Compare driving schools: find the school that suits you

The default evidence-based order considers pass rate and first-exam sample size: a high rate from few exams carries less weight. It uses the lower bound of the 95% Wilson interval, like the ranking per town. Sorting, filters and the percentages shown use school totals across all exam centres. You can also sort by pass rate, exam count, distance, lesson price or Google rating.

‘Top pick’ is number 1 in the evidence-based order. ‘Highest pass rate’ is the highest rate with at least 30 first exams. ‘Best rated’ is the highest Google rating with at least 50 reviews. Each label covers all results of your search, not only this page.

The dots show how certain a percentage is: one dot below 50 first exams, two for 50 to 200, three from 200. The tick on the bar is the national pass rate for this vehicle category.

The Theorio score (70 points for CBR results, 30 for Google ratings) compares schools that take tests at the same exam centre. You find it on the CBR exam-centre pages. These search results do not show it: the schools in a search take tests at different centres.

Price sorting starts with the lowest known price per 60 minutes. We convert only when lesson duration is known; packages are excluded from this sort. Schools without a known hourly price appear last. Google sorting uses rating first, then review count; missing ratings appear last. Both sorts use CBR evidence scores to break remaining ties.

Distance is measured in a straight line between town centres, not from your address or to a lesson location. Town searches include mapped schools within the selected radius. Name searches can also find schools without a town match. Minimum first-exam counts and other filters still apply. Schools with a past CBR closing date are excluded. The automatic filter selects schools with automatic exam results; CBR percentages still combine all transmissions.

Car: B and B-H. Motorcycle: A, A1, A2, A-G and A2-G road-riding exams combined. Scooter: AM2, excluding microcars. Standard practical exams only. Vehicle-control tests, interim tests, adapted exams and further investigations are excluded. Retakes are separate and do not determine the ranking.

The CBR file for this vehicle category contains 984 schools, of which 959 are matched to a town. Our published data includes prices for 548 and Google ratings for 713. These are dataset counts, not search-result counts.

CBR period: 1 July 2025 – 30 June 2026. Prices and ratings have their own retrieval dates. Missing information does not mean a school has no lessons or reviews. This directory does not show available lesson slots.

A pass rate cannot tell you that. Student selection and when a school books exams affect the figures. Ask about your instructor, lesson schedule, total costs and cancellation terms. Take a trial lesson before buying a package.