Cycling Initiatives

Cyclewise Juniors training

Cyclewise Juniors is a pre-cursor to Cyclewise. It is a playground based cycle training scheme for children aged between 7 and 9. It is designed to teach children basic balance, bike control and safety skills and is usually run over 3, one-hour sessions.

Cyclewise training

Cyclewise is a volunteer run, on-road cycle training scheme for children aged 10 and over. It is co-ordinated by Cornwall Council’s School Travel Plan Team and is run in conjunction with schools and youth groups across the county.

Lessons usually take place over 6 sessions of one hour each and courses are run by fully trained, CRB checked instructors.

Bikeability

Bikeability is a national cycle training scheme and there are several Bikeability instructors teaching cycle training at levels 1, 2 and 3 throughout Cornwall. To find out more about Bikeability check out their website at

The School Sports Partnerships (SSP’s) have a certain amount of funding to deliver Bikeability in Cornish schools. To find out if your school can access this, contact your local SSP by going to and following the links for your nearest SportsCollege.

Bike Week and Festival of Cycling

Bike Week is the UK's largest mass participation cycling event and provides an annual opportunity to promote cycling as a source of fitness and fun, not to mention an alternative form of transport. The School Travel Plan Team have put together a series of resources for Key Stages 1 and 2 to help you cover all things cycling related in curriculum time which can be found on our website. Don’t forget to register any events you are running on the Bike Week Website This will allow you to access a range of Bike Week branded resources and freebies.

Bike train

Bike trains are very similar to walking buses, they are set up in much the same way except the volunteers will cycle the children along a risk assessed route to school. Full support and guidance will be offered throughout the set up period and regular monitoring will be provided by the Travel Awareness Team.

For more information

School Travel Plan Teamon 01872 224534 or email

School Travel Plan Officer (cycling) on 01872 224603 or email