Our free Road Safety ‘offer’ to school communities
- Bikeability training for children
- Walkability child pedestrian training
- School Crossing Patrols helping children and parents cross the road at busy locations
- Volunteer School Crossing Marshals supporting children crossing the road at locations that do not meet the criteria for a funded Patrol
- Tips to deal with parking and congestion outside schools
- School Travel Plan – the first step for the school to set out their sustainable travel credentials
- Walking Bus a safe and fun way for groups of children to walk to school together, accompanied by trained adult volunteers.
- Bike Bus – brings children together to ride to school as a group
- Park and Stride parents and children park 10 mins away from the school and walk
- Parking Buddies signs and road safety banners to encourage appropriate parking on the school run
- Adult Cycle Confidence Sessions for staff
- The Road Safety team cannot deliver presentations or workshops in schools. However, the next section below has some recommended road safety resources and advice
Free online road safety education resources and advice
- Tailored cycling related resources for schools (Bikeability)
- Government’s THINK Road Safety Education resources
- A highway code for young road users
- Share this Space including our free Road Safety short animations
- Bikeability
- Safe Cycling
- Highway Code rules for pedestrians
- Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service Road Safety resources and visits to schools
- Road Safety presentation/film by Devon & Somerset Fire and Rescue Service
- Learn to Ride a Scooter – advice from Walk Wheel Cycle Trust
- Teach your child to ride a bike without stabilisers in nine steps – advice from Walk Wheel Cycle Trust
- Top 10 tips for cycling in traffic – advice from Cycling UK.
- How to cycle safely at road junctions – advice from Cycling UK
- Top Tips for Parents & Educators – Road Safety Knowledge Centre
Other useful links
- Assessment of Walked Routes to School Guidelines updated
- GOV.UK – Child car seats: the law
- Resources to support schools to promote safe active travel (Public Health England)
- Living Streets
- Walk Wheel Cycle Trust
- Devon County Council | Services and information for Devon residents
- Live traffic and roadworks near your school
- Road Warden Scheme – Devon Highways