Lights Ahead Driving School
Manual and automatic
Run by Stella Gillespie, who qualified 20 years ago and has since delivered advanced driving courses for the Ministry of Defence, coached for Mercedes-Benz and taught the local council's young driver courses. The team has male and female manual instructors and a female automatic instructor, with lessons at £38 an hour, seven days a week. Reviewers praise patient, well-structured lessons with Stella, Andree and Salim, and several passed first time in fewer lessons than they expected.
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Nearest test centres and pass rates
The 3 test centres closest to Lights Ahead Driving School. Pass rates are DVSA data (2025 to 2026) for each centre, not this school's own pass rate.
West Wickham (London)
12,249 tests taken · typical wait 1½ monthsMitcham (London)
15,046 tests taken · typical wait 3½ monthsBromley (London)
13,228 tests taken · typical wait 2 months| Test Centre | Pass rate | Tests | Typical wait | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Manual | Automatic | |||
| West Wickham (London) | 51.6% | 52.1% | 50.8% | 12,249 | 1½ months |
| Mitcham (London) | 47.0% | 48.5% | 45.4% | 15,046 | 3½ months |
| Bromley (London) | 52.9% | 54.8% | 51.0% | 13,228 | 2 months |
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