Driving Lessons in Northamptonshire
Across Northamptonshire, you'll find 47 driving schools and 79 independent driving instructors, including 16 independent female driving instructors and 12 schools with female driving instructors. Quality is exceptional with a 4.9-star average rating across schools, and prices range from £30 to £46 per hour where advertised. Twenty-five schools offer automatic driving lessons and 23 provide intensive courses. Wellingborough test centre stands out with a 60% pass rate, considerably higher than Northampton (52.1%) and Kettering (49.1%).
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Top driving schools in Northamptonshire by what matters most
The standout school for each of the most-asked questions.
Poets Corner School of Motoring
Cheapest manual driving school in Northamptonshire.
Driving Solution
Highest-rated manual driving school in Northamptonshire.
Driving Solution
Top-rated for automatic driving lessons in Northamptonshire.
Driving Solution
Top-rated manual driving school with female instructors in Northamptonshire.
Driving lessons in Northamptonshire
47 driving schools and 78 independent instructors.
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Philip Brian Johnson
Egidijus Budrika
Bogdan Budusan
Martin Burton
Nathan Copp
Mark David Murray
Matthew David Neild
Thomas Drage
Shaun Duncan
Fardin Farhang
Shaun Farrington
Jason Gillingham
John Gregory
Lyndon Gregory Poole
Anamul Haque
Ronald Harold Trivett
Steven Howe
Block booking
Best block deals in Northamptonshire
Pay for a block of lessons upfront and the hourly rate drops. The best block here saves you £90.
How much do driving lessons cost in Northamptonshire?
Most learners pay £35–£40 an hour. Under £35 is a good deal, over £45 is at the higher end.
Based on prices from 24 driving schools in Northamptonshire.
Intensive courses in Northamptonshire
Want to pass fast?
23 Northamptonshire schools run intensive courses, compressing months of training into days or weeks.
Northamptonshire Test Centres and Pass Rates
Across Northamptonshire, the choice comes down to waiting time against pass rate. Bedford has the shortest typical wait, at about a month, while Wellingborough's is the longest at about 4 months. Wellingborough does have the best figures of the four, with a pass rate of 60%, well above Britain's average pass rate of 50%, and an automatic pass rate of 58%, far beyond Britain's average automatic pass rate of 45%. Even the lowest, Kettering at 49%, is close to average, and you won't go far wrong with whichever centre is nearest where you learn.
Wellingborough
1,450 tests taken · typical wait 4 monthsBedford
8,854 tests taken · typical wait 1 monthNorthampton
13,539 tests taken · typical wait 2 monthsKettering
11,876 tests taken · typical wait 1 month| Test Centre | Pass rate | Tests | Typical wait | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Manual | Automatic | |||
| Wellingborough | 60.0% | 62.0% | 57.6% | 1,450 | 4 months |
| Bedford | 53.7% | 57.1% | 46.8% | 8,854 | 1 month |
| Northampton | 52.1% | 55.9% | 45.9% | 13,539 | 2 months |
| Kettering | 49.1% | 52.0% | 41.0% | 11,876 | 1 month |