Driving Lessons in Wallasey
All five driving schools in Wallasey have 5-star ratings, with lessons priced between £35 and £38 per hour. Two schools offer automatic driving lessons and intensive courses, and one has female driving instructors available. The local Wallasey test centre has a 54.3% pass rate, significantly higher than Liverpool's Norris Green at 37.8% or Speke at 40.5%.
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Top driving schools in Wallasey by what matters most
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Appleby School Of Motoring
Cheapest manual driving school in Wallasey.
Chris Kelly Driving School
Highest-rated manual driving school in Wallasey.
Chris Kelly Driving School
Top-rated for automatic driving lessons in Wallasey.
Chris Kelly Driving School
Top-rated manual driving school with female instructors in Wallasey.
Driving lessons in Wallasey
5 driving schools and 0 independent instructors.
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GP Driving School
Established in 2006 with an excellent first-time pass rate. Competitive block pricing starts at £38/hour (10-hour blocks from £380), with motorway lessons and Pass Plus courses also available. One-to-one tuition with pickup and drop-off from any reasonable location.
Appleby School Of Motoring
Grade A instructor and Institute of Advanced Motorists member with an excellent pass rate, specialising in relaxed, structured tuition for nervous learners. £35/hour or £330 for a 10-hour block with Theory Test DVD included; intensive courses available from £330 with options to complete in as little as one week.
Chris Kelly Driving School
Inventors of the crash course format back in the 1980s, Chris Kelly remains the largest independent driving school in the North West with the highest pass rates in Merseyside. Intensive courses range from 10–40 lessons at £36–39/hour (10-lesson manual from £360, automatic from £390), with theory test and driving test bookings included; individual double lessons start at £76 manual or £82 automatic. Known for fast-tracking learners from other schools who've struggled elsewhere, often getting them test-ready within days.
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Intensive courses in Wallasey
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2 Wallasey schools run intensive courses, compressing months of training into days or weeks.
Wallasey Test Centres and Pass Rates
Wallasey itself has a tiny volume of just 968 tests taken between 2025 and 2026 but the highest pass rate at 54.3% and a 21 week wait, while Norris Green in Liverpool saw 13,472 tests and has the lowest pass rate at 37.8% but a shorter 15 week wait. The roads around Norris Green involve dense terraced housing, challenging junctions on the A580, and the kind of urban driving that demands constant awareness of parked cars and crossing pedestrians. Upton achieved 52.6% with men and women both around that mark, and has a 12 week wait. Across the five centres in this area, 40,217 tests were taken with an average pass rate of 45.6%, and automatic learners struggled most in Norris Green at 34.9%.
Wallasey
968 tests taken · 21 week waitUpton
10,772 tests taken · 12 week waitWidnes
6,846 tests taken · 7 week waitSpeke (Liverpool)
8,159 tests taken · 8 week waitNorris Green (Liverpool)
13,472 tests taken · 15 week wait| Test Centre | Female | Male | Automatic | Overall | Tests | Wait |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallasey | 56.0% | 52.9% | 40.1% | 54.3% | 968 | 21 weeks |
| Upton | 52.7% | 52.5% | 47.5% | 52.6% | 10,772 | 12 weeks |
| Widnes | 43.7% | 42.0% | 37.6% | 42.7% | 6,846 | 7 weeks |
| Speke (Liverpool) | 41.7% | 39.7% | 37.2% | 40.5% | 8,159 | 8 weeks |
| Norris Green (Liverpool) | 39.2% | 36.7% | 34.9% | 37.8% | 13,472 | 15 weeks |