Bedford School Of Motoring

30/03/2026

Big congratulations to Leo who’s passed his driving test today with only 2 minors. Leo has wanted this so bad and now he’s got it! No more buses, asking for lifts etc. The hard work has paid off. Well done you 🙌🏻

03/02/2026

📢 The rules for booking a practical car driving test are changing.

From 31 March 2026, learner drivers and approved driving instructors (ADIs) will only be able to change a driving test booking up to 2 times.

A change includes:
- changing the date or time
- changing the test centre
- swapping an appointment with another learner

If you’re an ADI, please make sure your pupils only book their test when they’re ready as swapping between pupils will count towards this limit. You can set times when you're available to take your pupils to their driving tests. This stops your pupils from booking tests at times that do not work for you.

👉 When this comes into force, everyone with a driving test booked will have 2 changes available, regardless of how many changes they may have already made.

This change is part of the outcome of our consultation to improve the way driving tests are booked.

For more information, visit: https://ow.ly/oqOW50Y849H

06/01/2026

24/12/2025

Wishing all my pupils past and present a wonderful Christmas, thank you all for being so great to work with, it’s been a very successful year and here’s to 2026 being even better for us all 🚘 xx

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

12/11/2025

🚗 The Night Before Your Driving Test 🚗

Please don’t spend the night before your test glued to YouTube, tik tok or any reels on driving tips .

You either have it by now or you don’t but that’s okay.

Watching last-minute “quick tips” will only overload your brain.
You have no time left to practise anything new, and that panic scroll will do nothing but make you doubt everything you already know.

The best thing you can do the night before?
✨ Stick to what you know.
✨ Trust how you’ve been taught.
✨ Drive like you have on your strongest lessons.
✨ stick to the tips your driving instructor has give you.
✨Don’t listen to anyone’s advise nobody knows better than your instructor! No time for confusion .

Don’t suddenly start driving slower or faster.
Don’t start second-guessing every roundabout you’ve mastered a hundred times already.
You’re not learning tonight you’re preparing your mind.

Get your documents ready, get an early night, eat properly, and breathe.

Tomorrow isn’t about being perfect.

It’s about being safe and consistent.

You’ve done the work.
Now let your training do its job.

05/09/2025

Tressa Bedford. Approved Driving Instructor for over 24 years, providing driving lessons in the Peterborough and Market Deeping area. Contact on 07834688078 for more details.