Skating Lessons at the National Ice Centre

Skating Lessons

Our skating lessons will help you learn how to spin and glide around the ice like a pro! Skating lessons include thirty-minute group tuition, skate hire and coach support. You can now track your lessons progress via the HomePortal, so not only will you learn how you’re getting on after each lesson, you’ll be able to see what you need to work on as you make your way through the skating levels.

Our lessons run on a weekly basis throughout the year at a cost of £55 per month by Direct Debit or £75 by Pay As You Go for every 6 lessons. Please note that Pay As You Go lessons will only be available until 30 June 2023, after this date, lessons will only be available by Direct Debit. More information about payments can be found here

Participants must attend lessons over six consecutive weeks to enable you to develop skills at a faster rate and ensure everything you learn remains fresh in your mind. As part of the Direct Debit payment scheme, you will receive unlimited public skating sessions – just show your HomePortal and you will get a wristband for the session. You can only book these skating sessions once you have attended your first lesson. 

Our intensive skating lessons are still available so if you’d prefer to learn how to skate in just three days (an hour each day), view dates for our next intensive courses.

Please note, whether you’re a new, returning or existing customer, you’ll have to create a new account before being able to book lessons. Once you have an account you’ll be able to log in and view lesson progress.

Regular Skating Lessons
DatesTimeLevelsAgeLength/Price
Wednesdays17:15 - 17:45Level 3 - 8Child or Adult£60 per month by Direct Debit or 6 Week Skating Course for £102 by Pay As You Go
Wednesdays17:45 - 18:15Level 1 - 2Child or Adult£60 per month by Direct Debit or 6 Week Skating Course for £102 by Pay As You Go
Saturdays09:15 - 09:45Level 5 - 8Child or Adult£60 per month by Direct Debit or 6 Week Skating Course for £102 by Pay As You Go
Saturdays09:45 - 10:15Level 1 - 4Child or Adult£60 per month by Direct Debit or 6 Week Skating Course for £102 by Pay As You Go
Sundays09:15 - 09:45Level 5 - 8Child or Adult£60 per month by Direct Debit or 6 Week Skating Course for £102 by Pay As You Go
Sundays09:45 - 10:15Level 1 - 4Child or Adult£60 per month by Direct Debit or 6 Week Skating Course for £102 by Pay As You Go
Sundays12:45 - 13:15Level 1 - 4Child or Adult£60 per month by Direct Debit or 6 Week Skating Course for £102 by Pay As You Go
Sundays13:15 - 13:45Level 5 - 6Child or Adult£60 per month by Direct Debit or 6 Week Skating Course for £102 by Pay As You Go
Sundays13:45 - 14:15Level 7 - 8Child or Adult£60 per month by Direct Debit or 6 Week Skating Course for £102 by Pay As You Go
Tots Skating Lessons
DatesTimeTypeLength/Price
Saturdays9:15 - 9:45Under 5s with Parents£42 per month by Direct Debit or 6 Week Skating Course for £69 by Pay As You Go
Sundays9:15 - 9:45Under 5s without Parents£42 per month by Direct Debit or 6 Week Skating Course for £69 by Pay As You Go

What will you learn?

Level 1
Get moving and learn the basics! Our coaches will help you gain confidence in moving forwards on the ice, introduce you to gliding and the safest way to get up in case you fall down.

Level 2
Focus on gliding and stopping. Now your confidence is growing in moving forwards our coaches will teach you how to stop safely and show you how to glide around corners. They’ll also show you a more advanced way to move forwards with forward lemons and introduce you to moving backwards.

Level 3
Focus on turning and backwards. Adding in some finesse and poise to your skating, try gliding on one leg and become masters in backwards lemons and backwards skating. Turning from forwards to backwards and backwards to forwards can be tricky but we’ll show you all you need to nail it.

Level 4
Focus on circles and rhythm. We’ll now teach you how to find your edges and go around the corner in style with some chasses. You’ll also learn forward slalom (think skiing down a mountain) which is great for knee bend and learning one of the most important parts of skating- rhythm!

Level 5
Focus on circles and turning. We’re staying on the circles and moving our forward chasses onto crossovers, just like what you see the Nottingham Panthers or professional figure skaters use, and try chasses out backwards! We’ll also practice those edges a bit more and introduce you to three turns, similar to what you learned in level 3 but on one leg!

Level 6
Focus on turning and backward circles. The same as when you mastered it forwards, we’ll move your backwards chasses onto crossovers, and also teach you how to step to forwards from backward skating. You’ll get nice and dizzy with more three turns (from the inside edge this time) and some two foot spins!

Level 7
Focus on edges, edges and more edges! They’re the foundations of all aspects of skating so here we get to practice the edges in more detail with continuous outside and inside edges, and crossrolls. The coaches will show you a mohawk (turn not the hairstyle!) and teach you a landing position for those that might later want to jump and spin.

Level 8
Focus on putting it all together. Through the progressively harder grades you’ve learned the cornerstones of skating moves so here everything amalgamates into continuous outside and inside three turns, and a sequence of skating moves. You’ll need a good memory to be able to put things together, as well as demonstrate all the skills you’ve learned along the way to a good standard. You’ll also move your spin up a notch and try it on one leg (figure skaters only), and try some twizzles (or drags if you’re in hockey skates).

Star Skating Lessons
DatesTimeLevelsAgeLength/Price
Wednesdays16:45 - 17:15Star Bronze - Gold, Figure & DanceAll Ages£60 per month by Direct Debit or 6 Week Skating Course for £102 by Pay As You Go
Sundays13:15 - 13:45Star Bronze - Gold, DanceAll Ages£60 per month by Direct Debit or 6 Week Skating Course for £102 by Pay As You Go
Sundays13:45 - 14:15Star Bronze - Gold, FigureAll Ages£60 per month by Direct Debit or 6 Week Skating Course for £102 by Pay As You Go

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