Bikeability is a national cycle training scheme. It’s like cycling proficiency, but better. It’s about gaining practical skills and understanding how to cycle on today’s roads.

Our playground-based skills course is designed to teach your child the skills they will need when riding on the road, but in a playground setting. It’s particularly ideal for younger children to learn bike control.

During the course your child will learn to:

• maintain their cycle: make sure their ride is in tip-top condition and make simple repairs
• glide: smooth, calm and collected
• control their bike: including setting off, cruising, slowing down, braking and stopping, they’ll even learn to cycle one handed
• pedal: without feeling wobbly or out of control
• be aware of their surroundings: looking behind and turning around obstacles

After this course your instructor will be able to advise what your child needs to practice to prepare for the Bikeability Level 2 Residential Road Cycling course which they will be able to undertake in their school in Year 5 and above.

Booking

Most of our Bikeability courses are held in schools and these courses are offered for free but we do also hold some limited holiday courses at £5 per child (to ensure attendance of the course).

To check on availability and book a place for your child on a holiday course, please use our booking system. 

For our holiday courses, if you cancel more than 48 hours before the start of the course, you can either book onto another alternative course or if preferred, you will receive a refund.

If your child is eligible for free school meals (pupil premium), you will be able to access the holiday courses free of charge. Please email bikeability@bcpcouncil.gov.uk to provide proof of this eligibility and a member of the team will be in contact to discuss how we can make this provision. Please state the date, time and location of the course you would like to book together with the name of your child so that this can be arranged. You will first need to register on our booking system and add the details of your child.

Instructors

Our instructors are all fully qualified to the national standard, DBS checked and trained in first aid. They also receive regular safeguarding training. 

Contact us

If you have a query regarding our courses, please call the Bikeability Team on 01202 127 867/ 01202 123 982 or email bikeability@bcpcouncil.gov.uk. If there are no current holiday courses available or there are no spaces on your chosen course, please email us and we will place you on our waiting list and you will be notified when new courses are available.

There may be a delay in the response as we are a very small busy team and we are often out at events or meetings.

Sometimes emails may get caught in the junk or spam folder, so please check these if you’re expecting an email from us.