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Book your official DVSA practical driving test for cars from £62, or other types of practical driving tests, including motorcycle and driving instructor tests.
Find an earlier practical driving test, move it to a later date, or change the test centre you take it at.
Book driving and motorcycle tests for your pupils, check details, change, swap or cancel tests, and manage your availability for car driving tests.
Find the details of your nearest practical driving test centres
Find the details of your nearest driving theory test centres
Learn to drive a car in the UK - get a provisional licence, take driving lessons, prepare for your theory test, book your practical test
Find driving instructors near you who are approved by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
How you can train to drive a heavy goods vehicle (HGV): Skills Bootcamps, apprenticeships, vocational courses and driving schools.
Book your approved driving instructor (ADI) or become a DVSA enhanced rider scheme trainer.
Taking the approved driving instructor (ADI) part 2 test - what you need to bring and what happens during the test.
Who can teach you to drive, practising with friends and family, driving lessons, insurance, using L and P plates.
Apply to start qualifying as an approved driving instructor (ADI) with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
You must become an approved driving instructor (ADI) if you want to charge people for lessons. You can do this as part of a driving school or by setting up your own business.
Taking the approved driving instructor (ADI) part 1 test - what you need to bring and what happens during the test
Get a criminal record check if you're applying to become an approved driving instructor (ADI)
Renew or re-register an approved driving instructor (ADI) registration - online or by post and the fees
Record the details of scheduled delegated driving tests with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
Apply for a trainee driving instructor licence to help you prepare for the approved driving instructor (ADI) part 3 test
How to upgrade an automatic car driving licence so that you can drive a manual car
Find training courses to qualify to become an approved driving instructor (ADI)
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