Driving Lessons in Long Eaton
Long Eaton has 4 driving schools and 40 independent driving instructors to choose from. Prices range from £40 to £45 per hour, with an average of £43, and all 4 schools have published their rates. The schools here have an excellent 5-star average rating, while 3 offer automatic driving lessons and 1 has female driving instructors available. There are also 15 independent female driving instructors in the area. Learners here can test at several nearby centres, with Derby (Alvaston) showing the highest pass rate at 51.8%, while Loughborough sits lower at 42.3%.
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Checkmate Driver Training
Cheapest manual driving school in Long Eaton.
Checkmate Driver Training
Highest-rated manual driving school in Long Eaton.
Checkmate Driver Training
Top-rated for automatic driving lessons in Long Eaton.
Checkmate Driver Training
Top-rated manual driving school with female instructors in Long Eaton.
Driving lessons in Long Eaton
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Glynn Ian Smith
Russell Jelly
Matthew John Balloch
Anthony John Kerruish
David Latham
Pengda Li
Tariq Mahmood
Thomas Pepper
Christopher Robin Budd
Mark Robinson
Alan Roger Vizor
Kamal Singh
Colin Smallwood
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Intensive courses in Long Eaton
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3 Long Eaton schools run intensive courses, compressing months of training into days or weeks.
Long Eaton Test Centres and Pass Rates
Loughborough, where student traffic and the ring road's roundabouts create busy conditions, posted the lowest pass rate across Derbyshire's seven centres at 42.3%, with automatic learners at just 33.2%. Ashfield had the highest at 57.3%, with women at 56.1% and men at 58.4%. Nottingham at Colwick, dealing with industrial routes and the city's eastern approaches, saw 46.4% across 15,150 tests. The area overall recorded 59,514 tests between 2025 and 2026 with a 50.8% average. Waits are 8 weeks at Derby and both Nottingham centres, but stretch to 23 weeks at Loughborough and 20 weeks at Lichfield.
Derby (Alvaston)
8,086 tests taken · 7 week waitNottingham (Chilwell)
9,415 tests taken · 8 week waitNottingham (Colwick)
15,150 tests taken · 8 week waitLoughborough
5,502 tests taken · 23 week wait| Test Centre | Female | Male | Automatic | Overall | Tests | Wait |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derby (Alvaston) | 49.1% | 54.4% | 46.3% | 51.8% | 8,086 | 7 weeks |
| Nottingham (Chilwell) | 49.1% | 50.5% | 43.4% | 49.9% | 9,415 | 8 weeks |
| Nottingham (Colwick) | 47.3% | 45.8% | 42.4% | 46.4% | 15,150 | 8 weeks |
| Loughborough | 42.3% | 42.4% | 33.2% | 42.3% | 5,502 | 23 weeks |