger children in particular, we often do 15-20 minute sessions one on one, which gives the child an intensive burst of swimming and the shorter time helps them maintain their focus.

    We usually recommend at least 15 minutes per child, so with 3 children, you may choose 45 minutes to give each child 15 minutes, 1 hour to give each child 20 minutes, or 90 minutes to give each child 30 minutes.

    Our instructors will assess what works best for your children and make a recommendation as to what lesson structure or length is most appropriate for your child or children.

    We offer lesson for babies from 5 months old. For children under 2 years of age we usually recommend lessons where your pool has either solar or gas heating.

    We teach kids until they are ready for senior squads – this can be up to around 12 years of age.

    We can also teach adults or older children by request and we cater to all levels..

    Children under 2 years of age are usually more comfortable with a parent in the water, so we recommend having a parent in at this age.

    Between 2 and 3 years of age children are more independent and transition away from having parents in the water with them.  However, if a child is particularly fearful, it sometimes helps to have a parent in for the first few lessons.

    This is a very difficult question and depends on the individual child, the number of lessons they have, the amount of time they spend in the pool, and their desire to swim.

    As a guide, it is possible for a 2-3 year old to swim dog paddle across a pool and take a breath unaided.

    A 3-4 year old could move well in the water and be able to retrieve dive sticks unaided.

    A 4-5 year old is able to start putting together the kick, arms and breathing for freestyle.

    This is however, simply a guide for what children who spend a lot of time in the water are capable of achieving. Each child progresses at their own rate.

    If it is simply raining, we go ahead with most classes – kids are going to get wet in a swimming lesson anyhow!

    If it is cold or windy, we will postpone classes where we feel the conditions and pool temperature are unsuitable for the class to go ahead.

    In the case of electrical storms, we suspend lessons until the storm has passed.

    We will never cancel a lesson without attempting to contact you, so unless you call us, expect your instructor to arrive for the scheduled lesson!

    See our cancellation policy.

    If you provide us with sufficient notice we will arrange a make up class at a time that suits you and your instructor. For further information see the cancellation policy above.

    All staff have the Austswim,  Royal Lifesaving or Swim Australia Teacher’s qualification. In addition they must have current CPR qualifications and Working with Children checks.

    Yes, TTTT has a $10 million Public Liability and Professional Indemnity insurance policy.

    We do offer classes all year around, however, most of our classes take place in outdoor pools, so the majority of classes take place between October – April.

    All TTTT classes are taught in private pools – either backyard pools or pools in apartment complexes. Unfortunately we’re not able to teach private swimming lessons in public pools – they don’t like us to do lessons in their pools as we are often seen as competition to their swim schools.

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