Driving Lessons - About your Driving Instructor

Before taking driving lessons with any driving school we recommend that you thoroughly check your instructors ADI licence, which should always be on display in the left side of the tuition car's windscreen.

If you are learning to drive in the Worcester area and require help and advice with any aspect of learning to drive, please contact Apex School of Motoring on 0800 849 6337.

About your Driving Instructor

This will have a photograph of the instructor and an expiry date, only qualified driving instructors will display a green licence. Trainee instructors will display a pink licence, also with a photograph and an expiry date. This means that they have not passed all the examinations to become a DSA Approved Driving Instructor and are still undergoing training.

This could mean that you are not receiving the best tuition available, even though you may be charged the same. If your instructor does not display a green or pink licence he/she is not qualified and should not be charging for lessons.

To become a Driving Instructor you need to pass three exams, a written, driving and practical. Once your Instructor has passed all three exams they are then a qualified instructor. After qualifying driving instructors have to be check tested every 1 to 4 years. This is done by the DSA Supervising Examiner (ADI) sitting in the back of the car while the instructor is giving a driving lesson.