Cyclist training

Cyclist training courses for young people are offered in all Junior and Primary schools in Walsall. The training consists of two hour long basic skills course which is equivalent to Level One of the new National Standards for Cycle Training.     

The training takes place off road and aims to develop the necessary skills to control a bicycle and to make short stops on quiet roads or cycle tracks.

The following are the essential outcomes of the course:   

• Carry out a simple bike check
• Get on and off the bike without help
• Start off and pedal without help
• Stop without help
• Ride along without help for roughly one minute or more
• Make the bike go where they want
• Use gears correctly (where bike has gears)
• Stop quickly with control
• Manoeuvre safely to avoid objects
• Look all around, including behind, without loss of control
• Signal right and left without loss of control

Young people who have completed the course receive a certificate and a letter home.

To be eligible for a course, a young person must:

• be able to ride a bicycle in straight line without wobbling;
• have a roadworthy bicycle of an appropriate size

If you are interested in cycling training, please contact your school in the first instance to find out if a course has been organised. If you would like further information, please contact Audrey Wyatt at the Road Safety Unit on 01922 652517. At present Walsall Council does not offer on road training courses or Level Two of the new standards. You can find out more about cycling and further training at www.bikeability.org.uk.

Contact us

Road Safety and Sustainable Travel
Walsall Council
2nd floor, Civic Centre
Darwall Street
Walsall
WS1 1DG

Telephone 01922 652511
Email transportservices@walsall.gov.uk