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Current opening times
We are happy to announce Castle View is open as normal and Thornhill Academy is due to reopen on Monday 17th May for lessons.
Please note, three weeks of credits will be added to Thornhill Academy online swimmer accounts by Friday 14th May. See below for the latest guidanece.
Thornhill Academy Covid-19 Guidance view here
Covid Officer view here
Staffing Arrangements view here
Latest guidance and information
Thornhill Academy remains closed until further notice.
At Castle View, please keep to the one way system in place and take note we are unable to have spectators at present. Please see the guidance documents below.
Castle View Covid-19 Plans view here
Covid Officer view here
Staffing Arrangements view here
Thornhill Academy is closed until further notice
Unfortunately, there will no lessons at Thornhill Academy until further notice. However, we are hoping for an update on Castle View Community Centre this coming Friday evening. In readiness for when we do reopen please see the guidance below for further details.
November 2020 Lockdown Guidance view here
We are still closed.
Apologies for the inconvenience caused, we are currently still closed and will provide an update on Saturday 17th April. For more information please see below. 
All lessons are currently paused.
Unfortunately, due to the Tier 4 restrictions in place all lessons have had to be paused again. We will contact you as soon as we are able to reopen. Apologies for the inconvenience caused and please join the IATDE Facebook Group for the latest updates.
We’ve not cancelled, we’ve just paused
Unfortunately, due the recent government announcement we are closing again from Thursday 5th November and aiming to reopen on Wednesday 2nd December. Please see the letter below for further details.
November 2020 Lockdown Guidance view here
We believe lessons at Thornhill Academy should be restarting tomorrow, Monday 28th September. Unless people are told otherwise lessons will be running. Yahoo!
Please see below for the latest guidance:
COVID OFFICERS (Updated 08/09/20, Version 1.00) view here
Castle View Covid-19 Plans (Updated 27/09/20, Version 1.20) view here
Thornhill Academy Covid-19 Plans (Updated 27/09/20, Version 1.20) view here
Thornhill Academy has temporarily suspended all external bookings and therefore no swimming lessons will be ran from this centre for the foreseeable future.
We will continue to update our website as information is made available to us. If you are a current swimmer at Thornhill Academy and have any questions please contact us.
Important update - lesson cancellations.
Over the past few days we have been listening to our swimmers and looking at the number of people attending lessons as well as following the updated guidance issued by the UK Government on Monday. The culmination of all of this has lead to us, with immediate effect, cancelling all lessons until further notice. This is not a decision we have taken lightly but we do believe it is in the best interests of all staff, swimmers and families. As you may know IATDE is a small local company which does not aim to make a huge profit - hence our value for money lesson prices. The only way we can manage this is with everybody's support in ensuring our cashflow. This is our most expensive period due to insurance costs etc. and we are hoping to continue to support all of our staff. Therefore we'd request if you are intending on returning to lessons after Easter that you continue to enrol as normal. All money for lessons is safe and everybody who needs a refund/credit will get them. From a very practical point of view we also need to know what lessons to continue to run should an economic downturn happen. We would hate to end up in a situation where we've cancelled lessons on a set day to discover when we reopen that everybody wishes to return. If you are struggling for money please see our FAQ's below. FAQ's- Refund's for the missed lessons will be issued to online accounts as soon as we know we are reopening for business. This is because we want to make sure everybody gets ALL of the refunds they are entitled to and so we do not do it in dribs and drabs where we may miss some out.
- Direct Debits - these will run as normal and we will ensure that credits are applied to the accounts once we are open for business again, or at the latest before it gets to the point where we owe you more in refunds than you owe us in payments (for example if two or three DD's go out and we are still not open we will credit everything due to stop additional payments)
- Cancellations - If you are planning on not returning in April we request you send us a message and we will arrange a refund for you by cheque, or if you paid via card online or via the phone back to the card used.
- Enrolments - in centre enrolments will be available on the first week back when lessons recommence OR you can message us and we will process payments via the phone using cards.
- Badges will be available to collect from these enrolment desks when we restart for all swimmers who are rejoining.
- Struggling to afford classes? If you are struggling due to your own circumstances please get in touch - we can help, but, only if we know! We have in the past, and will continue to do so, help people out who are struggling during these difficult times. Please do get in touch and talk to us confidentially.
- Changing Areas - as we are aware these can get busy:
- Please get your child ready and take them on to poolside just before your lesson starts (either yourself or sending them on if they are old). Please ensure shoes are removed as usual.
- Once the children are in the water please vacate the changing rooms and for shallow end swimmers stay in the building or just outside, deep end parents may go and sit in cars etc. If there is an incident we will come and find you but ask that you are also watching out for staff.
- At the end of lessons please either wait in changing rooms, or, for shallow end swimmers come on to poolside to collect your child before getting them dressed and vacating the changing areas again.
- Please help us by not arriving too early for lessons and not staying inside the family changing areas at Castle View.
- Take sensible hygiene precautions.
- We ask that you continue to follow NHS guidance on handwashing etc. and ensuring all children have visited the toilets before lessons commence.
- We would also ask that should your child not be well you keep them away from lessons and follow NHS England advice around self-isolation.
- Parent Watch Week
- Due to how popular these are we are taking the decision to suspend these this term and will try and run an additional one after Easter for everybody by way of apology. Dates and times to be announced.
- Teacher / parent interaction
- To limit the possible chance of spreading viruses between teachers and parents we are asking that conversations are kept to a minimum. Should parents be after an update on how a child is doing, or, has any questions around enrolment please contact us via the usual methods and will try and liaise with your teacher for you.