Aqua-Tots Swim Schools

Aqua-Tots Swim Schools is a network of swim schools focused on children — from babies in a parent's arms to school-age kids refining the technique of each stroke. Lessons run year-round in indoor, heated pools using a proprietary structured methodology that sorts students into levels and moves them forward step by step. It differs from ordinary courses at a public pool in that it doesn't depend on the season or on a single instructor's mood: it's a system with a fixed curriculum, progress assessment, and an emphasis on water safety as a lifelong skill.

As a franchisee you get a license to the brand, the complete teaching methodology, the level system and training materials, plus the parent company's operating and marketing know-how. What stays on you is acquiring or fitting out the space with a pool, the equipment and water-treatment technology, hiring and training instructors and front desk, and the daily running of operations and local promotion. It's a model where you receive a finished teaching 'content' and brand, but the physical facility with a pool and the whole team are your responsibility — which makes the start more capital- and operations-intensive than an ordinary service.