You need to be 17 to start learning to drive and have a valid provisional licence before you take your first driving lessons. Complete a D1 form from the post office and send it to the DVLA (DVLNI in Northern Ireland) with your passport or birth certificate, and a passport-sized photo. You can also apply online.
Apply for a provisional licence up to three months before your 17th birthday, and we will book your first FREE driving lesson for the big day!
According to the latest Government survey people learning to drive in the UK buy on average 52 hours of professional driving lessons and take on average 14 months to pass the driving test. From this you will appreciate it can easily cost you over a £1,000 to learn to drive and take over a year to pass the test.
With 1st Time Pass team of very experienced driving instructors the average number of hours to pass the test is closer to 30-35 hours - a potential saving of over 20 hours from the norm or about £400. This is why it is important to select the right driving school with the right training approach.
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Weekly lessons versus an intensive or semi-intensive course.
Taking just one driving lesson per week will help to spread out the training cost but you will end up paying far more in the long run and take several months to pass your test. This is because the first half of the next lesson is often wasted getting to where you were at the end of the previous one - thus it is like taking two steps forward and one step back. Also if you are taking weekly lessons without any clear targets to achieve or set test date to aim for the training losses any urgency and lessons tend to drift off course reducing it effectiveness even further. This is why intensive and semi-intensive courses are now proving far more popular. However, to do such courses successfully the training needs to be carefully structured and expertly delivered so that no time in the car is wasted.
Tried, trusted and recommended
97% of 1st Time Pass driving school pupils say they would recommend us to other learner drivers. We give you:
Fully qualified driving instructors.
Brand new tuition car.
Free Study material for the theory test*.
If you do not pass 1st time with us we will give you £100 back*.
Student Discounts & Discount of multiple lessons.
Free Camera Phone*.
Discount on lesson prices if you book online.
One-to-one tuition with no pick-ups en route.
1st Time Pass syllabus, driver record, and instructor code of conduct.
