This course is for children aged 11 or over who want to improve their skills after successfully completing Bikeability Level 2 Residential Road Cycling Course.

It will give children the confidence to tackle a wider variety of traffic conditions on more challenging roads and junctions.

The 2-and-a-half-hour course is for children who live or go to school in Bournemouth, Christchurch or Poole. It covers:

• responding to hazards
• making ‘on-the-move’ risk assessments
• passing queuing traffic
• understanding advanced road positioning
• hazard perception and strategies to deal with them
• understanding driver blind spots, particularly for large vehicles
• reacting to hazardous road surfaces
• route planning for safer cycling

Bikeability Level 3 is only for children aged 11 and above, who have already completed Bikeability Level 2 and want to improve their skills on more challenging roads and junctions. Do not book a place on this course if your child has not completed Level 2 unless you have discussed this with the Road Safety office first (Tel: 01202 127 867/01202 123 982). Their cycling skills will be assessed at the beginning of the course and if the instructors do not feel they are ready for this course, they will not be able to take part.

Not every child is ready for Level 3 after completing Level 2, so talk to your child's instructor at the end of their Level 2 course to find out if they feel they are ready before booking them a place.

We do not allow the use of BMX bikes on a Level 3 course due to the restrictions they place on the rider's vision and mobility.

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) and 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.

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, please email us and we will place you on our waiting list and you will be notified when courses are available.

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