Gymnastics
Our General Gymnastics Club offers fun, friendly, and safe sessions for boys and girls aged 5–15 years. Classes are led by qualified and experienced coaches, with a maximum of 16 children per coach, ensuring plenty of individual attention. Children will learn basic gymnastics skills in a non-competitive environment designed to encourage confidence, strength, and creativity. Sessions focus on developing movement, technique, and personal expression across a variety of apparatus and floor work.
Progression
Continuous assessment ensures gymnasts progress at their own pace and are placed in classes that match their ability.
Our structured lessons aim to build confidence and improve style, technique, and ability through repetition of fundamental skills. While progress is expected, the speed of improvement will vary as every child learns differently.
| Day | Class Time | Ability |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday | 9.30am – 10.45am | Beginners |
| Saturday | 11.00am – 12.30pm | Intermediate |
| Saturday | 1.15pm – 2.45pm | Intermediate 2 |
| Saturday | 1.15pm – 2.45pm | Advanced |
- Beginners – In this class the children are developing basic motor skills including co-ordination balance and stability and aesthetic awareness.
- Intermediates – Continuing work on their basic gymnastics skills and movements as a strong base to build more technically advanced moves. This is also a time to develop confidence and realisation of their potential and individual ability.
- Advanced – Having developed their basic skills to a suitable level, gymnasts are now ready to build upon this with further advanced skills appropriate to the individual’s ability.
Cost
- Sessional fees – £7.70 per session payable for the whole block at the time of booking.
- Edge Hill Sport gymnastics club membership – £5.00 for Edge Hill Sport gymnastics club membership (an annual membership valid until September each year).
- British Gymnastics membership
- Being a member of our club also requires a valid membership with British Gymnastics, the national governing body for gymnastics in the UK. You can purchase this directly from British Gymnastics through their website. Memberships expire on 30 September each year and will cost a minimum £22.00 for 2024/25 membership year.
- Additional information that maybe requested include Edge Hill Sport delivers general gymnastics and the membership type is gymnast.
- If you have any issues paying the British Gymnastics membership fees please initially contact British Gymnastics, however please do not hesitate to contact us if required.
Apparatus used in sessions
- Floor
- Tumble strip
- Vault
- Box
- Beam (various heights)
- Trampoline (not every session)
- Trampette
- Horse (for male gymnasts)
| Block | Start Date | No Of Weeks | Finish Date | Price Per Block | Dates NOT Running |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block 1 Sep | 6-Sep-25 | 8 | 8-Nov-24 | £59.20 | 20/09/25, 04/10/25 |
| Block 2 Nov | 15-Nov-25 | 11 | 31-Jan-26 | £84.70 | 27/12/25 |
| Block 3 Jan | 7-Feb-26 | 10 | 11-Apr-26 | £77.00 | |
| Block 4 Apr | 18-Apr-26 | 10 | 20-Jun-26 | £77.00 | |
| Block 5 Jun | 27-Jun-26 | 10 | 29-Aug-26 | £77.00 |
Lessons will normally take place in the Wilson Gymnasium in the Wilson building, but will move to the Sports Hall for a number of weeks during exam periods in January, May and August.
How to enrol your child
All new participants are required to attend up to two taster sessions before enrolling in a full course of lessons. These sessions enable our coaches to assess each child’s ability and place them in the most appropriate class for their development.
To enrol your child on our activities please contact Edge Hill Sport.
As a BG registered club, the Gymnastics Club adopts a set of rules that must be followed by all club members.
- Members must behave appropriately and any unruly behaviour will result in the individual being excluded.
- Members should treat coaches, equipment, apparatus and each other with respect.
- Correct uniform must be worn at all times.
- Girls – Leotards (must be gymnastics leotards not dance) or t-shirt or singlet (must be tight fitting) and shorts
- Boys – t-shirt or singlet (must be tight fitting) and shorts
- Hair must be tied back appropriately to avoid impairment of vision, getting tangled on equipment or getting caught when a coach is supporting the gymnasts.
- No footwear should be worn.
- No jewellery should be worn.
- All relevant fees should be paid in full before the first session of each term. Failure to pay before attending the sessions may result in non participation.
- On arrival parents must inform coaches of their child’s arrival and must be collected promptly afterwards.
- Payment of enrolment fees will be taken as agreement to comply with the code of conduct.
- Parents/ guardians are responsible for informing Sporting Edge and/or the gymnastics coaches of any medical or behavioural conditions which their child may suffer. It is the parent’s/ guardian’s responsibility to update the information if anything changes during the course.
- All gymnasts must pay a membership fee to Sporting Edge which is for associate membership to British Gymnastics, the sports governing body in the United Kingdom, and ensures the children are covered by the relevant insurance.