About us
Simone started pole in 2013 and quickly fell in love with the sport. Simone was attending pole fitness classes multiple times a week and quickly noticed her confidence growing and her insecurities fading. She never intended on teaching in the beginning, let alone having her own studio, but Simone was so passionate about what pole dancing classes done for her mental health, well-being, and fitness that she wanted to share that with others.
Simone qualified as a pole instructor in 2019 and set up PFWS straight away. She started off using Xstage poles in a Pilates studio and then the dreaded lockdown happened in 2020.
This did not stop us! When rules permitted, we set up in our garden and carried on teaching in a safe, social distancing environment. Lockdown enabled Simone to source new opportunities, and this is when we found our perfect space at Vision Fitness, Henham. We found our home in September 2020 and have never looked back. PFWS quicky expanded and our Xpert acclaimed instructor Holly joined the team. Shortly after our 'picture perfect' instructor Ellie joined, followed by our super flexible aerial hoop instructor Kelly and our lovely beginner’s instructor Leah to complete the team. In 2024, we expanded even more, Hannah became one of our Kids Circus Skills and Kids Parties Instructors.
Simone
Simone is the owner and founder of PFWS. She has been poling since 2013 and has been addicted ever since her first taster lesson. Simone has Xpert Pole Fitness qualifications, Spin City Strength & Conditioning, Spin City Strength and Flexibility, Fitness Level 2, Spin City Aerial Hoop Beginner and Intermediate, Spin City Hammock, and Xpert Aerial Kids including Hoop, Pole, and Hammocks; she also has a degree on Childcare, First Aid and Safeguarding. Simones’s teaching style is strong tricks and combos, she is also very known for the ‘insta tricks. She loves finding the 'do it for the gram’ pretty poses to bring to lessons! Simone loves teaching and finding something for everyone. You will always leave her lessons achieving something as she is always determined to find something to suit your abilities. Simone became pregnant in 2022 and continued training when her body allowed her. She has been back teaching since early 2024, and training postnatal has given her firsthand experience gaining strength and fitness after children. Muscle memory is a wonderful thing!
Ellie
Ellie has been poling since 2017. She started classes through a society at university and fell in love. Ellie has Spin City Pole Fitness Instructor qualification as well as her Level 2 Gym Instructor qualification and First Aid. Ellies style of pole if focused on strength and having clean lines in combos and poses. Her teaching style is helping students become confident and proud of what they can do whilst achieving it in the most graceful way. Ellies favourite type of pole would be spinny pole and pole flow. She loves linking moves together and building stamina. Her favourite pole trick would be anything spinny! Ellie loves teaching because it is so rewarding seeing a student complete a move, they never thought they could achieve.
Holly
Holly has been poling since 2019 when she finally gathered the confidence to go to her first pole fitness class, and completely fell in love. Holly has her Xpert Pole Instructor qualification, Exercise to Music and First Aid. Her style of pole is all about flexibility, she loves a super bendy move! She also loves a scary drop or flip!! As our Choreography instructor, you can also find her slinking around a pole in her favourite heels as pole dancing is her true passion and she cannot resist a bit of choreo. Holly has over 17 years of experience in belly dancing which has given her the transferable skills for pole dancing classes. She couldn’t be happier than when she is teaching pole because she loves seeing her students come out of their shell and gain confidence in themselves, and their bodies. She loves seeing friendships blossom and students lifting each other up in class. The aim in Hollys classes is to get you feeling sassy, sexy and confident - but most importantly, to have fun.
Leah
Leah is Xpert trained, she started her pole journey back in 2019 when she plucked up the courage to try a class and has never looked back. Pole Fitness has been Leahs safe place ever since she started classes, and getting fit without feeling like she’s exercising is a bonus! Leah loves anything dynamic, moving from one trick to another in exciting ways.
This is amazing for building both strength and stamina, but her all-time favourite trick is the classic, Ayesha. Leah loves helping people achieve things they never thought possible. She finds it so rewarding to be able to teach others the knowledge and confidence to progress in class. Pole has always been a place of empowerment for Leah, and she loves creating an uplifting atmosphere in her classes so students can be themselves, and also have a laugh.
Kelly
Kelly was introduced to pole in 2017 by a friend and through this, she discovered contortion, straps, trapeze, and her absolute passion aerial hoop! Kelly qualified as an Xpert Aerial HoopInstructor in 2021. She has had many years of experience training with various aerial teachers and performers in London which has prepared her perfectly to pass on her experience to create fun, interesting and challenging classes! Kelly thinks it is important to create strength in the basics, but she loves a flexible trick best! Kelly believes teacher training is very important and she is currently working on her spin endurance!
Hannah
Hannah is one of our kids instructors and has been teaching kids since we started our Circus Skills Kids Classes and Parties. Hannah is super calm and patient and creates a lovely bond with students. Hannah was one of our students who also assisted in our kids classes. She had such a natural talent of teaching that she quickly became qualified, and we jumped at the chance of adding her to our team.