There will be little or no parking in the vicinity of the pool on Sunday 22 March due to a training course with 220 delegates being held at the John Colet School from 9am until 4pm. Please walk if at all possible when attending the pool on 22 March

We’re really disappointed to have to confirm that we’ve been unable to source a volunteer lifeguard for our 9am session on Thursday the 19th of March 2015 – and that we therefore will not be able to open.

We’re pleased to announce our special half term holiday opening times!

We’ll be open Monday to Friday 2.30pm to 4.30pm, as well as the usual weekend times. We won’t be open for our 9am sessions, or our normal afters-school splash on Friday, but all our other sessions remain the same.

For full details, check our opening times.

We’re really sorry, but we can’t find a volunteer lifeguard to cover this afternoon’s (Monday 5th January 2015) family splash session – so we won’t be able to open the pool.

Special opening times this Christmas!

The Wendover Swimming Pool will be open at special times this Christmas and New Year 2014/2015 – starting with an end-of-term splash from 1.30pm to 3.30pm on Friday the 19th of December – and continuing through the holidays. Check our opening times for more details.

We’re pleased to announce our extra sessions for the half term holidays!

We’ll be open additionally from 2.30pm to 4.30pm Monday the 27th to Friday the 31st of October (Except Thursday, when we need to close at 4.00pm). We won’t be open for the 9.00am to 10.30am sessions on Tuesday or Thursday that week.

Check our opening times for more details, and for our admissions policy. Did you know we have free WiFi at the pool? Catch up on your work (or check your status…) whilst your children swim.

We’ll be open for all our other sessions – including evenings, weekends and early mornings throughout the week.

Sounds good?

See you at the pool!

We’re another step along the way!
Wendover Swimming CIO (the orgainisation picking up from where the WSA leaves off) has entered into a management with the John Colet School to manage the pool. The management agreement is a temporary arrangement until we are able to take on a proper lease.

We’re now responsible for the day-to-day running of the pool, and we’ll start to take all of the income – including membership and entry fees – but also all the fees from the various swim schools that we’ve introduced. At the same time though, we’ll also be taking on all of the costs – including chemicals, gas, electricity and water.

We’ve not increased our prices for several years, and we’ve extended membership for free for almost a year as we’ve been working to take over the pool. We’ve worked very hard to keep price rises to a minimum – and to make it fair and reasonable to all – but they will need to increase a little.

We’re increasing the cost of membership – but we’re keeping the cost of swimming for members exactly the same. Additionally, we’re changing the rules slightly so that you don’t need to be a member to swim (but it will cost you a little more). Check out all our new prices on our website.

As an added bonus, we’re extending existing memberships for free again! – all the way to the 31st of May! If you’re already a member you do not need to renew until then. If you’re not a member, you can join now.

A new organisation, Wendover Swimming, has been registered by the Charity Commission as an incorporated charity (a CIO). Wendover Swimming CIO has been formed to take over the Wendover Pool and run it on a not for profit basis for the benefit of the community.

An outline agreement has been reached with the John Colet School by which Wendover Swimming will take a lease of the pool and surrounding ground for 30 years, beginning in early 2014.

On 9th December the members of the Wendover Swimming Association resolved to support the outline agreement between Wendover Swimming CIO and the John Colet School and agreed that WSA will transfer its assets and records to Wendover Swimming and then close down.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT – FEBRUARY 12, 2013
The Future of the Wendover Pool

Your committee have been informed by the school that a grant from the County Council, which has subsidised the running costs of the pool in previous years, will be withdrawn this year. This will make the pool unaffordable to repair and run as it stands.

The Governors of the John Colet Academy and the Committee of the Wendover Swimming Association have made the following announcement.

The boilers which heat the water at the Wendover Pool failed last summer which meant the John Colet School had to close the pool in autumn 2012 due to the low water temperature.

The School have made a detailed review of the repairs required including installing new boilers and repairing the air heater. The immediate cost to make the pool usable is approximately £20,000 and the anticipated repairs needed over the next five years are estimated to cost £90,000. The running costs of the pool are around £40,000 per year in addition to this. The Governors and the Committee agree that even if the money could be raised to make repairs this year, doing so would be a waste of the School’s and the members’ money if the level of running costs and repairs mean that the pool cannot be kept open beyond 2013.

The WSA’s contribution to the pool costs and income from swimming clubs amounts to around £12,000 each year. Currently, the School receives a grant of approximately £17,000 per year from Buckinghamshire County Council to assist with the running costs of the pool. However, this grant will cease for all Buckinghamshire schools which have a pool from September 2013 so there will be a shortfall of around £28,000 per year on running the Wendover Pool.

The School Governors add:

Given the withdrawal of the swimming pool grant and with likely further reductions in Government funding in future, it is important that we use school funds to support the curriculum. Swimming is not a compulsory activity on the secondary curriculum; therefore we have to think very carefully about any actions that could be detrimental to the rest of the school. We have fantastic sporting facilities including the multi-use games area, four football pitches and the sports hall, which are available for community use outside of school hours.

We are currently working with the WSA to look at the options for the pool. A conclusion will need to be reached by May half term, as all budgets and curriculum planning needs to have been finalised by then for the forthcoming academic year. We are proud of our strong links with the community and are working hard to reach a workable conclusion.

The WSA Committee comments:

WSA appreciate that the school must prioritise its spending and recognise that the running and repair costs of the pool will become unaffordable once the County grant stops in the autumn. If the repairs are not made, to the boilers at least, then the Pool cannot re-open. This would be an enormous pity, particularly as the Pool was originally built by the community itself. The Governors have asked WSA whether the community could do more to operate the pool and make it significantly cheaper to run and to repair.

So, we are asking the members of the WSA and the wider community what you would like to see happen now. Please contact us with your views, comments, suggestions and any offers of support as soon as possible, by email to: