Wings Over Water School | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT
About this class
Parents often share that their little ones come home brimming with newfound confidence, proudly showing off the swimming techniques they've picked up in class. Just a heads up, though: some families have mentioned that class sizes can feel a bit cramped, so make sure to ask about the instructor-to-student ratio!
Reviews
Cherice Wedderburn
Before choosing this place I read through so many reviews and I was a little skeptical. My son who is now 7, had done multiple sessions with another swim group and hadn’t made any progress. Even here I felt the class size was a little too large 4/5 students and he wasn’t picking up the vital things he needed to learn. After 5 months I have somewhat of a swimmer. They have their issues like most places, but we are all human and some things are out of our control. Mr. Ted has taught both my 3 year old and the 7 old and I appreciate his straight forward attitude. You have to be stern with these new kids. My son is confident in the water. When we are at our home pool he uses his cues learned at swim class and he even tries to help others around us. I recommend this place.
Posted on: June 30, 2025
Kayla
We’ve been coming here for about a year and a half. It started great but has really gone downhill. The classes are overbooked and the pool feels chaotic. It is overstimulating and hard for our son to stay focused. Teachers are often missing class so there is no consistency in the instructor. Our son loved the pool and would jump in no issues but for the last several months has refused to even go in. They need to get back to basics and stop overbooking these classes. Even when our son would participate he spent most of the class sitting on the steps because with 4 kids and 30 minutes there just isn’t enough time for instruction. We finally pulled him out because it just doesn’t even feel safe anymore. The instructor has 4 kids to watch and there are two lifeguards who are not always there. I’d recommend looking elsewhere.
Posted on: June 05, 2025
Justine Hidalgo
My daughter has mostly liked the classes and has improved. The issues are the class sizes and instructors. Her teacher from the first class left soon after we started. Teachers are frequently out and there are subs. When she was put in beginner level there ended up being 6 kids in the class. They spend most of the time sitting on the steps. They increase the length of the class to 45 min, charge more, but let more kids in. Classes should be max 3-4 kids. I did bring concerns to the front desk but they had no resolution to offer.
Posted on: September 15, 2024
Meagan Di Yorio
At first, our experience was good. My son has a very hard time adjusting to new environments, and his instructor, Dani (who is not there anymore), was the perfect mixture of loving and firm. After a few weeks, my son was thriving with consistency and high expectations. Once Dani left, things rapidly declined. My son's instructor was never there, so he couldn't build familiarity to get comfortable. The worst experience of all was at a makeup class, the instructor was working with other students and had her back turned to my son. He quickly went under the water and couldn't get back up. There were two lifeguards on duty (very small pool) who didn't even notice, they were too busy talking. Thank goodness I didn't have my infant daughter with me that day, because I had to quickly jump in and save my son. No one on staff apologized - they just stared at me wide eyed, until I spoke to the receptionist & the lifeguards myself who said she would forward to management. She didn't, or at least the director says so. Finally, I went to schedule makeup classes after my son had a small procedure done that required him to stay out of classes. I called the main number to schedule makeups, who told me to send an email so they could better accommodate me. I sent the email, and the director told me to call the front desk. A minor issue, but after the experiences I'd had, I didn't want to continue our time at Wings Over Water. The director was kind when I let her know we were done, and offered credits to our account, but it wasn't worth it since my son wasn't thriving there. I would avoid if your child needs consistency to feel comfortable.
Posted on: April 14, 2024
Jenna K
Update: Last summer a few months after my review one of the managers finally reached out to me to apologize for the lack of follow up and offered us a credit on our account. She was very attentive and nice. While we didn’t reenroll my daughter we did use the credit for my son for the infant classes and so far it has been a pleasant experience. Initial: After an initial great experience I feel things went down hill. Last summer she learned so much and was doing great. We took some time off from September to January. When we returned she was in a class with two instructors and 4 kids. I thought that was fantastic because each child would get more practice time because there were two instructors, however I felt the instructors were more concerned with talking to each other than teaching and didn't feel like much was getting done. I didn't say anything I just switched classes after two months. After switching to a new instructor I thought things would get better but we had one class with the instructor and then she was gone for an entire month. Her classes were either canceled or they had a sub, but nobody was ever consistent so therefore they didn't know her skill level or what she needed to work on. Instead I felt like they wasted 10 minutes of a 30 minute class blowing bubbles in a cup when my daughter was already well past this stage. I asked for a manager to call me three times to discuss my concerns and nobody ever called me back. I ended up canceling our lessons. I'm disappointed that I wasted 6 months worth of lessons and money from January to June and never even had the opportunity
Posted on: March 07, 2024
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