A curving road with double yellow lines through a forest in bright autumn colours.

Driving lessons for people who are a little bit scared of driving

Three instructors, three cars, and nobody who raises their voice. Manual or automatic, any age.

What the first lesson is like

Two-hour lessons

Long enough to stop being nervous and still have time to actually drive.

Quiet roads first

An industrial estate on a Sunday before the high street on a Saturday.

A plan on paper

After every lesson: what went well, what next, and how far off the test you are.

See the lessons
Seen from the back seat, a learner at the wheel and an instructor beside him on a sunny road.

Build their confidence first

Your first three lessons are about the car, not the road: the pedals, the mirrors, pulling away and stopping, again and again, until it is boring. Boring is the goal.

£48 per hour · block of ten £450

An examiner with a clipboard pointing towards a small car beside traffic cones in a car park.

Came back after failing once?

Bring the sheet from your test. We start with exactly what went wrong, drive the test routes on the same day of the week, and book your retest only when you ask us to.

£52 per hour · mock test £95

A young woman driving, hands on the wheel, the instructor visible in the mirror.

Automatic, and no apology for it

Half of our learners choose automatic now. It is quicker to learn, and it is the licence most new cars need anyway.

£50 per hour

A small bunch of keys lying on a dark wooden table.

Before your first lesson

Your provisional licence

The card itself, in your hand, every lesson. We cannot let you drive without it.

Glasses, if you need them

You must read a number plate from twenty metres. We check it in the first five minutes.

Flat shoes

Trainers are perfect. Heels, flip-flops and heavy boots stay in the boot.

What we do in lesson one

We drive you to a quiet road, swap seats, and spend two hours on pulling away and stopping. That is all.

An empty straight road running towards distant mountains under a grey sky.

Most of our learners pass on their first or second go

Book a first lesson

Clutch Driving School

Pick-up from home, work or college
within the ring road

+44 7700 900 862
Mon–Sat 07:00–20:00

Clutch is a fictional example. The school, the instructors, the prices and the pass rates do not exist, and nothing on this page replaces the official driving rules. Photographs are stock images and were not taken by this school.