Intensive courses
A test pass compressed into one to three weeks. They work brilliantly for some people and badly for most, and we will tell you which you are before taking any money.
Is this the right one?
Describe where you are and we will tell you, including when it is something cheaper.
A range, not a number. Anybody quoting exactly is guessing.
Who these actually suit
People who already drive something — a van at work, a tractor, a car abroad. People who learn fast under pressure and get bored by weekly lessons. People with a job starting on a date.
If that is you, an intensive is genuinely efficient: no ground lost between lessons and the whole thing held in your head at once.
Who they do not
Anybody starting from nothing who is at all nervous. Compressing forty hours into two weeks when every hour is frightening does not build confidence, it exhausts you.
We turn these down regularly. It is more money than a beginner block and it would be the wrong thing, and you would tell people so afterwards.
The test has to be booked first
This is the part that catches people out. The course is built around a test date, and test waiting times are currently the constraint rather than instructor availability.
So the honest sequence is: book the test, then book the course to land on it. If the wait is fourteen weeks, an intensive course does not make you a driver any sooner than weekly lessons would.
Not sure this is the one you need? Ring and describe where you are. We will name it, including when the honest answer is fewer hours or a different course entirely.
Roughly where people are at each stage
Everybody moves at a different speed, so treat it as a rough guide rather than a plan.
For van drivers, licence converters and anybody with real road experience.
A few lessons behind you, or regular private practice.
Possible, but only where you are confident rather than nervous.
On the real routes, marked as an examiner would, in the final days.
An hour before, and the test itself.
Prices assume blocks of ten. Pay lesson by lesson and it is £38 an hour with no commitment either way.
Three stages, no contract
Assessment first
We sit next to you before agreeing to any of it. If an intensive is wrong for you we will say so then.
Book the test
Everything is built around the date. Waiting times matter more than our diary does.
The course
Usually four hours a day with breaks. Longer days sound efficient and stop working after about four hours.
What the price buys
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.
Lessons you would need
The DVSA average is about 45 hours with an instructor
What that costs
At £38 an hour, or £36 in blocks of ten
Ready for the test
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.
Anything not answered here? Ring it — you will get an instructor rather than an office.
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Will I definitely pass?
No, and anybody promising that is lying. Our intensive pass rate is lower than our weekly one, which is exactly why we screen who takes them.
How soon can I start?
Almost immediately. The constraint is the test date, not us, and that is often months rather than weeks.
Is it cheaper than weekly lessons?
No. It is the same hourly rate and usually a similar total. What you buy is time, not money.
What if I am not ready by the test date?
We will tell you well before, and you can move the test. We will not send you to a test we think you will fail.
Can I do four hours a day?
Yes, and that is typical. Longer than that stops working — concentration goes and you spend the last hour undoing the previous one.
What if I pass early?
Unused hours are refunded. It happens more often on the shorter courses.
Six areas, three test centres
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.
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