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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…

Find driving instructors near you who are approved by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)

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

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

Train people to become driving instructors by joining the official register of driving instructor training (ORDIT) - including the assessments you have to pass.

• Updated: 29 November 2023

When you have to take an ADI standards check (check test), what happens at the test and how your grade is decided.

Report someone who is not a qualified and registered driving instructor but is charging for driving lessons

Find training courses to qualify to become an approved driving instructor (ADI)

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

You must become an approved driving instructor (ADI) if you want to charge people for lessons. You can do this as part of a driving school or by setting up your own business.