Private swim schools in Langley

If you’ve tried to get a Township swim lesson spot on registration day, you know why private swim schools exist. Langley has two of them right now, and both teach in small, warm hotel pools rather than at the rec centres. Here’s how they stack up, and when the Township’s own lessons are still the better bet.

Swim Fins vs Inspired Swim at a glance

	Swim Fins, Walnut Grove	Inspired Swim, Langley
Pool	Holiday Inn Express & Suites Langley, 8750 204 Street (near 204 St and 88 Ave)	The indoor pool at the Sandman Signature Langley hotel; exact address and arrival notes come after you book
Format	Small groups (5 swimmers at most), plus one-on-one	Private, one swimmer per coach; semi-private on request
Ages	Parent & Tot from 6 months; school-aged program 4 to 14; Junior Lifeguard 9 to 13	Parent & Tot (about 4 months to 3 years), Preschool, school-age Swimmer, Teen/Adult (12 and up, including adult beginners)
Lesson length	Parent & Tot 30 minutes; other lessons 45 minutes	30, 45 or 60 minutes
Winter 2027	January 2 to April 11, 2027	January 4 to March 12, 2027; registration opens November 16, 2026
Prices	Session prices on swimfins.ca/prices	Per-lesson prices on the Langley page
Book	Online at swimfins.ca; call or text 236-200-5455	Online at inspiredswim.com; 236-326-7946

Swim Fins (Walnut Grove)

Swim Fins teaches its own 12-level program for school-aged kids, with a coach placing each child on the first day, and a five-level Junior Lifeguard program after that. Siblings and friends can share one class even at different levels, each with their own lesson plan, which makes one trip to the pool work for two kids. The pool is kept at 84 to 86°F (29 to 30°C). Swim Fins offers a free trial lesson for new families, subject to its eligibility rules.

What it costs, as posted for winter 2027: a full weekday session of 30-minute Parent & Tot lessons is $434 ($465 on weekends). For the 45-minute lessons, the weekday session is $560 at peak times and $490 for designated off-peak classes ($600 and $525 on weekends). Add a $30 administration and insurance fee per family and 5% GST. Swim Fins price page

Inspired Swim (Sandman Signature Langley)

Inspired Swim is about one-on-one coaching. The Langley pool is small and shallow: 8 metres long, 4.5 m wide and 0.9 to 1.4 m deep. Swimmers move up a level when they’ve finished every skill in it, not on a calendar.

Its posted Langley rates are per lesson, for one swimmer, before GST: $59 for 30 minutes, $86 for 45 and $112 for 60. The current fall set runs November 1 to December 23. Inspired Swim Langley page

Or go through the Township or the City

The Township says plainly that group lessons come first, and it offers private and semi-private lessons and personal swim sessions “when we can” (Township swimming page). Those run at the Township pools, such as W.C. Blair and Walnut Grove Community Centre. The City’s outdoor Al Anderson Memorial Pool teaches in its summer season and reopens April 18, 2027.

Which to pick? If your child needs a weekday slot that the Township can’t give you, or one-on-one attention to get past a fear of the water, a private school saves you the registration-day scramble. If group lessons suit you and you can be online at registration time, start with the Township’s lessons.

Already swimming well and want to race? That’s the clubs: see Langley swim clubs.

We left out swim instructors who come to your own backyard or condo pool, since none we found are based in Langley.

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