4.9★★★★★ 480+ reviews Mon–Sat 07:00–20:00 · Sun by arrangement 01925 640 118 bookings@clearwaydriving.co.uk
learner and instructor in the car, from behind, wide
4.9 — 480+ reviews
A learner's hands on the steering wheel on a quiet road
A lesson, unedited

Pass sooner.
Not cheaper.

Warrington WA2

Driving lessons across Warrington, Widnes and south Cheshire, taught by the same instructor every week.

The hourly rate, the pass rate and who has slots are all on this page, so you can decide before you ring.

71%First-time pass rate, our own learners
£38Per hour, published, no joining fee
2,900Learners passed since 2012
4Instructors, and you keep the same one
Who you will be learning with

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Sarah Whitfield, Grade A instructor, beside the learner car
4.9 Next slot this week

Sarah Whitfield

Grade A ADI · Manual & automatic

£38/hr 11 years
teaching
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James Kerr, Grade A instructor, beside the learner car
5.0 Waiting list

James Kerr

Grade A ADI · Manual only

£38/hr 8 years
teaching
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Anita Desai, Grade A instructor, beside the learner car
4.9 Next slot this week

Anita Desai

Grade A ADI · Automatic only

£40/hr 6 years
teaching
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Tom Rigby, Grade B instructor, beside the learner car
4.8 Next slot Monday

Tom Rigby

Grade B ADI · Manual & automatic

£36/hr 4 years
teaching
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Availability is updated every Monday. If somebody is showing a waiting list we will say so, rather than book you in and move you later.

The number that actually matters

71% against a national 48%

First-time passes, our own learners, over the last twelve months. Not a lifetime figure and not rounded up.

We would rather show you the figure than ask you to take it on trust.

Clearway Driving School — first-time passes
71%
National average — all candidates
48%
What we teach

Four ways in, one rate

Same hourly price whichever you pick. The difference is how the hours are arranged, not what they cost.

Beginner lessons

Beginner lessons

£38/hr

Never driven before, or a handful of goes in a car park. We start where you actually are.

Weekly
Intensive courses

Intensive courses

From £1,140

A test pass compressed into one to three weeks. Not for everyone, and we will say so.

1–3 weeks
Refresher lessons

Refresher lessons

£38/hr

Passed years ago and lost your nerve, or moved here from abroad.

As needed
Pass Plus & motorway

Pass Plus & motorway

£220

After the test: motorways, night driving and dual carriageways.

6 hours
Also available

The rest of it

Booked alongside lessons or on their own.

£40/hr

Automatic lessons

No clutch, no stalling. Increasingly the sensible choice.

£70

Mock test

A full test on the real routes, marked like the real thing.

£25

Theory support

Hazard perception and the multiple choice, if you keep failing it.

£42/hr

Anxiety-aware lessons

For people the standard approach has already failed once.

Hours estimator

How long will it take you?

Three answers and you will see a realistic range of hours, what that costs at our published rate, and roughly when you would be ready for the test.

How old are you?
Driven before?
How often can you get out?

Lessons you would need

40–48 hrs

The DVSA average is about 45 hours with an instructor

What that costs

£1,440–£1,728

At £38 an hour, or £36 in blocks of ten

Ready for the test

About 5 months

At two hours a week, starting now

Book your theory test early: it gates the practical, and leaving it late is the most common reason a test-ready learner cannot book. Private practice between lessons brings the hours down.

How it works

Three steps, no contract

01
Never driven, or years rusty

Tell us where you are

A two-minute call. We work out roughly how many hours you are looking at and which instructor suits how you learn.

02
Same one every week

Meet the instructor

You are matched to a person, not a rota. If it is not working after two lessons we move you, no argument and no charge.

03
Not before

Book the test when ready

We book it when the mock test says you will pass, not when the calendar says you have done twenty hours.

a lesson under way, instructor and learner from behind
Straight answers

What we
will not do

Four things we turn down, and the reason for each.

  • Put your test in before you are ready. A failed test costs you the fee, the waiting time and your confidence. We book it when the mock says you will pass.
  • Put you on an intensive course that will not suit you. They work brilliantly for some people and badly for most, and we will tell you which you are.
  • Keep you with an instructor you do not click with. Two lessons in, if it is not working, we move you. No argument, no charge.
  • Book hours you do not need. If you are nearly there, we will tell you rather than book another ten hours.
How we work
What learners say

4.9 from 480+ reviews

★★★★★

Failed twice with another school and nobody could tell me why. Clearway spent the first lesson just finding out, and I passed in eight more.

Ellie MorganWarrington WA2
★★★★★

They told me not to book the test when I wanted to. Annoying at the time, obviously right afterwards.

Josh WhelanWidnes WA8
★★★★★

Forty-three and terrified of it. Never once felt rushed or made to feel stupid, which is more than I expected.

Freya HamidLymm WA13
Where we teach

Six areas, three test centres

Which test centre you use matters more than most learners realise. Waiting times differ, and so do the routes.

Warrington
WarringtonWA1–WA5 · Our home patch. Most lessons start and finish at the learner's door.
Warrington test centre
Widnes
WidnesWA8 · Short hop over the bridge. Two test centres within reach, which helps with waiting times.
Widnes & Warrington
Runcorn
RuncornWA7 · The bridge shapes everything here, and the approach is on most test routes.
Widnes test centre
St Helens
St HelensWA9–WA11 · Busier junctions and more roundabouts than Warrington, so lessons go differently.
St Helens test centre
Lymm
LymmWA13 · Village and rural lanes. Good for learning, harder for the test itself.
Warrington test centre
Culcheth
CulchethWA3 · Mixed rural and estate roads, and the closest thing to a quiet start we have.
Warrington test centre
Ready when you are

Start where
you actually are.

Tell us whether you have driven before and how often you can get out. We come back with a realistic number of hours, what it costs and who has slots.

01925 640 118