Kid banned from cycling to school

typical England.

what happened to every school's "bike sheds" ? it's not even an inner city ghetto comprehensive where the children live in high-rises and don't have bikes at home

havent read the link(on train) but suspect the usual fuckwittery.
it is every individual schools perogative as to what they do about cycling, which basically means that the ultimate say belongs to heads. unfortunately there have been myths spread by risk averse road safety departments in local councils which we are still overcoming. like -'they need cycle proficiency certificate' (it went years ago with introduction of national standards/bikeability)'schools will be liable if accidents happen on journey to school'.
also theere is no necessity to have bike stores-its down to individual schools.
there are lots of us working on these things every day.