Driive
Built for UK driving instructors

Your whole
driving school.
One app.

A simple driving instructor app for UK ADIs and PDIs to manage your diary, pupils, payments, lesson reminders and log progress, so you can spend less time on admin and more time teaching.

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The Driive app showing an instructor's daily diary
Driive · The one app you've been searching for

One app for your diary, payments and pupil progress. Approve bookings in a tap, get paid without chasing, and know exactly where every pupil is up to.

Your free slots shouldn’t sit empty. Driive shows pupils the times you actually have available, lets them request a lesson, and keeps your diary updated automatically.

Try the diary

See each pupil’s lessons, payments, notes, progress and test dates in one simple profile.

View the hub

Take card payments, send payment links, and track every pupil balance from one clean dashboard. Know who’s paid, who owes, and what’s coming into your bank next.

Explore payments

Mark off skills after each lesson, add notes on what went well, and set the next focus before you forget.

Track progress

Run DVSA-style mock tests, sketch out manoeuvres, draw over lesson routes, and share handouts or photos in seconds.

See the tools

Know what you’re making without opening a spreadsheet. Driive tracks income, expenses, mileage and estimated tax as you teach, so your books stay tidy and self-assessment feels less painful.

See the books

Let pupils enquire from your site, then manage the whole journey in Driive.

Capture enquiries
Problem solved

Less chasing.
Less admin.
Cleaner books.

Take pupil payments in-app, track lesson balances automatically, and keep your driving instructor records organised from one simple dashboard.

Explore paymentsAccounts & Tax
  • Card payments and payment links
  • Cash still welcome, We wont tell HMRC 😉
  • See who owes at a glance
  • Income, mileage and tax tracked as you teach
Ledger · every money movement

In

£800.00

Out

£42.50

Net

£757.50

Lesson payments, expenses and blocks land here as you teach — tax-year totals, done for you.

Taking a payment

£38.00

Pay as you go · 1h

Unpaid
Send payment linkMark as paid

One tap sends a card payment link. Cash in the car? Mark it paid on the spot — either way it lands in the ledger and the books stay straight.

Every pupil,
test-day ready.

Mark skills off as you teach, debrief every lesson and run DVSA-style mock tests. Your pupil watches it all in their own app — so “am I ready?” answers itself.

Explore progress trackingMock tests & lesson tools
  • The full DVSA syllabus, marked as you teach
  • Every lesson ends with a debrief
  • Pupils follow along in their own app
DVSA progress

Emily Brown · skills

61 of 137 test-ready
RoundaboutsTest-ready
Bay parkingPractised
Dual carriagewaysIntroduced

You'll know before they ask

Every skill sits at introduced, practised or test-ready — so booking the test becomes a decision, not a guess.

The pupil's side

Next lesson · Thu 14:00Confirmed

2 hrs · covered by block credit

Mock test · pass standard

4 minors · saved to your debrief

Lesson debrief · Tue 10:00

Went well: gear changes · Next focus: bay parking

They get an app too

Pupils request lessons, pay by card and watch their progress climb — and parents can follow along through a read-only link.

Grow your school

Turn local learners
into new pupils.

Get a professional driving instructor website built from your Driive profile, with your prices, areas, reviews and enquiry form already connected to your app.

Explore your website
  • Your own driive.app website, live in minutes
  • Built from details already in Driive
  • New enquiries tracked from first message to first lesson
moss-driving.driive.app
Moss School of Motoring

Learn to drive
in Portsmouth.

Manual & automatic · lessons from £35/hr · pick-up across PO1 – PO6

Book your first lesson

Start your enquiry

Name

Ethan Walsh

Postcode

PO5 2AB
ManualAutomatic
Send enquiry

Lands in your Driive app the second they hit send

Enquiries3 new
EW

Ethan Walsh

Just turned 17 and keen to start straight away.

2h ago
New enquiryContactedEnrolled
MessageCall

Enquiries land in your pocket

Every enquiry arrives with name, area and gearbox already filled in. Call or message in a tap between lessons, and move them through new, contacted, enrolled.

One tap later

Ethan WalshEnrolled

Pupil profile created — lessons, payments and progress ready to go.

First lesson · Mon 16:00Paid

2 hrs · manual · pick-up PO5 — requested and paid from his own app.

From enquiry to first lesson

One tap enrols them as a pupil. They get the app, request their first lesson and pay by card — no numbers copied between notes apps.

Free to start.
Upgrade when you’re ready.

For instructors ready to run their full diary from one app. Unlock unlimited pupils, advanced teaching tools, mock tests, lesson resources and your own website to bring new enquiries straight into Driive.

Free

£0forever

No card, no trial clock

Everything you need to run a round of up to ten pupils.

  • Smart Diary with booking requests and open-slot offers

  • Pupil Hub with notes, history and credit balances

  • Card payments, prepaid blocks and next-day payouts

  • DVSA-aligned progress tracking per pupil

  • Enquiries inbox with a shareable form

  • Accounts: income, expenses, mileage and tax estimate

  • Calendar sync with Google, Apple and Outlook

  • Guardian view for parents — no app needed

Pro

£9.99a month

Billed annually — £119.90 a year, two months free

Unlimited pupils, plus the teaching tools that set your school apart.

  • Everything in Free, with unlimited pupils

  • Lower card fee — 1.5% per transaction instead of 3.5%

  • DL25-style mock tests, marked live in the car

  • Route sketches and doodles over a live map

  • Lesson resources and debriefs pupils keep

  • Your own website at yourname.driive.app

  • Enquiry form on your site, feeding your pipeline

FAQ

Asked by
instructors,
answered straight.

What is Driive?
Driive is a driving instructor app for UK ADIs and PDIs. It brings your diary, pupils, bookings, card payments, prepaid blocks, DVSA progress, reminders, enquiries and accounts into one simple app built around how driving lessons actually work.
Who is Driive built for?
Driive is built for independent UK driving instructors — ADIs and PDIs who manage pupils, lessons, payments and progress themselves. Multi-instructor driving school tools are planned after the solo instructor launch.
What is the difference between an ADI and a PDI?
An ADI is an Approved Driving Instructor — they've passed all three DVSA qualifying tests and are on the ADI register. A PDI is a Potential Driving Instructor still training towards that, who may teach for payment on a trainee licence. Driive supports both: the diary, payments and progress tools work exactly the same way.
When does Driive launch?
We're onboarding instructors in waves through 2026, starting with the waitlist in order of signup. Join now and you'll get one email when it's your turn — nothing else in between.
How does Driive help with diary management?
Driive helps you manage your driving instructor diary around real availability: working hours, breaks, days off and travel time between pick-ups. Pupils request genuine gaps, you approve each booking, and lessons can sync to Google, Apple or Outlook calendars through the smart diary.
Can Driive replace my paper diary?
Yes — that's the point. Driive replaces the paper diary, the payments spreadsheet and the reminder texts with one system: when a lesson changes, the diary, payments, progress record and accounts all update together, so nothing needs copying between places.
Can pupils book or request lessons through Driive?
Yes. Pupils can request lessons from the available times you choose to offer. You stay in control: every booking request is approved or declined by you before it appears in the diary.
How do card payments and prepaid blocks work?
Pupils can pay by card in the app, or you can send a payment link. Prepaid block balances are tracked to the penny, and hours burn when a lesson is completed — not when it is booked — so balances stay right in Payments.
Does Driive track DVSA progress?
Yes. Driive tracks pupil progress against the DVSA “Ready to Pass?” skills. You can mark skills from introduced to test-ready, add lesson debriefs and use DL25-style mock tests to support test-readiness decisions. Driive is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by the DVSA.
Is Driive affiliated with the DVSA?
No. Driive is an independent company and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the DVSA. We track progress against the published DVSA syllabus and “Ready to Pass?” guidance because that is the standard UK learners are tested to.
Does Driive send lesson reminders?
Driive is designed to reduce manual reminder messages by putting lessons into pupil calendars and keeping bookings updated when times change. Reminder behaviour can vary by calendar and notification settings, but the goal is simple: fewer evening texts and fewer missed lessons.
Can Driive help me manage new pupil enquiries?
Yes. Driive includes enquiry tools for new pupil leads. You can capture learner details through your website or enquiry form, track the enquiry status and convert a lead into a pupil when they are ready to start.
Can Driive help with accounts and tax records?
Yes. Accounts & Tax records lesson income, payment records, expenses, mileage and a running tax estimate as you teach. You can export clean records for your accountant or self-assessment.
Does Driive work on iPhone and Android?
Yes. Driive runs on iPhone and Android, for instructors and pupils alike. Parents and guardians follow along through a private web link, and your instructor website lives on the web at yourname.driive.app — no download needed for either.
Do my pupils need to download anything?
Pupils get their own free side of the Driive app: they request lessons, see their credit balance, pay by card and watch their DVSA progress build. Parents and guardians can follow along through a private, read-only web link — no app needed for them.
Can I bring my existing pupils across?
Yes. Add pupils yourself in minutes, or share your join code and they connect from their own phone — you just approve each request. Early-access instructors get hands-on help getting set up.
How much does Driive cost?
Driive is free for up to ten pupils — not a trial. Pro, which adds unlimited pupils, DL25-style mock tests, lesson tools and your own website, is £11.99 a month or £119.90 a year — the detail is on our pricing page.
Is my data safe?
Your data is encrypted in transit and at rest, hosted in the UK/EU, and handled under UK GDPR. We never sell data. The full detail is on our Security page.
Can I export my data?
Yes. Your pupils, lessons, payment records and progress history are yours, and you can export them whenever you like — there's no lock-in, and you take everything with you if you ever leave. Under UK GDPR you also have the right to request a full copy of your personal data at any time.
Am I locked into a contract?
No. Pro is monthly or annual and you can cancel any time — you simply drop back to the free plan, and your pupils, lessons and payment records stay yours, exportable whenever you like.

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