Health and wellbeing
Risk awareness, sleep and fatigue, alcohol and drugs, emotional regulation and informed decision-making.
Ages 14 to 17 · six weekly modules · teacher-led
Prepare young people for the decisions that begin before they drive.
DriverReady helps students understand how pressure, passengers, fatigue, distraction and impairment can affect a decision and practise what they will do before those situations arise.
Ages 14–17Before and during the transition to independent driving
6 × 60 minutesOne module and seven-question quiz each week
20 minute trainingOnline teacher accreditation completed before delivery
Managed end to endTeaching, surveys, completion and reporting in one system
Six weeks for a reason
One module a week. Time to think, remember and apply.
A memorable road safety presentation can make an impression on the day. DriverReady is designed to go further by giving students time to reinforce what they are learning.
The core programme is deliberately delivered as one 60-minute module each week for six weeks. Students learn new ideas, practise strategies and build on earlier learning as they move through different risks and situations.
We see this within the programme. Four weeks after first learning a strategy in Module 1, students recall it when discussing a different risk in Module 5 and use it in their planning. That is why the time between lessons is important: it gives students repeated opportunities to remember, apply and strengthen what they have learned, helping turn safer thinking into safer habits.
The delivery platform
The system handles the administration. Teachers deliver the learning.
Accreditation, class enrolment, weekly modules, quizzes, surveys, emails and reporting are brought together in one managed platform.
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Teacher accreditation
A 20-minute online course prepares the teacher to deliver the programme.
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Class enrolment
Once accreditation is complete and students are enrolled in their class, the teacher is ready to begin Module 1.
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Weekly delivery
The next module, teacher guidance and classroom materials are available together in one place.
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Surveys included
Pre- and post-programme surveys are built into the student journey rather than added as a separate task.
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Outcomes reported
At the end of the programme, changes in student attitudes and behavioural intentions can be reported.
Curriculum fit
Designed to support learning schools already deliver.
DriverReady is aligned with relevant areas of PSHE and RSHE and supports wider personal development provision in England. Its six modules connect road safety with the decisions, influences and wellbeing priorities already present in young people's lives.
Relationships and influence
Peer pressure, speaking up, setting expectations, communicating clearly and understanding shared responsibility.
Applied learning
Road law and responsible citizenship, the developing brain, vehicle movement and using evidence to reach reasoned conclusions.
Skills that travel beyond the road. Recognising pressure, weighing consequences, planning ahead and speaking up also reinforce wider wellbeing work, including education about alcohol, drugs and smoking. Explore curriculum fit ↗
Prepared for the classroom
Everything a teacher needs to make the lesson work.
Each module provides the explanation, discussion, activity and practical strategy needed to move students from information to application.
Complete slide decks, teacher guidance, prompts and student activities are designed for everyday classroom delivery and do not require specialist presentation skills.
The six core modules
Learning builds from self-awareness to shared responsibility.
Each module has a distinct purpose. Taught in order, they build a connected way of thinking that students can carry into different situations.
Understanding yourself
How the developing brain, emotion and reward can influence a decision.
Seeing risk earlier
Hazard awareness, scanning, peer influence and the confidence to speak up.
Speed and space
Reaction time, stopping distance, following distance and changing road conditions.
Attention under pressure
Distraction, inattentional blindness and planning for divided attention.
Fatigue and planning
Sleep, warning signs, microsleep and choices that can be made before a journey.
Impairment and responsibility
Alcohol, drugs, passengers and decisions made before anyone starts travelling.
A repeatable learning cycle
Every topic moves from evidence to a plan.
This is how DriverReady develops topics such as fatigue. Students first see what is happening and why, then explore a strategy, practise it and decide how they would respond. The same five stages are used again across the programme.
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Facts
Start with the evidence: what the statistics, patterns or real-world examples show.
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Reason
Explain why the pattern occurs, such as how sleep loss changes attention and reaction.
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Strategy
Explore practical strategies students could use to prevent the situation or respond earlier.
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Practise
Use activities and conversation to rehearse what the strategy looks and sounds like in action.
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Plan
Turn the learning into a personal response, including if–then planning for situations they may face.
Then the cycle begins again. A consistent structure helps students know how to engage with each new topic while leaving the final decision and plan in their hands.
Experience behind the programme
200+Australian secondary schools have delivered the original programme since 2006.More than 90,000 Australian students have completed the programme since it began.“Instead of just telling me what to do, the programme explains why I might make risky decisions and gives me actual strategies to stay in control.”Student response, Australian classroom
DriverReady is the England adaptation of a programme developed by BRAKE Australia and licensed to Youth Road Safety Education.
Work with YRSE
Could DriverReady support young people in your community?
If you are a school, parent or carer, local authority, government team, road safety organisation or business interested in DriverReady, we would like to hear from you. Tell us what young people in your community need and we can discuss how we might work together.
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