How to book and manage driving and riding tests for your pupils
How to use the DVSA practical test business service to book and manage driving tests for your pupils, and manage your business details.
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This guide explains how to use the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) practical test business service. You can use this to book and manage driving and riding tests for your pupils.
The guide tells you how to:
- start using the service
- make and manage bookings
- manage your business with DVSA
It also tells you about the rules you have to agree to follow if you want to use the service.
The agreement tells you the terms and conditions and you have to agree to if you want to use the service, and what can happen if you misuse your account.
Updates to this page
Last updated 22 December 2022 + show all updates
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Updated section 2 (Get started using the service) to make it clear you will need to create a Government Gateway account if you do not already have one. Updated section 3 (Make and manage bookings) to improve the guidance about setting up availability notifications.
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Updated the guide about how to book and manage driving and riding tests for your pupils to include updated information and what you must and must not do. Added a copy of the agreement for using the service. This tells you the terms and conditions and you have to agree to if you want to use the service. This applies from 9 January 2023.
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Removed references of car and trailer driving tests, as you can no longer book these types of tests.
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Added information about car and trailer driving tests ending from 20 September 2021.
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Added more information about how to book motorcycle, lorry, bus or car and trailer tests in advance without giving your pupil’s details, and improved the structure of the guide.
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Updated section 1.3 on how to register to use the system following a change in process.
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Updated the link to the service to www.gov.uk/book-pupil-driving-test.
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First published.