Swap Driving Tests 🙌
Swap Driving Tests 🙌
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Free to use Swap your driving test
Swap your driving test
with another learner.
The swap itself is made by DVSA, by phone
Already have a car practical test booked? Someone else may have a date you would rather have, and want yours. We find them, free. Nothing about your booking changes unless you both say yes and DVSA agrees on the call.
How a swap looksExample
Your date26 NovYour centre
Their date14 SepSame or nearby centre
The process
How a swap works.
Four steps, then one phone call that you make, not us.
Add your test, and what you would rather haveYour centre, date and time, and the dates that would suit you better. It takes about two minutes.
We look for a learner whose booking fitsChecked against the rules DVSA publishes.
You both say yes, then we hand over the one thing DVSA needsOnly then, and only to whichever of you makes the call, do we release the other's booking reference.
One of you calls DVSA and they do the restDVSA phones the other learner, runs security checks with both of you, and makes the swap if you both agree. Either of you can say no at that point.
The rules, plainly
What DVSA requires in 2026.
All of this comes from GOV.UK. If your booking does not meet it, we will tell you rather than waste your time.
You both need a car practical test already bookedA swap exchanges two existing bookings. You can only swap your own test, with another learner driver.
At least 10 full working days before the earlier of the two testsMonday to Saturday count as working days. Sundays and public holidays do not.
You both need a change leftDVSA allows two changes per booking and a swap uses one. Nobody outside DVSA can check how many you have left, so we ask.
Same test type and fee bandA weekday test can only swap with another weekday test, and the same is true of every other test type and fee band.
The centre rule has to work for both of youYou can swap with someone booked at the same centre as you, one of the three nearest to the centre you booked at, or your anchor centre. Your anchor is the centre you first booked at, or, if you already had a test booked on 9 June 2026, the centre it was at on that date instead. It is one or the other, never both. We ask for it as an optional question, and answering it widens what we can show you.
It is done by phone, and only by youSwaps happen on one phone call. One of you makes it and DVSA phones the other, so you never have to speak to each other. We are not allowed to do it for you.
The only thing that ever passes between two learners is the booking reference. Never give another learner your driving licence number, your theory test pass certificate number, your address, your phone number, your email address or your card details. DVSA will never ask for your card number to make a swap.
Being straight with you
What we cannot promise.
We cannot promise you a match, or that a swap will completeIt depends on another learner wanting your date as much as you want theirs, and on them picking up the phone. Nobody can see how many changes the other learner has left. DVSA decides, with both of you, on the call.
We are not DVSADVSA does not run, approve or endorse any service that lists, matches or brokers test swaps. We never scan or watch the booking service. We introduce two learners, and that is all.
If you want an earlier date
How to get an earlier driving test.
Three routes are legitimate. One is not, and it is the one most learners are pushed towards.
What this page does
Swap with another learner
Someone already holds a date you want, and wants yours.
- Costs
- Nothing
- Uses
- One of your two changes
- Needs
- Both of you already booked
Watch GOV.UK yourself
Slots reappear when other people move or cancel. Checking the booking service yourself is the only sanctioned way to search.
- Costs
- Nothing
- Uses
- One change, if you move
- Needs
- Patience, and good timing
Cancel and book again
Cancelling resets your change limit, but it puts you at the back of the queue. Usually the worst of the three.
- Costs
- The fee, under 10 working days
- Uses
- No changes, it resets them
- Needs
- A willingness to wait
Cancellation finder apps are not allowed
Including the ones that only notify you and let you do the booking yourself. The penalty lands on your driving licence number, not on the app.
You are not allowed to use unofficial services that scan the driving test booking service for appointments. This includes driving test cancellation finder websites or apps.
Where DVSA sees activity that does not look like normal personal use, it suspends that licence number's online access for 12 months. We never scan, poll or watch the booking service, and we never will.
Questions people actually ask
Driving test swap questions.
Every answer that states a DVSA rule links to the GOV.UK page it comes from.
Can you swap your driving test with another learner?
Yes. DVSA runs an official learner-to-learner swap, arranged by phone, for two learners who each already have a car practical test booked. See the GOV.UK guidance.
How many times can you change a car driving test?
Twice. DVSA allows two changes for car driving tests, and six for all other test types. GOV.UK, changing your driving test.
Does swapping use one of my two changes?
Yes. Swapping counts as one of the two changes you are allowed to make, and you both need at least one change available. Nobody outside DVSA can check how many either of you has left, so we ask and we take your word for it.
How much notice do you need to swap a driving test?
At least 10 full working days before the earlier of the two tests, not just before your own. Monday to Saturday count as working days; Sundays and public holidays do not.
Can you swap with someone at a different test centre?
Only within DVSA's location rule, and it has to work for both of you: the same centre as you, one of the three nearest to the centre you booked at, or your anchor centre. Your anchor is the centre you first booked at, or, if you already had a test booked on 9 June 2026, the centre it was at on that date instead. It is one or the other, never both. We use DVSA's published list as an indication only, and the anchor is an optional question we ask you. Where neither of you has answered it, DVSA may allow pairs we cannot show, and it decides on the call.
Can a weekday test swap with a weekend test?
No. The test type and fee band have to match, so a weekday test can only swap with another weekday test.
Do you make the swap for me?
No, and we are not allowed to. Only the learner can change, swap or cancel their own test, and doing it for someone else breaches DVSA's terms. We introduce two compatible bookings. One of you calls DVSA on 0300 200 1122, Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm, and DVSA phones the other. We never call on your behalf.
Is Rated Swap free?
Yes. Finding a match costs nothing, and so does getting the booking reference when you are the one making the call, and we never ask for a card. We are not DVSA.
Not open yet
Nearly there.
This part of Rated Swap is not switched on yet. Nothing you have done is lost.
Closed
This is not open yet.
We are opening Rated Swap gradually, area by area. Nothing about your test booking has changed.
Step 1 of 6 · You
Real learners.
Real bookings.
Real bookings.
Your details are never shown to another learner. A match only ever sees the test, never the person.
Kept to a minimumYour name and your email address. Never your phone number, your address, your licence number or your card details.
Email verifiedOne code, so this stays a marketplace of real people.
Secure sign in
Let us keep this safe.
We will email you a code to prove it is really you.
Used for your code and to tell you about a match. Never shown to another learner.
Free to use. No card needed, at any point.
Step 1 of 6 · Verify
One quick check.
Everyone here verifies their email, so you are not looking at bots. It does not prove a booking exists, which is why DVSA confirms every swap on the call.
Verification
Enter your code
We sent it to . It expires shortly, so use it now.
Not arrived? Check your spam folder, then .
Step 2 of 6 · Your test
Your booking,
exactly as it is.
exactly as it is.
Copy it from your GOV.UK confirmation email. Getting it right now saves a wasted phone call later.
Reference encryptedEncrypted the moment you save it. Never shown in your listing, and released to one other learner only after you have both accepted.
Two changes, and a swap uses oneDVSA allows two changes per booking. We ask how many you have left because nobody but DVSA can look it up.
Current booking
Add your current test.
About two minutes.
Your test centre
Date
Time
Test type and fee band. A swap has to be between two tests in the same band.
Taken on trust. Nobody outside DVSA can look this up.
Where lessons would start. Used to know what we can offer in your area. Never shown to another learner.
From your GOV.UK confirmation. Encrypted on save.
Two optional questions
Answer these and we can show you more centres. Skip them and you lose nothing.
Why we ask, and what it does not do
Neither answer is on your confirmation email, so we are asking what you remember, and we cannot check either one against anything. Telling us is not proof of anything and it decides nothing. It only widens the centres we are able to show you, and DVSA still confirms what your booking allows when you call.
The centre where you first made this booking. If you booked it on or after 9 June 2026, DVSA allows a move back to it.
Only if you already had a test booked on 9 June 2026. If you did, this is your anchor instead of the answer above, not as well as it, and DVSA will not send you back to where you first booked.
Step 3 of 6 · Your ideal test
What would
better look like?
better look like?
The wider your dates and centres, the more learners you could be paired with. You can change any of this later.
Centres, honestlyWe only offer centres DVSA's published list says you could move to. It cannot see where you first booked, so DVSA may allow more, and it confirms on the call.
Preferences
What are you looking for?
Tell us your ideal and we will look for the learners who have it.
Would you rather move earlier or later?
Earliest date you would take
Latest date you would take
Centres you would accept
Add your test first and we will show the centres your booking allows.
Time of day
Step 4 of 6 · Your booking
Checked against
the published rules.
the published rules.
We check what you and the other learner tell us against the published rules, now, and again before anything is released. DVSA decides on the call.
Rule check
Checking your booking
Step 5 of 6 · Matches
Who has
what you want?
what you want?
No names. No contact details. Just the test. That is all either of you needs to see until you have both said yes.
Both have to acceptSay no as often as you like. They never find out who you are.
Your matches
Step 5 of 6 · Waiting
Your yes is in.
We have told the other learner that somebody wants their slot. They may say no, and they are under no obligation either way.
Waiting for the other learner
While you wait
Nothing has been sharedNeither of you has the other's reference or name. If they say no, your listing goes back into the marketplace and nothing about your booking changes.
Worth doing now
Check the phone number on your DVSA bookingDVSA will only ring you on the number recorded on your booking. Correcting it is free and does not use one of your two changes.
This removes your listing from the marketplace. Nothing about your DVSA booking changes, and you can add it again whenever you like.
Step 6 of 6 · Mutual match
You both want
this swap.
this swap.
We re-checked what you both told us against the published rules. DVSA still has the final say, on the call.
Here is exactly what to do.
Follow these in order. You are the one who calls DVSA, and DVSA then contacts the other learner. You never have to speak to each other.
Follow these in order. The other learner makes the call, and DVSA then contacts you. You never have to speak to each other.
Step 1
Check the phone number on your DVSA booking is right If the number on either booking is wrong, DVSA cannot complete the swap. Updating it is free and does not use one of your two changes.
Step 2
Make sure you can both be reached by phone Nothing to arrange between you. We have already decided which of you calls, and it is you. Call on a weekday between 8am and 5pm, well before the earlier of your two tests. DVSA then rings the other learner on their booking number.
Nothing to arrange between you. We have already decided which of you calls, and this time it is the other learner. Keep your phone to hand on weekdays, and from now on answer numbers you do not recognise, because DVSA rings you as part of the process.
Optional
Find an hour you are both free Tell us which half-days you could take a phone call in. The other learner tells us the same, separately, and we work out one hour that suits you both. You are never shown their answer and they are never shown yours, and there is still nothing to arrange between you.
If you are at your phone now, say so. We will only tell you whether the other learner is at theirs while you are at yours, and we never tell either of you anything more than that.
Nothing for you to collect
You do not need the other learner's booking reference Only the person making the call needs it, so we have not released it to you. That keeps one booking reference in this swap instead of two. DVSA takes your side of it on the phone, with the security checks it runs at the time.
The other learner's booking reference
Hidden until you ask for it
Every time this is shown it is recorded, and the rules are re-checked first. It is the only thing that crosses between the two of you.
Step 3
You are the one who calls DVSA, on 0300 200 1122 The other learner calls DVSA Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. Select option 1 and follow the prompts. You need your own booking reference and the other learner's, which is above.
Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. They have everything they need, so there is nothing for you to do at this step. If nothing has happened after a few days, come back and tell us.
Step 4
DVSA then phones the other learner DVSA then phones you It runs security checks with both of you, and the other learner has to confirm they agree. Either of you can say no at that point, and the swap simply does not happen.
It runs security checks with both of you, and you have to confirm you agree before anything changes. Either of you can say no at that point, and the swap simply does not happen.
Step 5
Expect no confirmation email DVSA does not send one. Come back here and tell us what happened, because otherwise we have no way of knowing.
Never needed, never give it
Your licence number, your address, your card details DVSA will never ask for your card number or security code to make a swap. Never give another learner your driving licence number, your theory test pass certificate number, your address, your phone number, your email address or your card details. If anyone asks, it is not the official process.
Worth doing before you call
Worth doing before DVSA rings
Check with your driving instructor Make sure they are free for the new date, happy for you to take the test then, and that you have a car for it.
This match holds both listings while it is live, so neither of you is offered elsewhere.
Step 6 of 6 · The call
When could you
take a call?
take a call?
Tick the half-days that suit you. We ask the other learner the same thing, separately, and tell you both one hour that works. Neither of you sees the other's answer.
Still nothing to arrange between youThere is no message, no email address and no phone number passing between the two of you. You are each answering us.
Only when the line is openMonday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. Anything outside that is not a slot, so it is not offered.
Your availability
Pick the half-days you could answer the phone.
Pick as many as you can. The more you tick, the sooner we are likely to find an hour that suits you both, and you are the one who makes the call.
Pick as many as you can. The more you tick, the sooner we are likely to find an hour that suits you both, and that is the hour to expect DVSA to ring you in.
The hour we worked out
This is a convenience, not a booking. DVSA decides on the call, and nothing here changes either test until it does.
After the call
How did it go?
DVSA does not tell us anything, so your answer is the only thing we have. If it did not go through, your listing goes straight back.
Outcome
Tell us what happened.
One tap. There is no wrong answer here.
Thank you
That is recorded.
Thanks for telling us.
Check your booking
Look at your next DVSA reminder emailDVSA does not confirm a swap at the time, so the reminder email about your test is where you will see the new details. If it still shows the old ones, ring DVSA on 0300 200 1122.
No test booked yet
Book it yourself,
on GOV.UK.
on GOV.UK.
Swapping only works between two learners who each already have a test booked.
Booking your test
Three things worth knowing first.
We cannot book a test for you, and we are not allowed to book, change, swap or cancel a test for anyone. Book it yourself on GOV.UK.
One
Pick a centre you actually intend to useOnce you have booked, moving your test is limited to the same centre, one of the three nearest to it, or the centre you first booked at on that booking. Choosing well now keeps your options open later.
Two
You get two changes, and a swap is one of themChanging the date, the time or the centre, or swapping with another learner, each use one.
Three
Talk to your instructor before you pick a dateAsk whether they think you will be ready, and whether they are free that day with a car.
The only safe way to find an earlier test is through GOV.UK. Anything that scans the booking service for cancellations is not allowed, and using one can get your own online access suspended for 12 months.
Optional · A couple of minutes
How much driving
is still ahead?
is still ahead?
A few questions about what you already know about yourself. It changes nothing about your listing, your preferences or your DVSA booking, and you can leave it at any point.
We have never seen you driveWe are an agent, not a driving school. We do not teach anyone and we do not test anyone. This is arithmetic on your own answers and nothing more.
Your own numbers
What have you done so far?
Rough is fine. Nobody checks these, and none of it is ever shown to the learner you might swap with.
Hours of lessons so far
Hours of private practice
Have you done a mock test with your instructor?
How do you feel about the manoeuvres?
And about driving on your own, following signs or a sat nav?
What does your instructor think?
Their view, in your words. We are not asking you to agree with it and we do not check it with anyone.
Which car do you drive?
Could your own instructor take on more hours?
When could you drive?
Your answers are kept against your Rated Swap account so you do not have to give them twice. They are never shown to another learner, and they play no part in who you are matched with.
Rated Driving is not DVSA. DVSA does not run, approve or endorse any system, website or service that lists, matches or brokers test swaps. We introduce two learners who each already have a car practical test booked. The swap itself is requested by one learner and confirmed by the other with DVSA, by phone. We never book, change, swap or cancel a test for anyone, and we never contact the DVSA booking service.
