Four-year-old Arif arrives at nursery school beaming with pride as he rides his bike without stabilisers through the school gates. The bike is owned by the nursery, which lends out its bikes, balance bikes and scooters to children as part of a project aimed at developing children’s skills in riding two-wheeler balance and pedal bikes.
Becky Dolamore, head teacher at Rachel Keeling Nursery School in Tower Hamlets, says, ‘Many of our children live in high-rise buildings and don’t have access to a garden or their own wheeled toys. As a result, their physical development is often below the expected levels when they start at nursery school.
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