Driving Lessons in Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock has 7 driving schools and 40 independent driving instructors to choose from, with lesson prices ranging from £27 to £40 per hour where advertised. The driving schools here maintain an excellent 4.5-star average rating, and 11 independent female driving instructors are available for learners who prefer learning with a woman. Learners typically test at either Irvine (with a 55.7% pass rate) or Ayr, which offers a slightly higher 57.5% pass rate based on the latest DVSA data (2025-26).

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Driving lessons in Kilmarnock

7 driving schools and 40 independent instructors.

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Showing 41–47 of 47 driving schools and independent instructors in Kilmarnock.

Brian Roberts

William Rollie Sharpe

Stuart Shapland

John Stephen Callaghan

Margaret Welsh

Female ADI

John William Douglas

Jennifer Woods

Female ADI

Block booking

Best block deals in Kilmarnock

Pay for a block of lessons upfront and the hourly rate drops. The best block here saves you £25.

  1. Sandy Hillan Driving School

    £32510 hrs

    £32.50/hr£35/hr

    Save £25

  2. GRID Driving School

    £38010 hrs

    £38/hr£40/hr

    Save £20

  3. Howard's School of Motoring

    £34010 hrs

    £34/hr£35/hr

    Save £10

  4. L Busters Driving School

    £35010 hrs

    £35/hr

    Block rate

Intensive courses in Kilmarnock

Want to pass fast?

1 Kilmarnock schools run intensive courses, compressing months of training into days or weeks.

Kilmarnock Test Centres and Pass Rates

Learners from Kilmarnock have two good centres to choose from, and both beat the national figure of 50%. Ayr has a pass rate of 58% and a typical wait of about 2 months. Irvine has a pass rate of 56% and the longer wait, about 4 months, but it's clearly the better option for automatic tests: its automatic pass rate is 55%, while Ayr's falls to 46%, close to Britain's average automatic pass rate of 45%. Learning in a manual car makes Ayr the easier choice; learning in an automatic gives Irvine the edge.

58%

Ayr

2,189 tests taken · typical wait 2 months
Manual pass rate59.8%
Automatic pass rate46.4%
56%

Irvine

4,941 tests taken · typical wait 4 months
Manual pass rate55.9%
Automatic pass rate54.5%

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