Driving Lessons in Dartford
Dartford has 24 driving schools and 43 independent driving instructors, including 16 independent female driving instructors. Schools average 4.8 stars with prices from £36 to £40 per hour, and 6 offer automatic driving lessons while 3 provide female driving instructors. Ten schools run intensive courses. Your best bet for testing is Sidcup with a 58.7% pass rate, significantly higher than most nearby centres like Belvedere (40.5%) and Barking (36.3%).
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Top driving schools in Dartford by what matters most
The standout school for each of the most-asked questions.
Topclass Driving School
Cheapest manual driving school in Dartford.
Easydrive Partnership Driving School
Highest-rated manual driving school in Dartford.
Easydrive Partnership Driving School
Top-rated for automatic driving lessons in Dartford.
Easydrive Partnership Driving School
Top-rated manual driving school with female instructors in Dartford.
Driving lessons in Dartford
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Intensive courses in Dartford
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10 Dartford schools run intensive courses, compressing months of training into days or weeks.
Dartford Test Centres and Pass Rates
With 10 centres near Dartford, the best and worst are a long way apart. Sidcup leads with a pass rate of 59%, well above the national pass rate of 50%, and its automatic pass rate of 57% is the best nearby, against a national automatic pass rate of 45%. It also has the longest wait, about 5½ months. At the other end, Barking (36%) and Belvedere (41%) are both in the bottom 5% of centres nationwide, even though Belvedere can usually fit you in within about a month. Plenty of centres here fall between those extremes, and if you learn near one of them, staying on roads you know may serve you better than chasing Sidcup.
Sidcup (London)
14,318 tests taken · typical wait 5½ monthsBromley (London)
13,228 tests taken · typical wait 2 monthsErith (London)
5,809 tests taken · typical wait 2 monthsWest Wickham (London)
12,249 tests taken · typical wait 1½ monthsTilbury
5,083 tests taken · typical wait 1 monthBrentwood (London)
5,791 tests taken · typical wait 1 monthHornchurch (London)
8,694 tests taken · typical wait 5 monthsGoodmayes (London)
21,374 tests taken · typical wait 2½ monthsBelvedere (London)
4,245 tests taken · typical wait 1 monthBarking (Tanner Street)
5,543 tests taken · typical wait 3½ months| Test Centre | Pass rate | Tests | Typical wait | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Manual | Automatic | |||
| Sidcup (London) | 58.7% | 60.6% | 56.7% | 14,318 | 5½ months |
| Bromley (London) | 52.9% | 54.8% | 51.0% | 13,228 | 2 months |
| Erith (London) | 51.6% | 53.0% | 50.4% | 5,809 | 2 months |
| West Wickham (London) | 51.6% | 52.1% | 50.8% | 12,249 | 1½ months |
| Tilbury | 50.4% | 53.5% | 46.0% | 5,083 | 1 month |
| Brentwood (London) | 48.5% | 49.8% | 46.1% | 5,791 | 1 month |
| Hornchurch (London) | 46.3% | 48.3% | 43.4% | 8,694 | 5 months |
| Goodmayes (London) | 43.7% | 46.3% | 41.5% | 21,374 | 2½ months |
| Belvedere (London) | 40.5% | 42.6% | 38.3% | 4,245 | 1 month |
| Barking (Tanner Street) | 36.3% | 38.8% | 33.4% | 5,543 | 3½ months |