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Explore courses around Gloucester and Cheltenham and compare local test centres.
What makes a course intensive?
An intensive course brings lessons closer together, often in longer or more frequent sessions than weekly tuition. A semi-intensive plan spreads the learning out a little more. Neither format is right for everyone: work, caring responsibilities, concentration and recovery time all matter.
My First Pass is an instructor-matching service. We help learners think through their needs and find suitable independent instruction, with the final training plan agreed after an assessment.
Start with the driving you can do today
A complete beginner needs time for car control, observation and safe decisions. Someone with experience may need focused practice on junctions, manoeuvres or independent driving. If you have taken a test before, your result can help guide the discussion.
Our planner gives an indicative training range based on your answers. It is not an assessment, and there is no fixed number of lessons that guarantees you will be ready.
Manual or automatic?
Manual tuition includes clutch control and gear changes. Automatic tuition removes those tasks, leaving more attention for other driving skills. Passing a manual test lets you drive either type; an automatic pass normally limits you to automatic vehicles.
Explore manual training, automatic training or our plain-English comparison.
What to agree before committing
- Your instructor, transmission and pick-up arrangements.
- Assessment findings, planned tuition hours and lesson schedule.
- Total price, payment terms, brokerage role and any separate fees.
- Cancellation, rescheduling, refund and complaints arrangements.
- How the training fits around your own practical-test booking.
We confirm instructor availability and dates before booking.
Your practical test is a separate step
You book and manage your own car practical test through the official service. Lesson availability does not establish test availability. Already have a date? Use it as part of the planning conversation, while allowing your instructor to assess whether that date is realistic.
Official GB practical-test booking · Official learning-to-drive guidance.