AutoMate Driving Tuition

24/12/2025

Thank you to all my pupils, Passed, Present and Future. Here's to a fantastic Christmas and New Year. Paul.

20/11/2025

DRIVING TEST CHANGES:

Via Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency

We’re making some subtle but meaningful changes to the practical driving test. 🚗

You may have seen that we have been trialling changes to the driving test at 20 driving test centres.

As part of the trial, learners drove on routes containing more high-speed, rural roads during their driving test, where location allowed. Now, we are rolling out the changes to all driving test centres in Great Britain from 24 November 2025.

As well as increasing the amount of time spent on higher-speed roads, we are:

✅ reducing the number of stops during the test from 4 to 3
✅ lowering the frequency of emergency stop exercises from 1 in 3 tests to 1 in 7
✅ adding flexibility to the independent driving segment, allowing it to run for the full duration of the test

These changes are designed to help improve road safety by better replicating the conditions motorists face in the real world. They won’t affect the skills needed to take a driving test.

02/07/2025

Just for clarification

We are aware of misleading articles claiming the driving theory test is ‘’changing’’ in September 2025.

There are currently no plans to bring in any such changes to the driving theory test.

For the latest updates on the driving theory test, please visit GOV.UK as the only official source of information.

Share with someone who you think has been misinformed 🗣️

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all my pupils passed, present and future.

23/12/2023

To all my Pupils, "Passed", Present and future, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Drive safely everyone. Paul.

25/02/2023

Congratulations to Claire on a fantastic result today.

16/02/2023

Well done Fiona on a fantastic pass today.

13/02/2023

Well done Jack on a brilliant first time pass.

13/02/2023

Well done Georgie on a great first time pass today with no driving faults.

05/01/2023

Fantastic pass after a lot of hard work Elizabeth. Well done.

05/01/2023

Congratulations Jodie on a wonderful first time pass today.

05/01/2023

Congratulations John on a fantastic test pass this week!!