CYCLEDIVAS T H E T H R E E L E V E L S FREE
LEVEL 1 - THE NOVICE CAN:
✓ Carry out a simple bike check
✓ Get on & off the bike without
help
✓ Start off and pedal without help
✓ Stop without help
✓ Ride along without help
✓ Make the bike go where they want
✓ Use gears
✓ Stop quickly
✓ Swerve to avoid objects
✓ Look all around, including behind without wobbling
✓ Signal right and left without wobbling
✓ Look behind and signal at the same time
Level 1 training is conducted in a safe environment, usually in the school playground or somewhere off road like
a local public park.
This is the first of the three awards. If
your child is registered on a Bikeability course through school, they will receive the Red Level 1 Badge and Certificate.
The Bikeability Standards (Levels)
CHILDREN FROM THE AGE OF 8 YEARS+ ARE ELIGIBLE FOR BIKEABILITY PROVIDING THEY CAN ALREADY RIDE A BICYCLE
FREEDOM PLAYTIME BIKEABILITY BADGES
BIKEABIL ITY
LEVEL 2 - THE INTERMEDIATE CAN:
✓ Start an on-road journey
✓ Finish an on road journey
✓ Pass parked or slower moving vehicles
✓ Pass side roads
✓ Turn right into a major road and left into a minor road
✓ Make a U-turn
✓ Turn left into a major road and right into a minor road
✓ Take the lane when they need to
✓ Decide if a cycle lane will help their journey
Level 2 training takes place on quite
side roads.
Children who achieve the standard and are registered for Bikeability through school will receive the Orange Level 2
Badge and Certificate
LEVEL 3 - COMPETENT CYCLISTS CAN:
✓ Demonstrate their
understanding of how to use roundabouts
✓ Use junctions controlled by traffic lights
✓ Use multi-lane roads and turn off and into them
✓ Understand filtering and can
decide when to filter and when to wait
Level 3 training takes place usually on
a 1-2-1 basis along busy and complex routes.
Children who achieve the standard and
are registered for Bikeability through school will receive the Green Level 3 Badge and Certificate.
The Bikeability Standards (Levels)
LEVEL 3 - USE JUNCTIONS CONTROLLED BY TRAFFIC
LIGHTS
A TYPICAL LEVEL 1 TRAINING ENVIRONMENT
LEVEL 3 - 1-2-1 TUITION ALONG BUSY ROADS
TIME TO RELAX
The ages children can start each Level
The table below shows suggested age to cycle skill ratio.
SKILLS LEVEL 11111 22 33SKILLS
AGE (YEARS) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12+ MOTORISTS
Cycle and Equipment
Legal requirements for bicycles T T T+ T+ T+ T+ ☺ ☺ T
Cycle and Equipment
Cycle Inspection T T T+ T+ ☺ ☺ T
Cycle and Equipment
Optional safety fittings T T+ T+ ☺ TCycle and Equipment
Helmet Inspection T T T T+ T+ T+ ☺ ☺ T
Cycle and Equipment
Helmet Fitting T T T T+ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ T
Cycle and Equipment
Safety apparel T T T+ T+ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ T
Motor Skills
Basic Handling Skills T T T+ T+ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ T
Motor Skills
Starting off & Stopping T T T+ T+ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ T
Motor Skills
Signalling and looking behind T T ☺ ☺ TMotor Skills
Emergency Braking T T ☺ ☺ T
Motor Skills
Advance cycle skills T ☺ ☺ T
Road Rules
Basic Road Skills T T ☺ ☺ ☺
Road Rules
Signs and signals T T T+ T+ ☺ ☺ T+
Road Rules
Responsibilities as road users T T T ☺ ☺ T+
Road Rules Simulated (off road) riding T T T ☺ ☺ ☺Road Rules
On road practice (quiet roads) T ☺ ☺ T+
On Road
Cycling
On road assessment T ☺ ☺ T+On Road
Cycling Group cycling T T+ ☺ T+
Advanced
cycling
On road practice (busy roads) T T+
Advanced
cycling
On road assessment T T+Advanced
cycling Hazard recognition T T+ ☺ T+
Advanced
cycling
Hazard Avoidance T T+ ☺ T+
Advanced
cycling
Route Planning T T+ T+
Cycle
Advocacy
Cost benefits of cycling T T+ TCycle
AdvocacyCycling as a viable mode of travel T T+ T
Key = T - Training can start here T+ Extend beyond existing knowledge ☺ Should already be trained
Recommended training hours per Level
ENTRY LEVEL NON TRAFF IC/
TRAFF IC
ENVIRONMENT
S U M M A RY
OF OUTCOME
RECOMMENDED
TRAINING HOURS
Complete Beginner (not assessed)
Non-traffic Client can demonstrate that they can ride a bike without support
Assessment dependent on the skill of the client
Level 1 Beginner
Non-traffic Client can demonstrate full control of the bicycle
3 hours ( 3 x 1 hour sessions)
Level 2 Skills to ride in traffic situations
Traffic Client can demonstrate safe cycling manoeuvres in a variety of quieter traffic environments
8 hours 1 x 2 hour off road session
6 x 1 hour on-road sessions
Level 3 Skills to ride in advanced traffic situations
Traffic Client can demonstrate safe cycling manoeuvres in all traffic environments
Assessment dependent on the skill of the client. If more than one session required, monthly frequency recommended
Cycle Divas makes the following assumptions about the above:
The same outcomes for bike control and handling are expected from adults and children
Clients are not tested, but assessed and progress through to the next level only they have consistently demonstrated they have achieved the overall outcomes for each level.
Where Level 1 training is provided to children, Cycle Divas has made it explicitly clear to parents, legal guardians and teachers that the students have not been taught to ride on the road and that this is not the aim of the course.