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Bikeability Trust

Bikeability Trust Impact Report 2023

The Bikeability Trust is the national body managing the Bikeability cycle training programme in England, funded by Active Travel England and the Department for Transport. In FY 2023-24 a record £50 million grant supported 310,367 children in 10,074 schools to receive Level 1&2 training — 55% of all eligible Year 5/6 pupils. 18,920 children completed the new Get Cycling in Schools pilot across 393 schools. 4,769 children were supported through the Holiday Activities and Food Programme and 1,024 fleet cycles were provided to grant recipients. Key new initiatives include mandatory SEND training for all instructors, an Immersive Reality research project with Brunel University, and a Football Project converting coaches into Bikeability instructors.

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Level 1&2 cycle training for children in primary schools (310,367 children, 10,074 schools, England excluding London); Get Cycling in Schools balance and pedal cycle training for younger children by school staff; Level 3 on-road cycling; Bikeability Plus for adults in London (7,415 places); Holiday Activities and Food Programme Bikeability (4,769 places, £80,508 funding, 18 local authorities); SEND-dedicated funding and mandatory SEND instructor training (1,500+ instructors trained); Fleet cycle provision to 52 grant recipients (1,024 cycles, estimated 16,000 uses); Cycle to School Week (with Sustrans, 2,300+ pledges); Celebration of Bikeability awards; Bikeability Club newsletter (6,643 subscribers); Immersive Reality research project with Brunel University; Football Project (coaching coaches as cycle instructors, Port Vale pilot); Digitisation project for parent/child direct engagement; annual conference (Birmingham, 200+ delegates) Custom geography from upload: England-wide (all regions plus London)

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 560,471 total Bikeability places booked including London; 310,367 Level 1&2 children trained in 10,074 schools (55% of eligible Year 5/6 children in England); 18,920 Get Cycling in Schools places across 393 schools with 685 staff trained
Key Metric 2 £50 million record funding secured from Active Travel England (April 2023–March 2025); 1,024 fleet cycles provided to grant recipients; 4,769 HAF-funded places; £79,725 SEND funding spent; 1,500+ instructors completed SEND training
Key Metric 3 67% of primary schools in England (excluding London) received Bikeability training; 2,300+ Cycle to School Week pledges; 200 delegates at annual conference; 23 staff; £19,901,856 funding allocated across regions

Key Outcomes

  • Get Cycling in Schools saved 4,750 hours of instructor time — freeing instructors for Level 2 delivery; Devon County Council gifted a bike to the 100,000th child to complete Bikeability training; Footballer Bukayo Saka named Children's Cycling Champion for Cycle to School Week
  • £50m record Active Travel England grant unlocking record delivery numbers; Immersive Reality project showcased at APPGCW at House of Commons; Football Project launched at Port Vale — youngest-ever instructor course with average age 17
  • SEND delivery 8% of total — below 15.9% prevalence of SEND among English schoolchildren, driving dedicated funding and mandatory training; Minority ethnic children 20% of Bikeability participants vs 36% of schoolchildren — targeted content created to close gap

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