Driving Lessons in Paignton
All three driving schools in Paignton display transparent pricing from £40 to £44 per hour and maintain an excellent 4.9-star average rating. Two schools offer automatic driving lessons and two provide intensive courses, while female driving instructors are available at one school. Learners take their tests at the Newton Abbot centre, which recorded a solid 53.8% pass rate during the 2025-26 reporting period.
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Top driving schools in Paignton by what matters most
The standout school for each of the most-asked questions.
iLEARN School of Motoring
Cheapest manual driving school in Paignton.
The Driving School South West
Highest-rated manual driving school in Paignton.
The Driving School South West
Top-rated for automatic driving lessons in Paignton.
iLEARN School of Motoring
Top-rated manual driving school with female instructors in Paignton.
Driving lessons in Paignton
3 driving schools.
Showing 1–3 of 3 driving schools in Paignton.
Bay School of Motoring
Manual
Block of 10 lessons at £38 per hour, or £40 per hour for single bookings. Door-to-door service across Torbay and South Hams with instructors who know all local test routes, aiming to help students pass first time. Pass Plus courses also available for new drivers seeking insurance discounts.
iLEARN School of Motoring
Manual and automatic
Grade A instructors with 52 excellent reviews, including multiple first-time passes and learners who've built confidence from scratch. £41–£42 per hour with block deals from £210 for 5 hours up to £410 for 10 hours, plus pay-as-you-go options at £63 for 1.5 hours. Standout for their personalised approach: one instructor donated free lessons to a learner rebuilding confidence after trauma, and another got a nervous late-starter through their test with flying colours.
The Driving School South West
Manual and automatic
£44 per hour or block deals from £126 for 3 hours, with intensive courses and Pass Plus training also available. Flexible options across both manual and automatic lessons mean you can choose the pace and transmission type that suits your learning style.
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Block booking
Best block deals in Paignton
Pay for a block of lessons upfront and the hourly rate drops. The best block here saves you £20.
Intensive courses in Paignton
Want to pass fast?
2 Paignton schools run intensive courses, compressing months of training into days or weeks.
Paignton Test Centres and Pass Rates
Learners in Paignton test at Newton Abbot, which has a pass rate of 54%, above the 50% average across Great Britain. Its automatic pass rate of 47% is slightly above Britain's average automatic pass rate of 45%, and the typical wait is about 3½ months.
Newton Abbot
6,591 tests taken · typical wait 3½ months| Test Centre | Pass rate | Tests | Typical wait | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Manual | Automatic | |||
| Newton Abbot | 53.8% | 55.3% | 46.9% | 6,591 | 3½ months |