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Highly experienced fully qualified instructor. I currently have availability for manual Driving Lessons.Call Martin on -...
08/07/2026

Highly experienced fully qualified instructor. I currently have availability for manual Driving Lessons.
Call Martin on - 07761 769008 for bookings or enquiries

24/06/2026

Congratulations to Ebony on passing her driving test today at her first attempt
Call or text Martin on 07761769008 for bookings or enquiries

22/06/2026

Due to recent test passes, I have limited space for manual driving lessons.
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20/04/2026

Limited spaces available for manual lessons. Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays between 9.30 am & 3pm. Call or message on 07761769008

03/12/2021

Driver testing services – face covering legal requirements in England
Face coverings are now mandatory for you and your pupils during professional driving lessons and practical tests in England, unless you are exempt under new temporary regulations.

This follows the Government’s announcement to make face coverings a legal requirement in a range of indoor public settings in England to respond to the emergence of UK cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus (COVID-19).

Wearing a face covering can reduce the risk to others and yourself against the spread of infection because they cover the nose and mouth, which are the main confirmed sources of transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19 infection (COVID-19).

The full list of exemptions is on GOV.UK.

Driving lessons in England
It is a legal requirement for you and your pupils to wear a face covering during a driving lesson unless you or your pupil is exempt. You need to let your pupils know about this change.

You should also ensure good ventilation during lessons and clean your vehicles before each lesson to help prevent the spread of the virus. Regular hand hygiene is also recommended.

Face coverings are not required for private practice with family or friends. Your candidates can check the advice on keeping themselves and others safe in the coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance.

Driving tests in England
Your pupils must continue to tell us if they are exempt from wearing a face covering when they book their test. This will allow us to arrange for their test to be carried out by an examiner who has volunteered to test candidates who are exempt from wearing a face covering. If you have made the booking on behalf of your pupil you will need to do this if required.

Your pupil’s test will not take place without a face covering if they do not tell us they are exempt ahead of their test.

We will be contacting candidates with a practical test booking in England to confirm this. If you booked a test for your pupils, you need to let them know about these changes.

You should also wear a face covering when travelling with a pupil to a driving test, unless you are exempt. We will not allow the test to take place if we see an instructor or their pupil not wearing a face covering whilst sharing a vehicle before the test.

The DVSA requirement to present a clean car that has been ventilated also remains.

Instructor tests in England
You must continue to tell us if you are exempt from wearing a face covering when you book a practical instructor test.

Your test will not take place without a face covering if you do not tell us you are exempt ahead of your test.

We will be contacting everyone with a practical instructor test booking in England to confirm this.

As with driving tests you must also wear a face covering when travelling to a driving test, unless you are exempt.

Test centre waiting rooms in England
In general, the risk of catching or passing on COVID-19 is higher:

in crowded spaces, where there are more people who might be infectious
in enclosed indoor spaces where there is limited fresh air
We continue to encourage you to keep your distance, wear face coverings and practice good hand hygiene in our waiting areas in England to help reduce the spread of the virus.

Taking rapid lateral flow tests
We continue to encourage your pupils to take a rapid lateral flow test in the 48 hours before their driving test.

Rapid lateral flow testing is currently being offered in England to people who do not have symptoms. You may wish to use regular rapid testing to help manage periods of risk, such as close contact in a car or when spending prolonged time with a person at higher risk.

Around 1 in 3 people with COVID-19 do not have any symptoms. This means they could be spreading the virus without knowing it. Testing twice a week increases the chances of detecting COVID-19 when a person is infectious – helping to make sure you do not spread COVID-19 to others.

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06/09/2021

For your information

New theory test service goes live today, Monday 6 September
The new theory test service and new location network, for England, Scotland and Wales, starts today, 6 September.

Please continue to remind your pupils, especially those who may have already taken a theory test, that many theory test centre locations have changed.

Your pupils should check the theory test centre address they have been given on their confirmation email so they’re familiar with their test location before travelling to the centre.

Pupils can also check the details of their test online, all they need is their booking reference number.

If they do not turn up for their appointment at the time and location they booked, they will lose their fee and will need to book and pay for a new appointment.

Theory test centres opening soon
We still have more theory test centres to add to our booking system and we’re working closely with the new suppliers to ensure they’re open as soon as possible.

The number of theory test centres in Great Britain will increase from 180 to 202.

We will continue to write to you to let you know when new centres have been added to the booking system.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you and your pupils as we continue to build the network.

Preparing for the test
Candidates can also practice their theory test free.

Customer enquiries and complaints
If a pupil has a complaint about a test taken on or before 3 September, please contact Pearson VUE:

[email protected]

For booking enquiries and complaints about a theory test from 6 September, please contact DVSA customer service centre.

[email protected]

Telephone: 0300 200 1122

Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm

18/07/2021

For your information

New theory test booking system will go live on 19 July 2021

New theory test booking system goes live on Monday 19 July
The new theory test booking system, for England, Scotland and Wales, will go live at 08:00 on 19 July 2021.

When the new system goes live, all car, motorcycle, lorry and bus theory tests from 6 September 2021 will be available to book.

ADI part 1 and DVSA enhanced rider scheme trainer theory tests will also be available to book.

You can continue to book test dates for on or before 3 September using the current booking system in the usual way.

When you book a test on GOV.UK you will now be asked to choose a date for your test at the start of the booking process. You will automatically be directed to the correct booking system depending on the date you select.

Practical test bookings are not affected by the changes to our theory test booking system.

Booking or changing a test date
You can book test dates from Monday 6 September on the new system. New dates will be added to the booking system each week.

If you want to change a theory test appointment date for a test booked on or before 3 September, to a date on or after 6 September you will need to cancel your current test on GOV.UK and rebook online using the new booking system.

This is because the 2 booking systems are separate. Refunds will be issued for cancelled tests as normal.

Theory test bookings with additional support can only be cancelled or rescheduled by contacting the customer contact centre.

Theory test centre locations
The location of many theory test centres will change from 6 September. Please check the ‘find your nearest theory test centre’ page on GOV.UK to quickly see where your closest centre will be from 6 September.

Unfortunately, some addresses for the new theory test centre locations we shared with you on 12 July are still to be confirmed. This means you won’t be able to book a test at them from 6 September.

We will write to you as soon as we can to let you know the remaining new addresses and when you can book at the new theory test centres.

In the meantime, candidates who want to book a theory test before their closest theory test centre opens can use ‘find your nearest theory test centre’ on GOV.UK to find the nearest alternative centre. We are sorry for any inconvenience this might cause.

Customer enquiries
For booking enquiries about tests due to take place on or before 3 September only, please continue to contact Pearson VUE:

[email protected]
Telephone: 0300 200 1122
Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm
From 19 July, for booking enquiries about tests due to take place on or after 6 September, please contact DVSA customer contact centre as it will be taking over the service from Pearson VUE:

[email protected]
Telephone: 0300 200 1122
Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm
Letting your pupils know
If any of your pupils are planning to take their theory test on or before 3 September and have to change or retake their test on or after 6 September, they will need to be aware the location of their nearest test centre may have changed.

We would be grateful for your support in reminding any affected pupils.

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06/05/2021

New theory test booking service to go live from 8 July
We wrote to you earlier this year to let you know we are making changes to the theory test service by bringing more parts of it in-house. This includes the theory test booking service.

Launching the new booking service
The new theory test booking service, for England, Scotland and Wales, will be launched on Thursday 8 July 2021 when bookings will be taken online and via the DVSA customer service centre. This service is moving from Pearson VUE to DVSA.

The new online booking system will accept test bookings to be taken from 4 September when the new theory test service begins. Any test bookings for dates before 4 September must be made on the current system.

All theory tests including ADI part 1 and enhanced rider scheme training theory tests are still booked from the current GOV.UK pages. For tests to be taken from 4 September, other than slightly different looking screens you and your pupils will not notice a difference.

We have worked with theory test candidates and the Government Digital Service to improve the booking service by making it easier to use.

Temporary change in the booking window for theory tests
Currently theory tests can be booked 4 months in advance. From 4 May the amount of time that tests can be booked in advance will be reduced by one day. By the time the new booking system opens on 8 July, tests will only be available 2 months in advance.

DVSA has taken action to reduce the theory test backlog by extending opening hours in England and Wales and opening additional temporary theory test centres in England. This has created additional test capacity, so the number of tests available to book should not be affected, just how far in advance you can book them.

Theory test centre locations
The contract for running theory test centres from 4 September has been split into 3 regions. Some existing test centres will change location and we are working with the new suppliers to confirm where the new theory test centres will be. We will share the addresses with you as soon as we can.

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14/04/2021

For your information

Theory test recovery update: increasing the number of tests in England and Wales
New DVSA chief executive, Loveday Ryder, wrote to you on 25 March to set out our commitment to safely reduce the backlog of tests.

Theory tests restarted in England and Wales on 12 April.

Here’s an update on how we plan to reduce the backlog for theory tests in England and Wales.

Extending theory test centre opening hours
From Monday 10 May to Wednesday 30 June, we’ll extend the opening hours at most theory test centres in England and Wales, where conditions allow.

Typically, centres will be open earlier and close later in the evenings. For example, some centres will be open from 8am to 8pm, and some might be open on Saturdays and Sundays where they were previously closed.

This will create 300,000 extra theory test appointments.

Opening 10 temporary larger theory test centres in England
On Monday 12 April, we started to open 10 temporary larger theory test centres.

These 10 temporary centres will create a minimum of 120,000 extra appointments each month. The centres will be in:

Cambridge
Huddersfield
Leeds (there will be 2 temporary centres)
London (Docklands) (there will be 2 temporary centres)
London (Holborn)
Manchester (Salford) (there will be 2 temporary centres)
Wolverhampton
The full addresses for these centres have been added to the find a theory test centre service on GOV.UK

Taking a test at one of these temporary centres
These temporary larger theory test centres will work slightly differently to normal theory test centres.

Some sites will have up-to 25 candidates testing at any one time. Robust covid-secure measures have been put in place to ensure the safety of candidates and staff, including: social distancing at least 1 metre apart from other people
protective transparent screens at reception desks
providing hand sanitiser to use on arrival, during the tests and when candidates leave the test centre
cleaning workstations (including computers and headphones) before every test
staff will wear a face covering (unless there’s a medical reason that it’s not recommended for them) and gloves. Candidates will have to wear a face covering too unless they have notified us in advance that they cannot
candidates must come into the test centre alone to help with social distancing
A full list of the safety measures in place at all theory test centres is available at Coronavirus (COVID-19): driving theory tests - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Your pupils will also notice that:

mobile phones must be turned off before entering the test centre
there are no lockers for personal belongings – they will be given a rigid plastic box to put their belongings in and will need to keep this under their desk while they take the test. These boxes will be cleaned by us after use.
invigilators will be walking around the testing room, monitoring people taking the test, observing social distancing guidelines at all times
These details will also be included in the theory test booking confirmation email.

Non-standard accommodations
We will prioritise candidates requiring special or additional support through dedicated appointments. At all locations, weekly appointments will be reserved to ensure that we have sufficient capacity to help reduce the wait time for these candidates.

What we will do next
We have added new appointments for the extending opening hours and the temporary test centres to the booking service.

We'll contact everyone with a theory test booked in:

England to tell them about the extended opening hours and contact candidates with tests booked at a centre close to the temporary test centres
Wales to tell them about extended opening hours
They will then have the choice to change their theory test appointment to one of the new available appointments.

Preparing for a theory test
The current national average pass rate for a car theory test is under 50%, so it’s important that your pupil is prepared for their theory test.

They can use free practice theory tests on the Safe Driving for Life website to prepare and refresh their theory test knowledge ahead of their test: https://www.safedrivingforlife.info/free-tests

29/03/2021

For your information, latest update from DVSA.
Update on private practice in England
From today (29 March) essential journey guidance is changing in England. This means that learner drivers in England are able to take private practice during non-essential journeys.

The private practice must still be with someone from their own household or support bubble.

Letting your pupils know
We are emailing all theory test and practical test candidates with a test booking to let them know that from today they can practice driving with someone from their household or support bubble on more than essential journeys.

For your pupils with a theory test booked this is a good way for them to put the knowledge and theory they have learnt in to practice. This is particularly important for your pupils who learn whilst doing.

For your pupils who have a practical test booked this is a good way for them to practice their skills before restarting lessons with you. DVSA research with learners found that those who had practice with friends and family were 1.4 times more likely to have passed their test compared to those that didn’t have private practice.

There is guidance on getting the most from private practice in the official learning to drive guide available from TSO Shop.

It’s important that you discuss which areas of driving each of your pupils need to work on during private practice. This will help them cover areas they need to improve on as they prepare for their test. Your pupils can record their private practice using the useful free record which can be downloaded from GOV.UK

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