A record-breaking Cycle to School Week!
This year’s record-breaking Cycle to School week saw nearly half a million pupils take part.
We’re delighted to announce that Cycle to School Week 2026 was the biggest in the campaign’s eight-year history, with 476,472 pledges from children, families and schools across England. That’s an 11% increase on last year’s total, showing growing enthusiasm for active travel and healthier school journeys.
Assessing the impact
This year’s campaign focused on the real cost of the school run, highlighting how travelling by cycle can help families save money, reduce carbon emissions and improve children’s physical and mental wellbeing.
Together, participants helped save an estimated 759 tonnes of CO2e, demonstrating the collective difference that small changes to everyday journeys can make.
And if every primary school pupil in the UK cycled to school throughout the year? The potential carbon savings would be equivalent to taking almost 300,000 cars off the road!