Cole's Driving School

19/11/2025

We’re making some subtle but meaningful changes to the practical driving test. 🚗

You may have seen that we have been trialling changes to the driving test at 20 driving test centres.

As part of the trial, learners drove on routes containing more high-speed, rural roads during their driving test, where location allowed. Now, we are rolling out the changes to all driving test centres in Great Britain from 24 November 2025.

As well as increasing the amount of time spent on higher-speed roads, we are:

✅ reducing the number of stops during the test from 4 to 3
✅ lowering the frequency of emergency stop exercises from 1 in 3 tests to 1 in 7
✅ adding flexibility to the independent driving segment, allowing it to run for the full duration of the test

These changes are designed to help improve road safety by better replicating the conditions motorists face in the real world. They won’t affect the skills needed to take a driving test.

Find out more about the changes 👉 https://ow.ly/vMIL50Xu1bT

16/11/2025

Big changes announced this week with the booking of driving tests from 2026, see the link below

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08/10/2025

Congratulations Jack on passing your driving test at the first attempt today in Banbury, well done!

29/09/2025

First time pass for Arek in Warwick this morning, a well deserved pass.

05/08/2025

Congratulations 🎊 Matilda on passing your driving test today on the first attempt in Banbury, and only one driver fault.

16/07/2025

Congratulations to Amelie on passing her driving test this morning in Banbury, with just 1 driver fault (minors). A well deserved pass!

09/07/2025

1st time pass today in Banbury for CM, well done you worked ao hard for this and all that hard work has paid off.

07/07/2025

Learning to drive starts well before the age of 17, in fact it starts at a very young age. You are teaching your child to drive through the example you set.

So if they see you checking your text messages on the move, gambling on amber lights, cutting up other drivers, being aggressive towards other vehicles or pedestrians or consistently breaking the speed limit, can you really expect them to behave safely and responsibly when they get behind the wheel?

03/07/2025

18/06/2025

First time pass today for G###x D###x, after we decided to push back her test date in April as not quite test ready. Pleased to say that she passed with flying colours with only 2 driver faults (minors) with a very nervous instructor in the back during the test to offer moral support! One very happy learner who will now be able to get out and about more and be more independent. Well done!

12/06/2025

Currently in Yorkshire attending a driving instructor course, the learning never stops!

04/06/2025

Nice to meet up with fellow driving instructors at the Banbury Approved Driving Instructors (BADI) for our quarterly meeting to discuss all things Banbury driving test centre and surrounding area.

Banbury Approved Driving Instructors Association, or BADI for short https://www.banburyinstructors.co.uk/ https://www.banburyadi.co.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/banbury_adi/