Driving Instructor Training Rayleigh

We try to keep the costs to you at a minimum and so offer a couple of different ways of paying for your driver instructor training in Rayleigh. We cannot give you an exact cost as each individual person will need more or less support/lessons than another. Books, CD Roms and other resources are available from KUDOS but we also post lots of help and advice on our blog.

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Pay As You Go

£40 per hr

This is probably our most favoured option as you can spread the cost out of the course of your training.

Part 1 (Theory) Costs are – 
£75.00 – Induction & Theory Training 
£83.00   - Test Fee

Part 2 (Practical) Costs are – 
£40.00 per hour x hours you need
£111.00 – Test Fee 

A typical person will need 10 hours (plus practice) of training to get to the required standard for passing an ADi Part 2 test.

Part 3 (Teaching) Costs are –
£40 per hour x hours you need
£111.00 – Test Fee

The number of hours required will depend on your aptitude for teaching/training, but the average person will need about 40 hours of training. The more practice you do, the less time you should need. You will need to have completed 40 hours of training to qualify for a trainee licence under DVSA rules, unfortunately.

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Additional hrs can be purchased at £40 per hr.

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Paying by the section

£2,075

If you want to pay by the test or section the costs will be 

Part 1 (Theory & Hazard Perception) - £75.00

Part 2 (Practical Driving) - £400.00 (includes 10 hours of 1 to 1 in car training)

Part 3 (Teaching Test) - £1600.00 (This can be completed intensively or 2 hours at a time) includes the test fee

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Additional hrs can be purchased at £40 per hr.

**Regardless of how you pay for your training we will organise an individual tailored training program with yourself so that the training can be built into you life rather than your life adapting to you training**

KUDOS Rayleigh

Rayleigh is a well-connected Essex town and a practical location for anyone considering a career in driving instruction. KUDOS Driver Instructor Training provides professional, supportive and flexible ADI training to help you qualify as a DVSA Approved Driving Instructor.

Situated between the A127 and A130, Rayleigh provides convenient links towards Southend-on-Sea, Basildon and other parts of Essex. The town and surrounding area combine residential streets with busier routes, giving trainee instructors a range of driving environments in which to develop their skills.

For someone considering a change of career, becoming a driving instructor can offer a different way of working. Once qualified, you can organise your working life around your pupils, availability and longer-term goals.

Could Driving Instruction Be Your Next Career?

Driving instruction can suit people who enjoy driving but also want a career involving regular contact with others. The role is not simply about showing someone how to operate a car. A good instructor needs patience, clear communication and the ability to recognise how an individual pupil learns.

It can also appeal to people who are looking for a complete career change. Teaching learners as they build confidence and develop the skills to drive independently can be a rewarding part of the job.

If you are considering becoming an instructor, KUDOS can explain what the qualification involves and discuss whether driving instructor training could fit your circumstances.

The ADI Qualification in Rayleigh

The DVSA Approved Driving Instructor qualification is completed through three stages. Part 1 covers theory and hazard perception, Part 2 assesses your practical driving ability and Part 3 focuses on your ability to provide effective driving instruction.

The detailed requirements for each stage are covered separately on this page, so there is no need to repeat the full test information here. KUDOS can support you through the qualification and help you prepare as you progress through each stage.

Training Around Your Existing Commitments

Changing career does not always mean being able to put everything else on hold. KUDOS offers pay-as-you-go training, allowing you to arrange your preparation around work, family and other commitments rather than committing to a large training package upfront.

Developing Your Skills as an Instructor

Becoming an instructor involves developing skills that go beyond your own driving ability. You need to observe what is happening around you, identify potential risks and explain situations clearly to another person.

Every pupil is different. Some learners may need additional reassurance, while others may progress quickly but need help recognising their own weaknesses. Learning to adapt your teaching approach is an important part of becoming an effective instructor.

KUDOS can help you develop the knowledge, driving ability and instructional skills required throughout your ADI training.

Training Around Rayleigh

Rayleigh's position between the A127 and A130 gives trainee instructors access to a varied local road network. Residential streets around the town provide a different environment from the larger roads connecting Rayleigh with Southend-on-Sea, Basildon and surrounding areas.

The surrounding area can provide experience of different junctions, traffic conditions and road layouts. Developing confidence across these environments can be useful when preparing to teach pupils with different levels of experience.

Training in and around Rayleigh also gives you the opportunity to become familiar with a wider range of local driving situations rather than concentrating on one type of road.

A Flexible Route Into Driving Instruction

One of the attractions of becoming a driving instructor is the potential to build your working life around your own availability. Once qualified, instructors can decide how they organise their working week and manage their pupils.

For people who want more control over how they work, or who are looking for a career that combines driving with working directly with people, driving instruction could be an option worth exploring.

Driving Instructor Training Across Rayleigh and Essex

KUDOS provides driving instructor training for people in Rayleigh and surrounding areas. This includes Southend-on-Sea, Basildon and other parts of south Essex.

If you live in Rayleigh or elsewhere in Essex and are considering becoming a driving instructor, KUDOS can discuss your experience, explain the training process and help you understand the next steps.

Driving Instructor Training FAQs

How do I become a driving instructor in Rayleigh?

To become a DVSA Approved Driving Instructor, you need to meet the eligibility requirements and complete the ADI qualification, including Parts 1, 2 and 3. KUDOS can provide training and support throughout the qualification.

Is driving instruction a good career change?

Driving instruction can offer a different way of working for people who enjoy driving and working with others. Once qualified, instructors can organise their work around their pupils, availability and individual career goals.

Can I train to become a driving instructor while working?

Yes. KUDOS offers pay-as-you-go training, which can allow you to work towards your qualification around existing work and personal commitments. The time required will vary depending on your experience and progress.

Can I train with KUDOS if I live outside Rayleigh?

KUDOS provides training for people in Rayleigh and surrounding areas. If you are based elsewhere in Essex, contact us to discuss your location and training requirements.

How long does driving instructor training take?

The time required varies from person to person. Your previous driving experience, training requirements and progress through Parts 1, 2 and 3 can all affect how long the qualification takes.

Ready to Start Your Driving Instructor Training?

If you are considering becoming a driving instructor in Rayleigh or the surrounding area, speak to KUDOS about your options. We can discuss your experience, explain the training process and help you decide on the next step.

Test 1 - The Theory & Hazard Perception Test

The 1st test is, in fact, 2 separate tests that are taken during the same sitting. The Theory test is a 100-question multiple-choice test taken across the following subjects:

  • Road procedures
  • Traffic signs and signals
  • Car Control
  • Pedestrians and Mechanical knowledge
  • General road safety and Driving techniques
  • Medical knowledge

Once you have completed this, it's time to test your Hazard Perception skills. The Hazard Perception test is taken through 14 video clips from which you must identify at least 1 potential hazard. There are actually 15 potential hazards that you must identify, so 1 video will have 2 hazards in it! The scoring system counts down from 5 to zero, and the earlier you identify it, the more points you get, but if you're too early, you won't get any points.

If you fail 1 test, you fail both and must re-sit them both. These tests can be taken over 1 hour 45 minutes. The tests are run by Pearson Professional Services on behalf of the DVSA at many test centres across the country, and their staff will tell you at the end of your test whether you have passed or failed.

**Remember, from the date you pass your theory/Hazard Perception test, you have 2 years to complete the rest of the process, or you have to start all over again from the beginning**

You can read what the DVSA says about the ADi theory and hazard perception test here: Approved driving instructor (ADI) part 1 test: Booking your test - GOV.UK

Test 2 - The Practical

The driving ability test is broken down into the following categories.

An Eyesight Check

For the eyesight check you must be able to read a number plate from 26.5 metres for a new style number plate or 27.5 for an old style number plate. New-style number plates start with 2 letters followed by 2 numbers, e.g. AB51 ABC. If you fail the eyesight test it will be considered as 1 attempt but the test will be stopped straight away.

You must use glasses or contact lenses during the whole test if you need them to read the number plate.

You’ll fail the test if you don’t pass the eyesight test. It will count as 1 of the 3 attempts you’re allowed at the ADI part 2 test.

Vehicle Safety Questions

The Vehicle Safety Checks or Show/Tell questions as they are known are asked straight after the eyesight check. There are 19 potential questions and you will be asked 3 show questions. Which would be asked to “show” the examiner where the certain thing is and how it works. You will also be asked to “tell” me Questions during which the examiner will want you to tell them how to check something on the car for instance how you would check the brakes are working. You can get a minor driver fault for each question wrongly answered.

You’ll be asked 5 vehicle safety questions. These are also known as ‘show me, tell me’ questions.

The examiner will ask you 3 ‘show me’ questions where you’ll have to show them how you’d carry out the vehicle checks, and 2 ‘tell me’ questions where you’ll have to explain how you’d carry out the vehicle checks. You’ll get a driving fault for each incorrect answer you give.

You’ll get a serious fault and fail the test if you answer all 5 questions incorrectly.

You can find a full list of questions with videos at www.gov.uk/government/publications/car-show-me-tell-me-vehicle-safety-questions/car-show-me-tell-me-vehicle-safety-questions

General Driving Ability

During the driving ability part of the test you'll have to show the examiner all of the following:

  • excellent handling of the controls
  • understand correct road procedure
  • anticipation of the actions of other road users and then react appropriately
  • making good judgement of distance
  • speed and timing
  • show consideration for the convenience and safety of other road users
  • drive in an environmentally friendly manner

You’ll drive in varying road and traffic conditions, including motorways or dual carriageways where possible.

You must be able to carry out all of the following manoeuvres:

  • Pull away straight ahead or at an angle start
  • Meet or cross the path of other vehicles
  • Turn left-hand and right-hand
  • Complete an emergency stop
  • Pull up on the right and reverse back 2 car lengths
  • Reverse-park the vehicle into the space behind a parked car
  • Reverse-park into a parking bay
  • Turn the vehicle to face in the opposite direction using forward and reverse gears

You'll also have to drive without turn-by-turn directions from the examiner for around 20 minutes; this is known as the independent drive. You’ll have to follow either:

  • Traffic signs
  • A series of directions given to you before you set off
  • A combination of both

At the end of the test, you will be given your results, with feedback. To pass these, you must not get more than 6 minor driver faults.

**Remember, you only get 3 attempts at this test. If you fail all 3, you will need to wait until the 2 years are up and start all over again from the beginning**

Test 3 - The Instructional Test

The third and final test is approximately 1 hour, including the admin and feedback session; your pupil should be driving for about 40 minutes. The test is designed to test 3 things:

  • The 17 Core Competences
  • Your teaching ability
  • Instructional characteristics

You will be expected to turn up at your designated test centre 10 minutes before your test with your pupil. Leave your pupil in the car, obviously without the keys, and wait for the examiner in the test centre waiting room.

On meeting you, the examiner will ask to see your driving licence, your training notes (these are what you have done with your trainer), and then ask you who you have with you and what subject/s you will be doing in your lesson. This test is quite literally you giving a lesson to a pupil with the examiner observing you from the back seat.

You will go out to the car with the examiner, and they will introduce themselves to the pupil and explain that they are not there to look at their driving but to watch the teaching of the instructor (you). This is where you need to make sure you are prepared, as the examiner will want you to deliver a Client Centred Learning (CCL) lesson.

You will now deliver a lesson where you can show:

  • Safety/Risk Management – this is picking the right training area and you being in control all of the time to maximise safety
  • The pupil learning, which will show your teaching abilities and strategies
  • Lesson Planning – This is aligning the learning needs of your pupil to the subject you will be teaching

Once you arrive back at the test centre, you can give your pupil a short debrief on the things you have covered, both positive and negative. That’s where your bit is done, but you will be asked to accompany the examiner back into the test centre, where they will take a few minutes to complete the paperwork, and then they come back out of their office and deliver your result; that’s the nerve-racking bit, but our KUDOS trainers will be at the test centre before your test to help you keep the nerves down and a few final bits of wisdom and listen (if you want them to) to the feedback & result so they can help you understand the result.

You can read more about the DVSA Part 3 instructional test here: Approved driving instructor (ADI) part 3 test: What happens during the test - GOV.UK

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