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by logifail 1394 days ago
> Kids cycle to school alone from a young age

Unfortunately our kids weren't allowed to cycle to school unaccompanied by an adult until they reached year 4 and had passed their cycling proficiency test (mid-way through that school year).

I've been cycling with my daughter to kindergarten for at least a year, she's fine with the cycling bit, it's the looking-out-for-other-vehicles bit that's not quite there yet :/ This obviously depends a lot on local road layouts, and unfortunately we have a junction more or less right outside the school and kindergarten that way too many car drivers come through at speed...

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What age are kids generally in “year 4”? I assume you didn’t mean kids of age 4?
The fourth year of school, the last year of primary school, is at age 10.

Depending on region, children cycling on their own to school typically starts somewhere between ages 6-10.