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Learning to Drive

Learning to Drive

If you are reading this page then quite probably you are considering learning to drive or you are looking to find an instructor for a friend or family member. Alan's Driving School is a family business and has been teaching driving skills to learners of all levels since 1980.

We offer manual and automatic driving lessons with either male or female driving instructors and cover a large area of Essex, East London and Kent. Our instructors are highly qualified and committed to the DSA directive of “Safe Driving for Life”. For further information on learning to drive visit the Directgov website.

Pricing Structure (manual tuition)
 
 
No. of Hours

 

Terms 

 

Price 

 

     
First 5 hours For pupils new to Alans, valid three months £95.00
First 10 hours For pupils new to Alans, valid six months £190.00
First 10 hours For students/nurses, valid Monday-Friday between 9am & 5pm  £180.00
One hour Monday - Friday 9am to 5pm £20.00
Ten hours Monday - Friday 9am to 5pm £190.00
One hour Monday-Friday before 9am & after 5pm  £21.00
Ten hours Monday-Friday before 9am & after 5pm  £200.00 
One hour Saturday & Sunday £22.00
Ten hours  Saturday & Sunday £210.00
All major Credit/Debit card payments accepted

 

Lessons are offered to provisional licence holders from 17 years of age onwards. If you haven't yet applied for your provisional license you can get a form (D1) from your Post Office, first provisional license costs £50. However you can now apply for your provisional driving licence online using the Directgov website.

We offer driving lessons to learner drivers seven days a week mainly between 8am and 8pm. Daytime lessons (Mon-Fri) are usually readily available. For evening and weekends you may have to make an advance booking to secure the time that is most convenient to you.

We have various dual control vehicles available in both manual and automatic, petrol and diesel. Our driving lessons can be taken daily or weekly - whatever suits your lifestyle, please specify your preferences when booking.

Gift vouchers are available for any number of lessons or any amount of money if you wish to give a gift of driving tuition.

Alan's Driving School covers most of Essex, East London and Kent and is known for its high standard of driver training and success.

Our long term aim is not only to teach people to drive, but to "save lives on our roads", i.e. Safe Driving for Life. This website is packed with information to ensure we put you on the right road to driving success.

To contact your local office to either book your lessons or to discuss your tuition in detail, you can either telephone on 0800 037 39 79 and speak to one of our friendly staff who will be happy to advise you further. You can also use our interactive services to book online or chat live to our friendly helpful staff

Office hours are 9am – 7pm Monday to Friday and 9am - 4pm Saturday.