Road awareness and cycle training for children
Streets Ahead - Child pedestrian training scheme
Streets Ahead is a pedestrian training scheme for year two children (six to seven years old).
The scheme teaches skills for dealing with road safety situations including:
- crossing roads
- using special crossing places
- playing safely
- choosing the safest route
The scheme is given by volunteers who are trained by our road safety team. Volunteers are usually parents but can be anyone within the school community with an interest in children’s road safety (for example grandparents, staff and governors).
All volunteers have to be checked with the Criminal Records Bureau for their suitability to work with children.
How to set up the scheme
If you are interested in setting up Streets Ahead at your school, your first step will be to ensure you have the support of the year 2 staff and headteacher. Then you will need to look for volunteers. For more information and materials to promote Streets Ahead at your school, please contact the Road Safety Team.
How to become a trainer
To become a Streets Ahead trainer at your local school you will need to be nominated by the head teacher and complete a form:
Once the Road Safety Team receive nomination forms we will arrange a training session at the school.
How to get your children trained
Your first step is to approach your child’s school and ask if they are running StreetsAhead courses. If they are not, the Road Safety Team can assist in setting up the scheme. Ask the school to contact the team for further information and assistance.
How can we start Streets Ahead at our school?
The scheme is given by volunteers who have been trained by our road safety team. Volunteers are usually parents, grandparents, staff and governors. You should first make sure you have the support of the head teacher and other staff involved, and then find as many volunteers as possible. Please then contact the road safety team for further information:
Telephone: 01962 874600
Email road safety team
All volunteers have to be checked with the Criminal Records Bureau for their suitability to work with children.
Cycle training for children
Our programme aims to develop children as responsible and safe cyclists and to help them understand how they can help to protect themselves on the road by wearing a helmet and bright clothing.
The Hampshire Cycle Training Scheme consists of two stages:
Stage 1: 7 – 9 years old (three playground sessions of one hour each)
Stage 2 : 10 years and over (eight sessions of one hour each, four of these on roads)
How to Get Your Child Trained
The Hampshire Cycle Training Scheme normally takes places in schools. Training is given by volunteers who have been trained by our road safety team. Volunteers are usually parents, grandparents, staff and governors. Your first step is to approach your child's school and ask if they are carrying out cycle training. If not, the Road Safety Team can assist the school in setting up a new scheme. Ask the school to contact us and we can help set up a promotion at the school to recruit volunteers to train as instructors.
How to become an instructor
To become a cycle instructor at your local school you will need to be nominated by the head teacher and complete a form:
Once the Road Safety Team receive your nomination you will be invited to a training evening for new instructors. These are normally held at Winchester in the evening and last approximately three hours. On attending a training evening and registering with the authority, which includes a Criminal Records Bureau check for suitability to work with children, you will be able to arrange courses.
- Literature and equipment are provided free of charge.
- Courses can be run in school time, after school, weekends or school holidays.
- The maximum number of children on a course is five per instructor.
- You can claim payment for teaching cycle training, this is currently set at the National Minimum Wage level.
- As a new instructor you have options of running courses with an experienced instructor, asking for assistance from the Road Safety Team or working on your own.
- Courses can also be run for groups such as Cubs or Brownies.
If you would like more information or have other questions please contact the road safety team:
Telephone: 01962 874600
Email road safety team