Lessons and Prices
Lesson prices are:
Monday - Friday, per hour £20
Weekends and Bank Holidays, per hour £25
Use of car for Practical Driving Test £75
(including a 1½ hour lessson before the test)
All lesson prices are for a full hour; some schools include pickup and drop off in your lesson time which can trim your hour down significantly, and others have 50 minute lessons.
For your first few lessons when I pick you up I will drive you to an area where, although they are ordinary roads, they are not busy and most of the other road users are learner drivers too. I will also drive you home afterwards. This allows you to pick up the basics of car control before we venture onto busier roads and when I am driving it will help you to see how I put into practice what I am teaching.
I will not charge you for the time it takes me to drive to and from this training area; the amount you pay for your lesson will be for the time that you are actually in the driving seat. Generally I pickup from home but of course we can meet somewhere mutual or pickup between lessons at school, etc.
I can offer lessons during the week, when I usually let the world get to work and start lessons at about 9.30, with some slots also available on Saturdays. In the summer lessons are also available on weekday evenings.
The best time to learn to drive is during the normal working day when life is calmer and more realistic. You will encounter more everyday hazards such as white vans, dustmen, delivery trucks, postmen, etc. and that will help you to perceive what might happen but also teach you how to protect them.
In the early days I find 2 hour lessons are essential as there is so much to learn and anything less can become counter productive. As you get stronger 1½ or even 1 hour lessons may be enough – but many pupils find that 2 hour lessons are more beneficial, and these can be fortnightly if that suits your budget better.
My diary is busy but I am as flexible as possible about lesson times and can sometimes take a pupil on at short notice but at busy times of the year there may be a few weeks' wait to get you on board. In reality another pupil passing their test releases a space so it is worth getting in touch with me as soon as you decide that you want to take lessons.
I also have a fully-qualified female instructor who works with me who teaches to the same high standards as I do in a Toyota Yaris.