Driving Lessons in Tyne And Wear
- £37
- average price
- 50
- driving schools
- 119
- independent instructors
- 5
- test centres
Top driving schools in Tyne And Wear by what matters most
The standout school for each of the most-asked questions.
Clickdriving
Cheapest manual driving school in Tyne And Wear.
Teendrive
Highest-rated manual driving school in Tyne And Wear.
Teendrive
Top-rated for automatic driving lessons in Tyne And Wear.
Chris Elwick Driver Training
Top-rated manual driving school with female instructors in Tyne And Wear.
Driving lessons in Tyne And Wear
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Showing 41–50 of 50 driving schools, plus every independent instructor in Tyne And Wear.
Shift Driving School
Drive with Skills Driving School
Sayed Abdullah
Craig Adrian Lyons
Shehzad Ahmed
Syed Ahmed
Mohammed Ali
Modussar Ali
James Allan Barnaby
Edi Amin Jony
Callum Anderson
Deborah Ann Nixon
Paul Anthony Curtis
George Arnold Hunt
Louise Aveyard
Sandra Baird
Benjamin Balls
Sujona Begum
Rabeya Begum
Robert Benjamin
Kevin Bewick
Scott Billingham
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How much do driving lessons cost in Tyne And Wear?
Most learners pay £35–£40 an hour. Under £35 is a good deal, over £45 is at the higher end.
Based on prices from 26 driving schools in Tyne And Wear.
Intensive courses in Tyne And Wear
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10 Tyne And Wear schools run intensive courses, compressing months of training into days or weeks.
Tyne And Wear Test Centres and Pass Rates
Tyne and Wear has five test centres where 46,903 tests were taken between 2025 and 2026, with pass rates varying sharply across the region. Durham leads with a 53.2% pass rate, while Gateshead sits at the other end with 37.5%. The roads around Durham involve a mix of Georgian terraces with tight parking and faster-moving A roads heading towards the motorway network, while Gateshead's town centre has challenging gradients and the kind of busy gyratory systems that catch out less confident drivers. Men passed at 53.7% in Durham and women at 52.6%, while automatic pass rates there reached 47.8%. Waits range from 7 weeks in Gateshead to 16 weeks in both Durham and Gosforth.
Durham
9,451 tests taken · 16 week waitSunderland
10,436 tests taken · 9 week waitBlyth
6,973 tests taken · 14 week waitGosforth
10,531 tests taken · 16 week waitGateshead
9,512 tests taken · 7 week wait| Test Centre | Female | Male | Automatic | Overall | Tests | Wait |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durham | 52.6% | 53.7% | 47.8% | 53.2% | 9,451 | 16 weeks |
| Sunderland | 51.1% | 51.2% | 42.7% | 51.1% | 10,436 | 9 weeks |
| Blyth | 52.4% | 49.7% | 39.4% | 50.9% | 6,973 | 14 weeks |
| Gosforth | 46.7% | 49.8% | 44.3% | 48.4% | 10,531 | 16 weeks |
| Gateshead | 37.9% | 37.2% | 32.7% | 37.5% | 9,512 | 7 weeks |