Last week (20-24 April) was National Bike to School week, a week when all school children and parents in England were encouraged to swap the traditional school run in the car and get on their bikes and this year the nation’s children spoke out. A survey of 9-11 year olds conducted for Cycling England to coincide with Bike to School week, showed that children wanted the brakes to be taken off their cycling freedom and want parents to allow them to cycle to school to better equip them to perform well in class.

Over half of the children interviewed in the online survey said that cycling was more fun that travelling by car and 80% would prefer to cycle because its good exercise and 74% said they would rather cycle than take the car as it's better for the environment.