National Standards
Level 1: (motor traffic free environment)
- Carry out a simple bike check
- Demonstrate understanding of safety equipment and clothing
- Get on and off the bike
- Start off and pedal
- Stop the bike
- Ride along independently
- Make the bike go where you want
- Use the gears correctly (where your bike has gears)
- Stop quickly with control
- Swerve to avoid objects
- Look all around, including behind, with control
- Signal right and left with control
- Look behind whilst signalling left and right, with control
Level 2: (trips on quiet roads)
- Start an on-road journey
- Finish an on-road journey
- Be aware of everything around, including behind, while riding
- Understand how and when to signal intentions to other road users
- Understand where to ride on the roads being used
- Pass parked or slower moving vehicles
- Pass side roads
- Turn right into a major road, do a U-turn, then left into a major road
- Turn left into a major road, do a U-turn, then right into a minor road
- Explain decisions made which demonstrate an understanding of your riding strategy
- Demonstrate basic understanding of the Highway Code, particularly interpreting road signs
- Decide when cycle lanes can help a journey and demonstrate correct use
- Be able to choose the correct lane when needed
- Go straight on from minor road to minor road at crossroads
Level 3: (trips on busy roads)
- Use roundabouts
- Use junctions controlled by traffic lights
- Use multi-lane roads and turn off and into them
- Filter and demonstrate an ability to decide when to filter and when to wait
- Demonstrate good hazard perception and strategies to deal with hazards
- Demonstrate an idea of route planning
