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Learn to drive a car in the UK - get a provisional licence, take driving lessons, prepare for your theory test, book your practical test

Who can teach you to drive, practising with friends and family, driving lessons, insurance, using L and P plates.

• Overview

  You can apply for a provisional driving licence when you’re 15 years and 9…

• Taking driving lessons

  Anyone you pay to teach you to drive must be either: a qualified and…

• Practising with family or friends

  You can practise driving with family or friends. Anyone you practise your…

• Using 'L' and 'P' plates

  You must put an L plate on the front and back of your vehicle so they can…

Check if you can supervise friends or family learning to drive a car, what the rules are, how to prepare the car, and how to plan your practice sessions.

• Updated: 1 November 2022

Find driving lessons, book and manage theory and driving tests, tests for different vehicles

• Updated: 1 April 2024

Research about learning to drive and driving tests.

• Updated: 25 March 2015

• Updated: 7 February 2023

Keep a record of the driving practice you do with family or friends when you're learning to drive a car so you can show your driving instructor.

If you’re a driving instructor, use this form to assess and record your pupils’ progress learning the skills they need to drive a car safely.

Buy multiple licences for Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) driving theory e-learning for all of the learner drivers you teach or drivers you employ.

• Updated: 30 September 2024

How you can train to drive a heavy goods vehicle (HGV): Skills Bootcamps, apprenticeships, vocational courses and driving schools.