Brooke Weston offers Pre-Learner road safety sessions to Years 11 and 12
Students in Years 11 and 12 who are interested in experiencing driving a car or riding a motorbike for the first time were invited to take part in a three hour taster session held in the school grounds this week.
The event, which has been organised by Northamptonshire Highways, working with the Motorcycle Industry Association and Northamptonshire Police, will see more than 270 students take part in an hour of classroom education, an hour driving a car and an hour riding a motorcycle both with qualified instructors.
The sessions are a pilot scheme and if successful will be offered to all secondary schools across the County. Northamptonshire Highways Keith Millard said ‘We chose Brooke Weston to trial the scheme as I have been involved in a number of educational presentations here and the space and environment the school is in is the perfect setting for the sessions. We are working together with the MIA to try to help students prepare for when they become drivers and highlight the effect drugs and alcohol can have on them. We also point students to accredited training to empathise the importance of quality lessons.’
