DRIVING LESSONS & TRAINING IN TORBAY & EXETER
COVERING TORBAY, NEWTON ABBOT, EXETER & SURROUNDING AREAS
From 1.5hrs driving lessons to a whole days training
Intensive courses
Trailer training
Price per hour from £42
High first time pass rate
Patient, reliable instructors
Progress cards
Instructor training
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drivING LESSONS
Top gear driving academy have over 25 years teaching experience. Whether you need to be taught in a car, mini bus truck or learn to tow trailers, we are the only local driving school/academy that can do it all.
Please give us a call on 07760310015 or use our contact form and we will answer any questions you may have like: How long does it take to learn how to drive? what are our lesson prices? and our waiting time for your first driving lesson?
Top gear driving academy pride ourselves on a punctual professional lesson, that will be tailored to suit your individual needs. Our instructors have gained the DVSA grade A in driving instruction the highest grade available. We have also gained RoSPA gold driving qualification which we have held since 2006. Rest assured you will be in safe hands.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Price List
From £42 per hour for manual and automatic cars.
£400 for block booking discounts of 10 hours or more.
£150 for trailer training consisting of reversing exercise and trailer coupling.
Intensive courses are at our block booking discount of 10 hours or more.
Free Theory Test Pro for current students
All current students get free access to Theory Test Pro
Intensive Courses
All intensive courses are subject to an initial driving assessment.
All driving assessments will last approximately 1.5 hours.
During your assessment the driving instructor will ask you to demonstrate your ability to drive the car under control and ask you certain road knowledge questions.
At the end of the assessment, you and your instructor will then discuss how many hours are required for you to pass your test and the come up with a game plan.
Trailer Training
For those people that are requiring to tow a trailer or a caravan, we offer reversing courses.
These courses can be tailor made to suit the individual, whether it be horse boxes, caravans or small trailers.
Each course normally consists of the reversing exercise and a coupling.
Driving Test 'Show Me/Tell Me'
You’ll be asked 2 vehicle safety questions during your car driving test.
The examiner will ask you one:
- ‘tell me’ question (where you explain how you’d carry out a safety task) at the start of your test, before you start driving
- ‘show me’ question (where you show how you’d carry out a safety task) while you’re driving
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Am I ready to take the test/course?
Cancellation Policy
A minimum of 48 hours notice before the start of any booked course or lesson must be given. Courses or lessons cancelled within this period for any reason will be fully chargeable.
Failure to arrive for any lesson within 15 minutes of the start time will result in the lesson being abandoned and will be fully chargeable at your current lesson rate.
Should an instructor arrive late for a lesson the full lesson time booked will be delivered.
Should a pupil arrive late for a lesson (within 15mins of start time-please see above T&C’s) the remaining time of the booked lesson will be delivered.
If an instructor cancels for any reason there will be no charge for the cancelled lesson and an alternative date and time will be offered.
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Cancellations:
A minimum of 48 hours notice before the start of any booked course or lesson must be given. Courses or lessons cancelled within this period for any reason will be fully chargeable.
Failure to arrive for any lesson within 15 minutes of the start time will result in the lesson being abandoned and will be fully chargeable at your current lesson rate.
Should an instructor arrive late for a lesson the full lesson time booked will be delivered.
Should a pupil arrive late for a lesson (within 15mins of start time-please see above T&C’s) the remaining time of the booked lesson will be delivered.
If an instructor cancels for any reason there will be no charge for the cancelled lesson and an alternative date and time will be offered.
Why do you have a cancellation policy ?
Being a driving instructor is not a highly paid job unlike you maybe lead to believe.
So if someone cancels a course at short notice or doesn’t turn up for the lesson this will affect their income. Which in turn will affect their ability to pay their own bills. So this is why we have a 2 week cancellation policy for intensive courses and 48 hours for weekly lessons.
If you really do need to cancel your instructor will try his or her upmost to fill the space so you don’t get charged but this is not always possible.
Are you ready for the test/ course?
Is your instructor still having to take control with the dual controls or take control by use of the steering wheel?
If this is the case then you may not be ready for test.
You’re instructor will not take you to test if you are not ready for the test as per DVSA guidelines.