Prices, Terms and Conditions

Driving lessons in Leyland and surrounding areas

With so many driving instructors to choose from, knowing which one to pick can be a complete minefield.   At The Driving Force School of Motoring, you are guaranteed to learn with a fully qualified ADI, who doesn't spend excessive time parked up talking, just to save the instructor money.  Also, be aware of prices that are too good to believe.  These are frequently national chains who use mostly part-qualified instructors, or offer low initial costs, but very high costs down the line.  

Our pricing is kept simple, so you know from the outset what you will be charged.

PRICES  (June 2024)

• First Lesson Offer:  Your first 90 minute lesson is just £40!  (New clients only - must not have had tuition elsewhere.)
• 90 minute lesson - £55   (£36.67 per hour)
• 2 Hour lesson - £72        (£36 per hour)
• Motorway Lessons - £65 for 1.5 hrs, or £85 for 2 hrs. 

*Block bookings can be made with a £10 saving for each block of 10 hours booked.*

Lessons can be booked at the above prices if you live in our priority area, which includes, (but is not limited to) Leyland, Hutton, Lostock Hall, Penwortham, Bamber Bridge, Buckshaw Village, Euxton and Walton-le-Dale)   

If you live outside of these areas, please contact us to enquire as there may be an additional charge and/or restrictions on lesson times.

TERMS & CONDITIONS   (Sept 23 Version)

Payment:
- Cash (change always available)
- The Driving Force Gift Voucher
- Bank Transfer (Block Booking payments only)

Please note that payments must be made prior to lessons commencing or at the time of the lesson.  Receipts available upon request.  Gift vouchers are also available and provided free of charge if making a block booking.  
Non-payment will result in the immediate cancellation of lessons and your slot made available to others.   After a text message reminder, an invoice will be raised (at a charge of £5).  If payment is still not made, we reserve the right to recover money (plus court costs and time taken to raise the claim) via the Small Claims Court. 

Cancellation Policy:
Whilst we will try to be as flexible as possible when providing lessons, we do have the following cancellation policy, which you agree to upon commencing lessons:

Late Cancellations

• Cancellations made less than 24 hours before the lesson commencing  - 50% of the lesson cost.
• Cancellations made less than 1 hour before the lesson commencing (including if you do not show for your lesson) - 100% of the lesson cost

Regular Cancellations
In any rolling 8 week period:

• 1st cancellation (with over 24 hrs notice) No charge
• 2nd cancellation (with over 24hrs notice). 50% lesson charge
• 3rd cancellation (with over 24 hrs notice) 100% lesson charge

If the lesson is able to be rearranged, this would not be considered a cancellation.   However, alternative times/days cannot be guaranteed.

Please be aware that frequent cancellations will not only slow your driving development, but may also result in your slot being given to another person.

Driving Test Priority
We will always strive to keep your weekly lesson at a consistent day and time, however we will always prioritise driving tests and therefore, on occasion, lessons may need to be rearranged or skipped.  Notice will always be provided.

Instructor Availability
We pride ourselves on the reliability that we offer.  By commencing lessons, you acknowledge that there may be occasions when lessons may need to be cancelled by us.  We endeavour to provide sufficient notice for known events, such as holidays or where the car is out of action for servicing.  We will also do our upmost to reschedule lessons if desired.   However, from time to time lessons may need to be cancelled at short notice due to illness or car breakdowns.  No compensation will be provided for this, unless this results in your driving test being cancelled after the deadline for it to be rearranged.

Block Bookings:
Block booking packages can be purchased at any time.  If you pass your test and have hours still available on your block booking, these can be either converted to motorway driving lessons (saving you a little more money!), or refunded on a pro-rata basis. 

If you wish to cancel driving lessons whilst a block booking is in place, a refund will be provided, with any hours already used being converted to the individual lesson price.

Drink/Drug Driving: 
Drink or drug driving is a criminal offence.  When taking driving lessons it is expected that you are not in any way under the influence of drink or drugs.  If you attend lessons under the influence, the lesson will be terminated and no further lessons will take place.    

Personal Hygiene:
Clients are asked to consider their personal hygiene when attending lessons for the benefit of the instructor and other clients.  Clothes should be suitably clean and personal hygiene needs should be attended to prior to the lesson commencing.   We reserve the right to cancel/terminate lessons at the discretion of the instructor.

Complaints
If you have any concerns regarding your driving lessons, please do feel able to chat this through with your instructor.  If you are not happy, please put your complaint in writing/e-mail to us and we will formally respond to your complaint.   We follow the principles of the ADI Code of Practice and the DVSA Ready to Pass guidance in order to provide a high-quality standard of service to you.