The Grove Pool

To help us maintain a safe, respectful, and welcoming environment for everyone, please read and follow the guidelines below:

Respect for the Venue

As our facility is located within a primary school, we kindly ask all families to be mindful of school staff and pupils and to treat the venue with respect at all times.

Personal

• Please ensure you and your child shower before entering the pool – this helps to keep the water clean, hygienic, and chemically balanced.
• Please remove all jewellery before entering the pool. Stud earrings must be removed as they pose a safety hazard if they fall out and someone steps on them. Other types of earrings may remain in if they cannot be removed, although removal is preferred.
• Long hair must be tied back, enclosed in a swim hat, or both.
• Parents may only enter changing rooms that match their own gender.

Supervision of Children

• All children not participating in a lesson—including siblings and babies—must remain under your direct supervision at all times.
• Children are not permitted to run around the pool, changing rooms, corridor or outdoor areas. This is for their safety and the safety of others, especially as vehicles may be moving around outside.
• The lockers are not toy's and should not be used to hide in!

Poolside/Foyer Hygiene & Safety

• Please remove outdoor shoes before entering poolside or use the overshoes provided.
• No buggies/pushchairs to be kept in the corridor, this must be clear at all times.
• Buggies/pushchairs are not allowed on poolside to maintain hygiene.
• Strictly no food or drink is permitted anywhere on poolside or in the changing rooms.
• Please use the bins provided for general waste and used hand towels only. Soiled nappies, sanitary items, or any clinical waste must be taken home with you.

Lesson Times

• Students may only enter the pool during their designated lesson time.
  Please do not enter the water early.
• At the end of your lesson, please get changed in the changing rooms (or on poolside) and leave quietly so as not to disturb the next class or other swimmers.

Car Park

• The Grove runs a no vehicle movement policy in the car park:
  Monday to Friday - No vehicle access for visitors to the car park before 9.15am the car park gate cannot be opened (not even for cycles) before this time. Pedestrian gate access only before 9.15am
  Saturday - No vehicle access to the carpark 9.45am - 10.15am and 1.45pm - 2.15pm again as above
  The Grove also request that people do not ring the intercom and ask to be let in to the car park gate during the restricted times. Vehicles should not wait in front of the gate to be let in if they arrive early as we still need to keep access for emergency vehicles
• During school hours Monday to Friday, swimmers must not park in areas marked for Staff. Use only the marked bays and do not park on keep clear areas, grassed areas or yellow hatched/zigzag line areas. If there are no spaces, users will need to find off site parking

Please note: There is free parking on the street and at the nearby car park at the community centre.

Responsibility

We take no responsibility for students, siblings, or accompanying family members outside of the swimming pool and designated lesson time. Parents and guardians are responsible for ensuring that their children follow the facility rules and do not create safety risks for themselves or others.