Bubble Babies

Welcome to Bubble Babies!

A perfect and relaxing environment to spend quality time with your baby, we love swimming and you will too!  

Bubble Babies offer fun, multi sensory swimming lessons for babies aged 8 weeks to 4 years old.

Bubble Academy offers lessons for Children aged 4 years+

Classes

Bubble Babies

Welcome to Bubble Babies! We offer you and your baby the best start in swimming.  Our structured swimming programme develops your child to become a confident and happy swimmer.  Bubble Babies has over 10 years experience in the industry and has used this vast knowledge to  tailor make our baby swimming programme using the industry’s most current research, but we don’t just stop there..! Each course will build on previously learnt skills to create a baby led progression through your Bubble Baby journey which includes our special make believe sensory weeks where we take a trip to outer space, climb aboard a pirate ship and even swing like monkeys in the jungle and this is just the beginning!

Bubble Academy

Whether your child has moved up from our Bubble Babies programme or are simply not progressing in their current class, Bubble Academy offers a perfect place for them to shine.  Our classes are fun, supportive and tailor made to your child to teach water safety, confidence and correct swim stroke techniques from the current STA and Swim England guidelines.  We recognise that each child learns in different ways and we nurture these skills to ensure they reach their full potential.   Our school age programme is specifically designed over 3 levels, we develop water safety, confidence, and key swimming techniques including breathing, floatation, rotation, streamlining, kicks and pulls, as well as learning the 4 major stokes.

About Us

Bubble Babies is a small family run business which is ran by sisters Natalie and Charlotte. 

We started our journey into the world of baby swimming through taking our own children and found a passion and love for water.  We believe that it’s the personal touch that matters which is why our classes offer teacher consistency so that we build strong relationships to help your child’s success in their swim journey.  Here’s a little bit about us!

Hi! I’m Natalie!

I started baby swimming 14 years ago with my first daughter Issy, after falling in love with my weekly classes I soon became a qualified teacher and co-managed a swim school for 10 years.  During that time I went on to have a further two children Harry and Freya and I have enjoyed watching each of my children grow to love the water.  Issy, my eldest , is now a competitive swimmer who swims for the City of Leicester performance club, and my youngest Freya swims for Penguins Swimming Club.  Since being introduced to competitive swimming I have qualified to volunteer as a Team Manager and a British Swimming Official!  Not only do I love the pool, I have also thrown myself into open water swimming.

Hi! I am Charlotte!

I started my love for education and teaching back at university and went on to qualify as a primary school teacher, I taught in KS1 for 6 years and loved working closely with children and their families.  When my two children, Ruby and Owen, were babies I loved taking them to their weekly swimming sessions, I found that it was extremely rewarding and fell in love with baby swimming.  I went on to qualify as a baby and preschool swimming teacher and absolutely love my job. I find it so rewarding to watch children grow in confidence and develop a lifelong love for water, like my children have, and to pass that knowledge onto future generations. 

Our Qualifications

Natalie 

  • STA Baby and Preschool Teacher
  • STA level 2 Swimming Teacher
  • STA Baby and Preschool Submersion Upskill
  • RLSS National Rescue Award
  • Paediatric first aid trained
  • Enhanced DBS checked
  • Safeguarding and Protecting of Children/Young people and Vulnerable Adults
  • Swim England Team Manager 
  • Swim England Judge
  • Covid-19 Officer Awareness training

Charlotte

  • Qualified Teacher Status
  • STA Baby and Preschool Teacher
  • STA Baby and Preschool Submersion Upskill
  • RLSS National Rescue Award
  • Paediatric first aid trained
  • Enhanced DBS checked
  • Safeguarding and Protecting of Children/Young people and Vulnerable Adults
  • Covid-19 Officer Awareness training

Bubble Babies holds full Public and Employment Liability Insurance.

Locations

We have six pool locations; Loughborough, Kirby Muxloe, Oakham, Edith Weston, Westgate and Grace Dieu

De Lisle College

De Lisle College
Thorpe Hill
Loughborough
Leicester
LE11 4SQ

Saturday 12pm-2pm

De Lisle offers a large pool which runs at 31/32C with large changing rooms and ample off road parking.

  • Baby Classes:
    • 12pm: 8 weeks – 1 year
    • 12:30pm: 1 year – 2 years
    • 1:00pm: 2 years – 3 years
    • 1:30pm: 3 years – 4 years (approx)
  • Bubble Academy:
    • 12:00pm Beginners
    • 12:30pm Beginners
    • 1:00pm Intermediates
    • 1:30pm Intermediates
  • Beginners – Entry level unable to swim independently
  • Intermediates – Entry level to be able to swim 10m front and back unaided with stroke technique

Kirby Muxloe Primary School

Kirby Muxloe Primary School
55 Barwell Rd
Kirby Muxloe
Leicester
LE9 2AA

Kirby Muxloe pool runs at 31/32C with spacious changing rooms and ample off road parking.

Wednesday 3:30pm-6:30pm and Saturday 9:00am-2:30pm

  • Wednesday classes:
    • 3:30pm 0 – 1 years
    • 4:00pm 0 -1 years
    • 4:30pm 1-2.5 years
    • 5:00pm 1-2.5 years
    • 5:30pm 2.5+ years
    • 6:00pm 2.5+ years
  • Saturday classes:
    • 9:00am 1-2.5 years
    • 9:30am 0-1 years
    • 10:00am 2.5years+
    • 10:30am 0-1 years
    • 11:00am 1-2.5years
    • 11:30am 2 years+
    • 12:30pm 0-1 years
    • 1:00pm 0-1 years
    • 1:30pm 2.5years+
    • 2:00pm 1-2.5years
Kirby Muxloe Primary School

Oakham Church of England Primary School

Oakham C of E Primary School
Burley Road
Oakham
LE15 6GY

Thursday 12pm-1pm & Friday 2:30pm – 3:30pm

The pool is a hydrotherapy pool so runs at a toasty 33/34 degrees and has both male and female changing rooms.

  • Baby Classes:
    • Thursday 12:00pm: 0 – 18 months
    • Thursday 12:30pm: 18 months +
    • Friday 2:30pm: 0 – 18 months
    • Friday3:00pm: 18 months +

Edith Weston Primary School

Edith Weston Primary School
Weston Rd
Upper Hambleton
Edith Weston
Oakham
LE15 8HQ

Edith Weston Primary school is located near Rutland Water and the pool runs at 31/32C with spacious changing rooms.

Friday 10:45am-12:45am

  • Classes:
    • 10:45am : 0 – 18 months
    • 11:15am : 1 – 2.5 years
    • 11:45am: 0 – 15 months
    • 12:15pm: 0 – 15 months
Edith Weston Primary School
Edith Weston Primary School

Westgate

Westgate School Glenfield
Glenfield Road
Leicester
LE3 6DG

Westgate pool is a special hydrotherapy pool with sensory lighting, it runs at a warm 34 degrees, there is ample parking available on site and large male and female changing rooms.

Thursday 6:00pm-7:30pm

  • Classes:
    • 6:00pm : 0 – 1 years
    • 6:30pm : 1 – 2.5 years
    • 7:00pm: 2.5 – 4 years
Westgate Pool
Westgate Pool

Grace Dieu

Grace Dieu Manor Park
Grace Dieu Manor Drive
Thringstone
Coalville
LE67 5UG

Set in the heart of the Leicestershire countryside, Grace Dieu pool is set in a private estate with ample parking right outside the door. The pool runs at 31/32c with large male and female changing rooms available.

Monday 12:30pm-2:00pm

  • Classes:
    • 12:30pm : 0 – 1 years
    • 1:00pm: 1 – 2.5 years
    • 1:30pm: 2.5 years+
Grace Dieu
Grace Dieu

Cropston Pool – Coming back soon!

Cropston Private Pool

Cropston private pool is an intimate pool with small class sizes. Pool runs at 31C with street parking outside. Pleas note this pool is deeper than our other venues.

All of our classes can be booked through the following link;

When accessing the payment app please use the filter to select your required venue, find your class then add it to the basket.  Please ensure all the information is answered to continue ‘Next’ on your booking, if there is no medical information please put ‘n/a’ or ‘none’ in the box.

Sometimes our courses will appear as unavailable or require a password, this means we are in the priority booking phase for our existing swimmers, in this instance please drop us an email at: hello@bubblebabies.uk where we can let you know our general booking dates and availability.

Looking forward to seeing you in the pool

Book Now

All of our classes can be booked through the following link;

When accessing the payment app please use the filter to select your required venue, find your class then add it to the basket.  Please ensure all the information is answered to continue ‘Next’ on your booking, if there is no medical information please put ‘n/a’ or ‘none’ in the box.

Sometimes our courses will appear as unavailable or require a password, this means we are in the priority booking phase for our existing swimmers, in this instance please drop us an email at: hello@bubblebabies.uk where we can let you know our general booking dates and availability.

Looking forward to seeing you in the pool