Secondary/College road safety education

Education
Road safety is not part of the National Curriculum and schools are not required to teach it. However, it can fall neatly into the framework of personal, social and health education (PSHE/Citizenship) so there is strong encouragement for schools to cover the topic.

We have a wide variety of resources available to schools and colleges; covering the whole 11+ age group from transition of partnership primary schools in year 7 through to drink/drug driving in year 13. These resources are mainly teacher led and take the form of; DVD, CD-rom, video, play scripts, verse, news items, and many others. The latest resource list can be obtained from this page.

Presentations
Drink/drug driving and passenger peer pressure are just some of the topics covered in the presentations for the 16+ age range. The presentation allows the young person to understand 'personal risk' and responsibility through discussions about drinking and driving, speed, seat belt wearing and learning to drive. We also have PowerPoint presentations delivered by the Road Safety Team aimed at all year groups and covering many topics. The latest presentation list can be downloaded from this page.

Theatre in education
From time to time we arrange topical theatre productions for secondary schools and colleges; again from year seven up to year 13. Please contact the Road Safety office for the latest availability.

We can also supply school drama groups with play scripts containing a road safety theme. In 2008 final year HND performing arts students from shrewsbury college wrote a road safety drama workshop as part of their course work, the students took the production called, 'Distractions', on tour into secondary schools.

The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) can also provide presentations - see more by using the link on this page.