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28/06/2026

Space on a Wednesday & Thursday for automatic driving lessons starting in next week or so following test passes & booked tests, apply today as I don’t do waiting lists.

27/06/2026

FYI

The rules for booking and managing car driving tests have changed this year 🚘

Find out what the changes are and how they affect you.

Visit www.gov.uk/guidance/changes-to-driving-test-booking-rules-in-2026 for more information.

09/06/2026

Super well done Max, first time pass with 2 minors at Hexham today even with the horrendous hail storm, safe driving & well done again

09/06/2026

Reminder that some roads will be closed this evening from Newcastle to Blaydon for the Blaydon races , good luck to anyone running tonight,

04/06/2026

Ha ha another true story, got to love a bit of TikTok 😂😂

24/05/2026

Big well done Max passing his theory test

12/05/2026

New driving test booking rules take effect
From today (Tuesday 12 May 2026), the rules about who can book and manage car driving tests have changed.

This email brings together links to all the recent guidance and updates we've published into one place.

Thank you for helping your pupils prepare for the introduction of these new rules.

New

News story

End of the road for unofficial driving test booking services

It's now against the law for third parties, including unofficial test booking and cancellation finder services, to make bookings for someone else.

It's also a breach of DVSA’s new terms and conditions for the booking service for third parties to change, swap or cancel a driving test for someone else.

Updated

Guidance

Changes to driving test booking rules in 2026

Find out more about how car driving test booking rules are changing. It includes guidance for your pupils on booking a test and making changes.

It also includes guidance about how you can help someone to book and manage their test online.

Guidance

Manage your availability to take your pupils to driving tests

As an ADI, you can set times you are available to take your pupils to car driving tests to stop your pupils from booking tests at other times. Your availability is also automatically blocked out when a pupil books a test using your reference number.

Find out how to register for the service and set your availability.

Recently published

Guidance

Swapping your driving test with another learner driver

This guide helps your pupils understand how they can swap their car driving test with another learner driver by phone.

It also reminds them to never give their driving licence number, theory test pass certificate number, address, phone number, email address or payment card details to another learner driver.

New

Guidance

Driving test booking: if your online access is restricted

If we detect that someone’s driving licence number is being used in a way that breaches our new terms and conditions, we can restrict their access to book and manage their driving test online.

This new guidance is about how your pupils will know if it’s happened to them, what their options are, and how they can ask for a review of the decision.

06/05/2026

Well done camera shy Emma passing her driving test today at Hexham in the automatic with 1 fault & excellent examiner feedback, safe driving