Driving, motorcycle and LGV instructor qualification process

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Find an earlier practical driving test, move it to a later date, or change the test centre you take it at
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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 a theory test centre
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Check if you can become a driving instructor
Check if you can become an approved driving instructor (ADI) and what you need to do to qualify

What's involved in being a driving instructor
- Guidance
- 19 October 2018
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
How to use approved driving instructor (ADI) online services
- Guidance
- 24 February 2018
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Become a driving instructor (ORDIT) trainer
- Detailed guide
- 12 August 2019
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Approved driving instructor (ADI) part 3 test: marking sheet
- Guidance
- 1 December 2017
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
'Show me, tell me' questions: ADI part 2 test
- Guidance
- 23 December 2017
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

19 November 2018News story

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Driving instructor qualifying test changes: December 2017
- 1 December 2017
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- News story
DVSA sets out proposals to improve motorcycle training
- 30 December 2016
- Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- News story
DVSA supports new LGV industry driving instructor scheme
- 2 December 2016
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- News story
Approved Driving Instructor Registrar webchat: modernising driver training
- 16 July 2013
- Closed organisation: Driving Standards Agency
- Correspondence

Approved driving instructor (ADI) test data by test centre
- 4 July 2019
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- Statistical data set
Driver and rider testing and instructor statistics: October to December 2017
- 8 March 2018
- Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- Official statistics
Driver and rider testing and instructor statistics: July to September 2017
- 14 December 2017
- Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- Official statistics
Driver and rider testing and instructor statistics: April to June 2017
- 14 September 2017
- Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- Official statistics
Impact of replacing the approved driving instructor (ADI) part 3 test
- 1 March 2017
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- Research

Improving moped and motorcycle training
- 19 December 2017
- Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 17 February 2017
Modernising driver training
- 17 July 2014
- Closed organisation: Driving Standards Agency and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 08 August 2013
Impact of changing the approved driving instructor qualification
- 27 June 2013
- Closed organisation: Driving Standards Agency
- Impact assessment

Number of qualified LGV driving instructors in the UK
- 19 May 2014
- Closed organisation: Driving Standards Agency
- Foi release
Enhanced rider scheme and post-test motorcycle trainers
- 2 August 2013
- Closed organisation: Driving Standards Agency
- Foi release
Number of ORDIT registered organisations and trainers (IA0016312)
- 12 November 2012
- Closed organisation: Driving Standards Agency
- Foi release
Approved driving instructor part 1, 2 and 3 pass rates
- 18 June 2012
- Closed organisation: Driving Standards Agency
- Foi release
Compulsory basic training (CBT): assessment of motorcycle instructors (IA0137211)
- 23 May 2012
- Closed organisation: Driving Standards Agency
- Foi release