National Indoor Climbing Award Scheme (NICAS)

NICAS Bouldering

The National Indoor Climbing Award Scheme (NICAS) is a UK-wide scheme designed to promote climbing development and accredit individual achievement on indoor climbing walls. We are proud to be offering this fantastic scheme at Stronghold: Tottenham Hale and London Fields.

We offer NICAS Bouldering Levels 1-4 for groups aged 7-10 years, and 11+.

NICAS Bouldering has been created by some of the most experienced coaches in the UK. Our coaches are here to help kids develop their agility, balance, coordination, and belief in themselves through fun and engaging climbing sessions.

View all upcoming NICAS dates & to make a booking.

London Fields Tottenham Hale

NICAS Bouldering Level 1

NICAS Level 1 is the first step on this structured, nationally accredited syllabus.  Kids will be introduced to agility, balance and co-ordination and the safety aspects of indoor bouldering.

  • 6 sessions
  • £105 per child
  • 2 age groups: 7 – 10 years old and 11+
  • 10% discount for families with more than one child on our NICAS programme
  • Session time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Please note that NICAS Level 1 is only offered at London Fields

*classes subject to availability during term-time

NICAS Bouldering Level 2

NICAS Level 2 aims to build on the foundations laid in Level 1 by introducing movement skills as well as technical and tactical development.

  • 12 week term
  • £255 per term
  • 2 age groups: 7 – 10 years old and 11+
  • 10% discount for families with more than one child on our NICAS programme
  • Session time: 1 hour 30 minutes

NICAS Bouldering Level 3

NICAS Level 3 builds competent boulderers focusing on climbing technique and movement, with the addition of physical and psychological development.

  • 12 week term
  • £255 per term
  • 2 age groups: 7 – 10 years old and 11+
  • 10% discount for families with more than one child on our NICAS programme
  • Session time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Existing Bookings

If you are a parent with a child currently attending a NICAS course then we will be getting in touch to let you know when booking will be open for the next term.

If you haven’t already heard from us, please email [email protected] for Tottenham Hale, and [email protected] for London Fields.

New Bookings

If you are keen for your child to join our NICAS Bouldering sessions then please email [email protected] for Tottenham Hale and [email protected] for London Fields.

FAQs – NICAS Bouldering

Your child won’t miss out on anything that is on the NICAS Bouldering syllabus as our coaches are trained to work at the level and speed of the child. This is one of the advantages of NICAS Bouldering in that your child will learn at their pace and get to climb with other keen kids!

Our NICAS Bouldering sessions are term time, one off, payments so we cannot refund or credit any sessions missed by children. Please make sure to double-check that the times and dates suit you and your child’s schedule.

All children will have to complete a NICAS Level 1 before moving onto LEVEL 2 and then onto LEVEL 3. The scheme doesn’t allow Levels to be missed.

Even if your child is an experienced climber they will learn and improve with our NICAS Bouldering coaches. More than that, they will have fun!

If looking to move kids between sessions you must email the Lead Coaches and they will help you with this and explore any options.

For Tottenham Hale this is [email protected] and at London Fields it is [email protected]

They can indeed. Just book the sessions you want. You will be paying for the full term time for both sessions.

Unfortunately, we cannot split one term time payment over 2 different days.

Alternatively, they can mix NICAS with our popular climbing clubs which can be booked on a session by session basis all year round including holiday times.