Driving Lessons in Stafford
Stafford's 9 driving schools and 40 independent driving instructors include 5 schools offering automatic driving lessons and 3 offering intensive courses. Schools hold excellent 4.8-star average ratings with prices from £40 to £50 per hour (average £43). Two schools offer female driving instructors, and there are 5 independent female driving instructors available. The Stafford test centre has a 45.8% pass rate, considerably higher than Featherstone's challenging 36.4%.
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Level Road Driver Training
Cheapest manual driving school in Stafford.
KSL Driving School
Highest-rated manual driving school in Stafford.
KSL Driving School
Top-rated for automatic driving lessons in Stafford.
KSL Driving School
Top-rated manual driving school with female instructors in Stafford.
Driving lessons in Stafford
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Christopher Saunders
Neil Sinclair
Nigel Steven Mantle
Robert Sumner
William Tonge
Adrian Whale
Ian White
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Intensive courses in Stafford
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3 Stafford schools run intensive courses, compressing months of training into days or weeks.
Stafford Test Centres and Pass Rates
Stafford's 2 centres recorded 18,558 tests between 2025 and 2026, and both sit well below the national average. Featherstone is particularly tough with a pass rate of just 36.4%, where women passed at 34.3% and men at 38.2%, and the 12 week wait is shorter than Stafford's 18 weeks. The roads around here include the M6 corridor, fast A-roads with 70mph limits, and market town centres where narrow streets and delivery vehicles create hazards. Stafford itself is better at 45.8%, nearly identical for men and women, but automatic learners struggled at 33.8%. Featherstone handled far more tests at 13,193 compared to Stafford's 5,365.
Stafford
5,365 tests taken · 18 week waitFeatherstone
13,193 tests taken · 12 week wait| Test Centre | Female | Male | Automatic | Overall | Tests | Wait |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stafford | 46.1% | 45.6% | 33.8% | 45.8% | 5,365 | 18 weeks |
| Featherstone | 34.3% | 38.2% | 35.3% | 36.4% | 13,193 | 12 weeks |