Prices
Every price, and every pass rate.
By the hour or by the block, manual or automatic at the same price, with the DVSA fees shown separately because they are paid to the DVSA. And underneath, the first-time pass rate by quarter against the national average, including the quarters we would rather not show.
Lessons
By the hour, or by the block.
Two-hour lessons are the norm and cost two hours. Blocks never expire, move with you if you change instructor, and are refundable for unused hours less the hours used at the single rate.
Single hour
Pay as you go£38
Two-hour lessons are the norm and cost two hours. From your door, 7am to 9pm, seven days, manual or automatic.
Block of ten hours
£36 an hour£360
Used at your pace, never expires, refundable less the hours used at the single rate.
Block of twenty hours
£35 an hour£700
The block most learners take first. Moves with you if you change area or instructor.
Block of forty hours
£34 an hour£1,360
For a beginner who wants the whole course at the lowest rate. Includes the mock test.
Introductory two hours
First lesson£60
The controls, moving off, enough driving to see how you take to it, and a written plan at the end.
Test day
The hour before and the car£95
Your usual car with dual controls for the test, the warm-up loop, and the debrief. The DVSA fee is separate.
Pass rates
First-time passes by quarter, against the national average.
Counted from DVSA results for every test our learners sat that quarter. "Overall" is the share who passed by the end of the quarter including retests. The national first-time figure is the DVSA's published rate for Great Britain.
| Quarter | First time | Overall | National first time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul to Sep 2026 | 73% | 92% | 48% |
| Apr to Jun 2026 | 70% | 90% | 48% |
| Jan to Mar 2026 | 68% | 89% | 47% |
| Oct to Dec 2025 | 74% | 93% | 48% |
| Jul to Sep 2025 | 71% | 91% | 48% |
| Apr to Jun 2025 | 66% | 88% | 48% |
The last four quarters together: 71% first time, 91% overall. By instructor, on the instructors page. Dave's is lower because he takes the learners who have failed elsewhere; we would rather publish that than turn them away.
Everything else
Courses, extras, and the fees that go to the DVSA.
Nothing on this list is added without you asking for it.
- Refresher or motorway lesson, two hours£76
- Mock practical test with a different instructor, two hours£76
- Pass Plus, six hours£220
- Intensive, 20 hours over one week£760
- Intensive, 30 hours over two weeks£1,110
- Intensive, 40 hours over two weeks£1,440
- DVSA theory test feepaid to DVSA, £23
- DVSA practical test feepaid to DVSA, £62 weekday, £75 weekend
- Automatic surchargeNone
- Booking fee or fuel surchargeNone
- Cancellation with 48 hours' noticeNone
- Cancellation inside 48 hoursthe lesson is charged
The whole cost
What learning to drive actually costs, start to licence.
The average learner with us passes in 38 hours. In blocks that is about £1,330, plus the £60 introductory lesson, the £95 test day, the £23 theory test and the £62 practical test: around £1,570 all in, over three to six months. Someone who practises privately between lessons usually needs fewer hours and someone who has never been in a car may need more; the plan after the first lesson gives you your own estimate, and it is updated every week so there are no surprises in month four. The part nobody budgets for is the insurance afterwards, and we give every passer a sheet on that too.
- Your own estimate of hours after the first lesson
- Updated in the app every lesson
- Private practice sheets to cut the hours
Book the introductory two hours. £60, from your door.
The controls on a quiet road, moving off and stopping, and enough driving to see how you take to it, with the instructor who covers your area. At the end you get a written plan and an honest estimate of the hours. Book with the form or ring the office, Monday to Saturday 8 to 7.