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10 to 45 hour intensive courses

Intensive Driving
Courses in Bicester

Stop waiting months between weekly lessons. An intensive driving course in Bicester gives you concentrated daily practice with a DVSA-approved instructor on roads like the A41 and the junctions near Bicester Village, so your skills stick and you reach test standard faster. 10 to 45 hours available.

Test dates depend on DVSA availability and are not guaranteed.

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DVSA-approved instructors
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£250 deposit or pay in full
The DVSA test fee is not included (£62 on weekdays, £75 evenings, weekends and bank holidays, paid by you on GOV.UK).
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From 10hrs
Concentrated lessons
DVSA-approved
Fully qualified instructors, no trainees
10 to 45
hour courses
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£250
Deposit, or pay in full. DVSA test fee not included (£62 weekdays, £75 evenings, weekends and bank holidays, paid to the DVSA)
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The Process

A Faster Path to
Your Full Licence

1

Choose Your Course

Choose between 10 and 45 hours based on what you already know.

2

Pay Your Deposit

A £250 deposit secures your booking. Settle the balance before you start.

3

Intensive Lessons

Daily back-to-back lessons with a DVSA-approved instructor in your area.

4

Take Your Practical Test

Walk into your test ready. Your instructor handles the booking guidance.

Choose The Right Path

Should You Go Intensive,
or Take It Weekly?

Not every learner is a good match for an intensive course. Read both columns honestly before you book.

Right For Intensive

You’re a good fit for intensive if…

  • You learn better in concentrated sessions than spread-out weekly lessons
  • You’ve got the budget to pay upfront and want it done in one block
  • You already have some driving experience and want to finish what you started
  • You’ve had lessons before and want to refresh quickly, not start over
  • You’re moving away soon and want your licence sorted before you go
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Pick Weekly
No pressure either way

Weekly will serve you better if…

  • You get tired or lose focus after a couple of hours of driving
  • You’ve got school exams or a busy work period and can’t fully focus on driving
  • You haven’t passed your theory test yet and aren’t ready to book a practical
  • You’d rather build the skill over time than push through it in one go
  • You can only commit two or three hours a week to lessons
Local Knowledge

Intensive Driving Courses in Bicester

Bicester sits network, with many residents commuting daily along the A41 towards Aylesbury or taking the M40 to reach Oxford and London. Whether you're navigating the busy Sheep Street roundabout during morning rush hour or heading out to Bicester Village for work, driving here means handling everything from fast dual carriageways to narrow residential streets around the Bure Park and Kings End estates. For those without a licence, relying on infrequent bus services or lifts from friends can make even simple trips feel like major logistical challenges. An intensive driving course lets you pass your test in days or weeks rather than months, transforming your independence and opening up job opportunities across Oxfordshire and beyond.

Our intensive courses in Bicester focus on speed and efficiency, covering all local road types in concentrated sessions that build your skills rapidly. You'll practise manoeuvres, then progress to busier routes such as the A4421 Oxford Road and the A4095 that cuts through the town centre. Your instructor will ensure you're confident handling the multi-lane roundabouts and tackling the 60mph national speed limit sections that connect Bicester to surrounding villages. By training intensively over consecutive days, you'll retain information better and develop muscle memory faster than with weekly lessons spread over months.

Bicester has grown considerably in recent years, with new housing developments expanding the town while preserving its market town heritage. The historic Bicester Village shopping outlet draws visitors from across the region, and the Bicester North railway station provides links to London Marylebone. The town's proximity to RAF Bicester, now a heritage site, adds to its distinctive character, while the expanding residential areas mean more local traffic and a greater need for confident, capable drivers.

Your test will take place at the Oxford Driving Test Centre North. Rated Driving instructors know the test routes intimately, preparing you for the specific junctions, roundabouts and road layouts examiners use. You'll practise the manoeuvres to test standard, ensuring you can demonstrate the control and awareness needed to pass first time. Book your intensive driving course with Rated Driving today.

Practical Test Centres Near Bicester

Bicester learners typically book their practical at Oxford (Cowley), around eleven miles south, which runs at close to the national average pass rate. Test routes there mix residential streets in the Cowley and Headington areas with busier approaches along the ring road, so most instructors build familiarity with Oxford's busier junctions and roundabouts in the lessons leading up to test day.

Banbury sits roughly fourteen miles north-west and posts a slightly lower pass rate, making it a reasonable alternative when Oxford slots are scarce. Aylesbury is a similar distance to the east at around fourteen miles and runs at a comparable rate, so the choice between the two often comes down to which route your lessons have covered more thoroughly.

Theory Test Centres Near Bicester

Oxford is the nearest theory centre to Bicester, around eleven miles south-west and straightforward to reach along the A34. Aylesbury sits roughly fourteen miles east and offers another option if Oxford is fully booked. Milton Keynes is further out at around nineteen miles north-east, worth considering only when the closer centres have no available slots.

Book today

Your intensive course in Bicester starts here.

10 hours (£600) to 45 hours (£2,385), with a £250 deposit or pay in full, manual or automatic transmissions, DVSA-approved local instructors.

Pay the balance before you start
10 to 45 hours
£600 to £2,385
A £250 deposit reserves your course, or pay in fullThe DVSA test fee is not included (£62 on weekdays, £75 evenings, weekends and bank holidays, paid by you on GOV.UK).
or call 0330 043 9896