DRIVE with Donna

01/05/2026

Big, BIG congratulations to my student Tom on passing his driving test TODAY at Lichfield with just 2 driver faults! 🚗👏

This one means a lot — your hard work, consistency, and commitment have been outstanding from day one. You showed up, put the effort in every single lesson, and trusted the process… and today it ALL paid off! 💪✨

Such a well-deserved result — calm, focused, and in control the whole way through. Couldn’t be prouder of you! 🙌

Now it’s time to enjoy that freedom and independence — you’ve earned it! 🚗💨
Massive congratulations again, what an achievement! 🎉💛

29/04/2026

🔥 FIRST TIME PASS — SMASHED IT!!! 🔥

HUGE congratulations to my amazing student Freya for absolutely SMASHING her driving test FIRST TIME at Lichfield with just 3 driver faults!!! 👏

Amazing drive — calm, confident, and completely deserved 👏 You’ve worked so hard for this and it’s paid off in the best way possible!

Go enjoy that freedom, you’ve earned every second of it! 🚗💨So proud of you!! 💛🎉

24/03/2026

A massive congratulations to Gemma on passing your test today at Lichfield with only 3 driving faults! An Excellent drive and a well deserved result! Stay safe on the roads and enjoy your freedom 🎉🚗

19/03/2026

Congratulations to Holly on your FIRST TIME pass today at Lichfield with only 1 driving fault! A truly impressive achievement — Well Done! Stay safe on the roads 🎉🚗🚦

A perfect week: 3 tests, 3 passes.
A great example of hard work and consistency paying off. Well done to all my students 🤍

18/03/2026

A massive congratulations to TJ on your pass today at Lichfield. An outstanding drive picking up just 1 driving fault! A well-deserved pass! Stay safe on the roads 🚗🎉

16/03/2026

Congratulations to Jessica on her First Time pass today with me at Lichfield! I’m soo proud of you for holding those nerves coming away with only 3 driving faults! I’ll miss our weekly lessons, I wish you lots of luck for the future, stay safe on the roads 🎉🚗

08/03/2026

https://readytopass.campaign.gov.uk/

Thinking about booking your driving test? Here’s my advice.

New rules are coming in from 31 March 2026. Once you book, you can only make 2 changes.

My recommendation: don’t book until you’re genuinely ready.

That means:

• You don’t need prompting from me
• You don’t make serious or dangerous mistakes when you’re driving
• You can pass a mock test
• You have practised ways of managing nerves

Let’s make sure you’re properly prepared first. Then when you book, you won’t need to change it.

Get ready to your driving test, find out why people fail, practise ‘show me, tell me’ questions and learn how to manage driving test nerves.

11/12/2025

09/12/2025

20/11/2025

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.

Find out more about the changes 👉 https://ow.ly/vMIL50Xu1bT