Goldfish Swim School - Ashburn

About

Goldfish Swim School - Ashburn is a state-of-the-art aquatic facility located at 21140 Ashburn Crossing Dr Ste 115, Ashburn, VA. It specializes in teaching children, from infants (starting at 4 months) to 12-year-olds, how to swim through a proprietary, science-backed curriculum. The school focuses on water safety, stroke technique, and character development in a tropical, child-friendly environment, emphasizing small class sizes for effective learning.

The pools at Goldfish Swim School - Ashburn are consistently heated to a comfortable 90 degrees Fahrenheit (approximately 32 degrees Celsius) for all swim lessons.

What are people saying (AI review summary)? The reviews for the swim school are mixed but generally lean positive regarding student progress and the majority of instructors, while highlighting significant operational and structural issues. Many parents praise the instructors for being friendly, patient, effective, and well-trained, noting significant improvements in their children's swimming skills, including overcoming water fear. The facility is often described as clean, nice, colorful, and having a comfortable water temperature. Flexible scheduling and accommodating last-minute cancellations are also appreciated. However, major criticisms include the class structure where a 30-minute class is split among multiple children (e.g., 4 kids), resulting in very short individual instruction time (around 6-7 minutes) and no practice allowed while waiting. This, combined with high student-to-instructor ratios in some instances and narrow lanes being too small for full classes, leads to frustration, boredom, and a perceived slow learning process. Other reported issues include a limited number of closed shower rooms, short lane lengths, lack of automatic lane allocation based on class size, and insufficient communication about promotions.

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Amenities

• Accepts Credit Cards
• Accessible Restroom

Reviews

Listing Reviews

August 5th, 2025

Rasha

We came in for a trial class, but sadly it wasn’t a great experience. The place itself is clean, nice, and colorful, which we really liked. But the instructor was teaching three kids at once and in the 25 minutes, my son barely got to do anything he was clearly so bored. The instructor didn’t smile or engage well with the kids at all. There were several other available instructors in the pool, so it didn’t make sense that she was handling all three alone. It honestly felt like a waste of time and will definitely slow down the learning process.

September 19th, 2024

Sri Ved

The good: * Flexible scheduling. Last minute cancellations for any reason are reasonably accommodated. The bad: * Only three closed shower rooms, which are almost always full. The rest are just changing rooms. * Short length lanes. Not a lot of practice place. * There are two types of lanes, narrow and wide. For small classes (1-2 kids), the narrow lanes may be able to accommodate the instructor and the kids, but for full classes (4 kids plus instructor) the narrow lanes are too small. The allocation of lanes depending on the class size is not automatic/planned. You will have to talk to the management to make that happen. * You are not actively informed of on going promos, even when you are signing up. * You have on site coffee and candy, but I guess you have to buy them) * Limited stock of swim caps (at least when we needed one). * The instructors are mostly teens (with a few exceptions). The ugly: * You are charged for a 30 minute class. But that 30 minutes is split between all the people in the class. In our case, the class is full (4 kids). Meaning, each kid gets around 6-7 minutes and waits the rest of the time. They are not even allowed to practice while waiting. Again, goes back to the not enough space to allow more than an instructor and a kid. Very frustrating.

January 7th, 2025

nevin inan yurdagül

The Swimming Instructors are incredibly friendly and patient. The water temperature and the overall environment are perfect, so the kids never feel cold. The Staff is welcoming and cheerful. My daughter looks forward to the day she gets to go there every week with so much excitement!

July 16th, 2024

JL Villatoro

I decided to enroll my 4 year son in swimming classes at Goldfish swim school. I must say I was very impressed how effective and well trained the staff is at teaching little ones how to swim at such an early age. I have seen the progress my son had made from scratch to now being able to swim with a floater in a reasonable period of time. Additionally, the staff is very lovely and friendly. Definitely recommend this swim school for your kids.

July 12th, 2024

Sandra Solorzano

I am very pleased with the improvements my son has made while attending goldfish swimming classes in Ashburn. He was extremely afraid of the water and now we can finally see him enjoying himself when taking him to the pool. He’s made significant improvements like not being afraid to go under water. Also big props to the instructors here as they have help him manage his nervousness in the transition from baby classes to glider 1. This place is also kept clean and neat. Big thanks for everyone here as we will forever be grateful to see my son enjoy the water while being safe. Highly recommend if you’re looking to have your kids start swimming classes.