Find out more about some of the exciting initiatives taking place at schools across the city. You can use our Find my School tool to find out what initiatives your school is taking part in - just enter the name of your school, click on the icon and we will tell you exactly which initiatives are available.

For a list of all initiatives happening at your school, download the following pdf file.

Bikeability

Whenever we ask children how they'd like to travel to school, one of the most popular answers is cycling. This is encouraging but as a parent or carer this may cause some anxiety if you don't cycle yourself. We hope to help alleviate these anxieties by offering children appropriate cycle training. This training was known as cycle proficiency training and bikeability is a similar scheme.

Bikeability is a national on-road cycle training scheme aimed at children aged 9-13 years. The council offers this training to all schools in the city, alongside park courses which operate during the school holiday periods. All bikeability trainers undertake a CRB check, Child protection check and road safety training. Have you considered cycling with your child or with other family members? There are some useful links at the bottom of the page that might help.

Use our Find my School tool to discover if bikeability training has been arranged at your school.

Bike-It

Bike-It aims to get more young people cycling to school and for other journeys. The council works in partnership with Sustrans, a national charity, to provide the Bike-It initiative at 16 schools in Brighton & Hove. Sustrans has a Bike-It officer who works with the council intensively with a number of schools to promote cycling using a range of exciting projects at each school. This year schools have taken part in events such as 'spring clean' and 'fix your bike' sessions, 'bling your bike' where children dress their bikes and themselves up in lots of colourful and creative ways and schools have hosted special Bike-It breakfasts for children and parents who cycle to school. To contact the Bike-It officer please email Ben.Sherratt@sustrans.org.uk or telephone 01273 293761. Also check out Bike-It Ben's Sustrans page.

Use our Find my School tool for Bike It availability at your school.

Child pedestrian training

An excellent training scheme is being offered to teach basic road safety skills to children aged five to eight in their immediate school area. Schools can be provided with this service on request. All the trainers undertake a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and child protection check, as well as road safety training. Schools and nursery schools can also borrow a special road safety resource pack which can be used at their school. If your school would like to be involved with this scheme please contact the Child Pedestrian Training Scheme Co-ordinator on 01273 292335.

Use our Find my School tool to find the availability of pedestrian training at your school.

School crossing patrol

Come rain or shine, school crossing patrols are there to help you and your children cross the road safely on the journey to and from school. They have been around for over 60 years and there are 18 operating at different sites across Brighton & Hove. If you are interested in becoming a school crossing patrol officer we'd like to hear from you - please contact the School Crossing Patrol manager on 01273 293847.

Use our Find my School tool to discover if school crossing patrols are available in your local area.

Useful links

Sustainable Travel Charity –SUSTRANS
www.sustrans.org.uk

Safe Routes to School
www.saferoutestoschools.org.uk

Department for Children, Families & Schools – Healthy Schools Initiative
www.healthyschools.gov.uk

Department for Transport
www.dft.gov.uk

Department for Transport – Road Safety
www.thinkroadsafety.gov.uk

Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents
www.rospa.co.uk

Road Safety Charity
www.brake.org.uk

Charity to support Walking
www.livingstreets.org.uk

Living Streets – school walking campaign
www.walktoschool.org.uk

International Walk to School Campaign
www.iwalktoschool.org

National Cycling Award Scheme
www.bikeability.org.uk

National Award Programme to help schools become sustainable
www.eco-schools.org.uk

Independent body promoting cycling
www.cyclingengland.co.uk

UK’s National Cyclist’s Organisation
www.ctc.org.uk

Independent Advisory Body on Sustainable Development
www.sd-commission.org.uk

Work with organisations to reduce their carbon footprint
www.carbontrust.co.uk

Learning Resource – Carbon Reduction for Kids
www.carbondetectives.org.uk