Welcome to ELITE Driving School
Join the thousands of people that have learnt to drive with our automatic and manual instructors
We have instructors covering most of South London, Surrey and West Sussex, each with their own profile page showing areas covered and verified reviews, making it easy to find the right instructor for you
ELITE Driving School provide manual and automatic driving lessons with an established and experienced team of both male and female driving instructors. Areas we cover include Redhill, Reigate, Horley, Crawley, Horsham, Croydon, Beckenham, Thornton Heath, South Norwood, Purley, West Wickham, Caterham, Mitcham, Weybridge and Camberley. Use our simple search tool below to find your local instructor. Simple pay as you go prices or block booking discounts
Our Driving Lessons
Whether you’re a complete beginner learner driver looking for an instructor to start your learning journey, or you’ve had lessons previously and want a new instructor for a fresh take on where you’re currently at, we’re here to help.
Just drop us an enquiry here and we’ll find the instructor that’s right for you.
Finding an instructor
Use our easy search tool to find the right driving instructor for you. As well as searching areas they cover, they each have a short bio including a photo, see the car they teach in, and their individual reviews. Find the right instructor for you and start your way to driving independence with ELITE Driving School.
Areas we cover
Areas we cover include Redhill, Reigate, Croydon, Mitcham, West Wickham, Beckenham, Morden, Sutton, Crawley, Horsham and East Grinstead.
Want to become a driving instructor?
If you’re looking to train as an Approved Driving Instructor then make sure you do plenty of research first. You’ll find everything you need to know here.
Before you start training, read reviews from instructors that have trained and qualified with ELITE. Our trainers have over 20 years experience of training, are DVSA ORDIT approved, and we have a qualification rate far exceeding the national average.
What to expect from your driving lessons
Number of driving lessons
We’re often asked how many driving lessons will be needed before passing the driving test. The DVSA state the average learner takes around 50 hours of professional lessons, plus 20 hours of private practice. In reality most pupils that learn with ELITE take far fewer hours than this. However, it is impossible to answer accurately how many hours are needed, as it varies hugely due to many influencing factors. Firstly, everyone learns at a different rate. Some individuals are naturally gifted with coordination and car controls, and others need more practice to perfect the required skills.
Learning in a manual or automatic
Then there is the consideration of whether you are learning to drive a manual or automatic car. More lessons may be needed in a manual, it all depends how quickly you develop clutch control. Although once you have mastered the basic controls to operate either vehicle type, the majority of learning hours are spent developing the skills needed to read the road, plan, anticipate the actions of other road users, and manage risks on the road. So whether to learn in a manual or automatic car is a personal choice, and at the moment it’s around a 50/50 split which one people are choosing.
Learning in different areas
The area in which you are learning to drive and taking your driving test could also affect the number of lessons you need. Learning to drive in more densely populated towns like Croydon and Morden will have different challenges compared to somewhere more rural like Redhill. It’s different again in somewhere like Crawley, due to the volume of large roundabouts and high speed dual carriageways. The simple fact is that you should take as many lessons as you need to become a safe and competent driver.
What’s involved
All ELITE instructors will discuss your learning style, objectives, and time frames, and between you work out the best structure for your lessons leading up to a test. You will then be test ready, and confident to drive anywhere after you’ve passed the driving test. We provide a free Theory Test Pro App to help you prepare for your theory test. Plus we provide a free Total Drive App to make it simple to track your driving lesson bookings, get reminder notifications, track learning progress, and payments. There is even a free parent App too.
