Qualified instructors have passed all their exams and have been added to the DSA's register for approved driving instructors. A Trainee instructor will still be undergoing training, and still to pass their exams

A RED licence for a Trainee Instructor

A GREEN licence is a Qualified Instructor

Look for their licence in the front window 

Guaranteed pass courses that some driving schools offer sounds too good to be true doesn't it? Well you're right.

The Guaranteed Pass is a ploy used by some driving schools to entice you to learn with them. Their guarantee offer at best is for a few hours of tuition only. Most of these driving schools don't expect you to take up this offer; if you do you will have to return to them some months later..

Research by the DSA shows that a learner taking regular tuition will on average need 45 hours of professional tuition taken regularity combined with 22 hours of private tuition to reach the standard required for the driving test, some will need more.

Regular tuition is assumed to be that the learner is taking 2 - 4 hours professional tuition a week with lots of extra private practice driving with a parent..

Learning to drive, for some will be natural and they can't understand what the fuss is about. But for others learning to drive will prove to be a harder task.

Learners will fall into one of five general learner categories.

Outstanding,
Fast,
Average,
Below Average
Slow.

By using a number of components an estimate can be given as to the tuition that each type of learner would normally look to take.

• 1. How many driving lessons will you take each week -
  More lessons a week will mean less lessons 
• 2. Does the learner have previous driving experience -
  Motorbike riders have extra road sense 
• 3. Whether extra practice is taken outside of lessons -
  Can you practice with your family/friends 
• 4. The quickness in remembering what has been taught -
  Read driving books they improve memory
• 5. The learners age when taking lessons -
  From 17 the sooner you start the quicker learning will be