We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
When you have to take an ADI standards check (check test), what happens at the test and how your grade is decided.
What you need to know to teach people how to drive a car and trailer (category BE) including eligibility, skills and how to get accredited.
Complain about an approved driving instructor (ADI) if you're not happy with their service or behaviour
When you can be suspended as a driving instructor and compensation you can claim if you are not removed from the register
Taking the approved driving instructor (ADI) part 3 test - what you need to bring and what happens during the test.
As a driving instructor, you can ask for a report that shows a summary of the faults your pupils made during car driving tests in the last 12 months.
Become an instructor, book and manage tests, manage your ADI registration
You need to declare that you'll provide training or supervision to a trainee driving instructor if you manage or own a driving instructor training company.
Your responsibilities as an approved driving instructor (ADI) teaching people to drive a car, your suitability for the job, and how to qualify.
The different grades that driving instructors have and what they mean.
Manage your official register of driving instructor training (ORDIT) details if you train instructors, and renew your certificate (badge) every 4 years.
Get a trainee driving instructor licence so you can develop your training skills before taking the approved driving instructor (ADI) part 3 test.
Renew or re-register an approved driving instructor (ADI) registration - online or by post and the fees
Keep a record of the driving practice you do with family or friends when you're learning to drive a car so you can show your driving instructor.
You need to declare you've done an extra 20 hours of training within 3 months of getting your trainee driving licence if you're not being supervised.
Update your approved driving instructor (ADI) registration, display your ADI badge or replace a lost or stolen badge, stop being an ADI, and report cautions or convictions
How to appeal to an independent tribunal if you disagree with a decision about your trainee licence or registration as a driving instructor.
You need to record the number of hours you give lessons and are supervised as a trainee driving instructor if you're not taking extra training.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. We’ll send you a link to a feedback form. It will take only 2 minutes to fill in. Don’t worry we won’t send you spam or share your email address with anyone.