Children want their parents to let them out of the back seat of the family car and on to their bikes.
A survey of nine to 11-year-olds, conducted for Cycling England to coincide with this week’s Bike to School Week, shows that children want parents to allow them to cycle to school to better equip them to perform well in class.
Millions more children would like to boycott the traditional school run and cycle to school but only one per cent currently do so, due largely to parental concern about safety.
The study indicates that school work could benefit if more children cycled to school, with one third of youngsters saying they would be more awake and better prepared for the day ahead if they cycled to school rather than travelled by car.
The research also reveals that a third of children seek the freedom and independence that cycling to school brings.
To coincide with the study, more schools are being urged to sign up to Bikeability, the Government-backed cycle training scheme. To get involved visit www.bikeability.org.uk
