Intensive Driving Courses
Intensive Driving Courses from Sandwell Driving School
Sandwell Driving School offer three choices of how to structure your driving lessons:
An Intensive Driving Course with Sandwell Driving School can be the solution to getting through your driving test quickly, and avoiding some of the difficulties that hourly driving lessons can have.
Intensive Driving Courses are especially useful to people with very little spare time in their normal schedule to fit in driving lessons.
Take a week or two off work, do an intensive driving course, and take your driving test.
Intensive Driving Courses with Sandwell Driving School are Different
Pitfalls to avoid with Intensive Driving Courses from other Driving Schools:
- Many Driving Schools offer intensive driving courses that are either not as intensive as you are originally told, or are badly planned.
- Some intensive driving courses are only a couple of hours per day
- Some intensive driving courses involve sharing a car with another learner; meaning you only get half the time.
- Some Driving Schools offer set length courses.
- Without any assessment of your driving!
- How can they know what length of course you will need just by speaking to you on the telephone?
- Some Driving Schools will start your course without a driving test arranged.
- They are hoping that they can find an appointment that someone else has cancelled.
- You might complete your course and not be able to take a driving test!
- Some Driving Schools aim to combine theory and practical driving tests in the same week.
- Studying for the theory test is reducing the time available to prepare for the practical driving test.
- Taking the theory test is reducing the time available to prepare for the practical driving test.
- If the theory test is not passed, the practical driving test cannot be taken.
- There cannot be a practical driving test booked until the theory test is passed.
- They are hoping that they can find an appointment that someone else has cancelled.
- You might complete your course and not be able to take a driving test!
Intensive Driving Courses with Sandwell Driving School are Different
Driving Assessments
Despite many years of experience, trying to assess a suitable length of driving course by telephone just does not work.
Before your Intensive Driving Course is arranged with Sandwell Driving School we will first start with a driving assessment lesson.
Your Sandwell Driving School driving instructor will:
- assess your current driving ability.
- assess how quickly you learn.
Based on this driving assessment your driving instructor will advise you of the length of Intensive Driving Course you will need.
We will then plan your intensive driving course with you, and book your driving test appointment to coincide with the final day of your Intensive Driving Course.
When Can I Pass My Driving Test? How Long Will It Take?
- The length of your Intensive Driving Course will depend on your assessment lesson.
- How soon your Driving Test will be will depend on:
- Whether you have passed the Theory Test
- Waiting times for Driving Tests:
- The average theory test waiting time is 2 weeks
- The average practical driving test waiting time is 6 weeks
- Waiting lists vary continuously so this is only a guide, but we will always try to arrange a course within the time scale that you want, if it is possible.
How will My Intensive Driving Course Be Structured?
- Your training will take place on consecutive days (excluding Saturdays & Sundays).
- Each day will run from 9.00am to 3.00pm.
- The day is flexible, and breaks for tea, coffee, or lunch etc. can be taken as required.
- The final day will be training in the morning with the Driving Test in the afternoon.
Residential Intensive Driving Courses
Clients not living in the Sandwell area can take a residential intensive driving course by staying in one of the many hotels or guesthouses in the Sandwell area.
We can advise you regarding accommodation if you require, but a lot of information will be available from websites such as Tripadvisor.
An assessment driving lesson would still be necessary before booking your intensive driving course, but this could be arranged with us meeting you at the train or bus station.
Planning Your Intensive Driving Course
- Step 1
- Apply for a Provisional Driving Licence
- Start studying for the Theory Test
- Step 2
- Receive Provisional Driving Licence
- Book Theory test appointment
- Book Practical Driving Assessment Lesson
- Step 3
- Keep studying for the Theory Test
- We will assess your driving, and advise you of the length of Intensive Driving Course required
- Step 4
- Keep studying for the Theory Test
- Step 5
- Pass the Theory Test
- We will book your Practical Driving Test Appointment and arrange your Intensive Driving Course
- Step 6
- Take Intensive Driving Course
- Pass Practical Driving Test
Alternatives to an Intensive Driving Course:
Sandwell Driving School offers Alternatives to an Intensive Driving Course:
Learner Drivers Intensive Driving Courses Prices
| Learner Drivers Intensive Driving Courses Including Driving Test Fee (paid in advance) | Manual | Automatic |
|---|---|---|
| Assessment Driving Lesson | £64.00 | £72.00 |
| 3 Day Intensive Driving Course | £782.00 | £872.00 |
| 4 Day Intensive Driving Course | £1022.00 | £1142.00 |
| 5 Day Intensive Driving Course | £1262.00 | £1412.00 |
| 6 Day Intensive Driving Course | £1502.00 | £1682.00 |
| 7 Day Intensive Driving Course | £1742.00 | £1952.00 |
| 8 Day Intensive Driving Course | £1982.00 | £2222.00 |
| 9 Day Intensive Driving Course | £2222.00 | £2492.00 |
| 10 Day Intensive Driving Course | £2462.00 | £2762.00 |
All Intensive Driving Courses are structured as a 6 hour day (usually 9.00am to 3.00pm)
Your Driving Test is arranged for the afternoon of the final day of the intensive driving course.
There will sometimes be reasons to have an Intensive Driving Course, without a driving test on the final day, for example you might want to use an intensive driving course to give you a headstart in learning to drive with further tuition and a driving test planned later.
| Learner Drivers Intensive Driving Courses Excluding Driving Test Fee (paid in advance) | Manual | Automatic |
|---|---|---|
| Assessment Driving Lesson | £64.00 | £72.00 |
| 3 Day Intensive Driving Course | £720.00 | £810.00 |
| 4 Day Intensive Driving Course | £960.00 | £1080.00 |
| 5 Day Intensive Driving Course | £1200.00 | £1350.00 |
| 6 Day Intensive Driving Course | £1440.00 | £1620.00 |
| 7 Day Intensive Driving Course | £1680.00 | £1890.00 |
| 8 Day Intensive Driving Course | £1920.00 | £2160.00 |
| 9 Day Intensive Driving Course | £2160.00 | £2430.00 |
| 10 Day Intensive Driving Course | £2400.00 | £2700.00 |
Driving Test Fees
Theory and Practical Driving Test Fees are set by, and are payable to The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).
We can book your Theory and Practical Driving Test for you, if you require, this is offered as a free service for customers of Sandwell Driving School.
(If we book a practical driving test for you and you then decide to use another driving school but want to retain the driving test appointment we will charge an administration fee.)
| DVSA Driving Test Fees | ||
|---|---|---|
| Theory Test | £23.00 | |
| Practical Driving Test (weekdays) | £62.00 | |
| Practical Driving Test (evenings & weekends) | £75.00 | |
| Extended Practical Driving Test (weekdays) | £124.00 | |
| Extended Practical Driving Test (evenings & weekends) | £150.00 | |
Pages in the Learning to Drive section of the Sandwell Driving School website:
Sections of the Sandwell Driving School website:
- Sandwell Driving School home page
- Important Information about Sandwell Driving School
- Learning to Drive with Sandwell Driving School
- Theory and Practical Driving Tests Guide
- Full Licence Holders Driver Training
- Taxi Driver Training
- Advanced, Defensive and Eco Driving
- Driving Instructor Training and Jobs
- Terms of Business
- Special Offers
- Other Resources
- Law & Documentation A Driver’s Guide
- Get In Touch with Sandwell Driving School