Driving Lessons in Sutton

Lessons are £40 an hour across SM postcodes, and automatic costs exactly the same as manual. Ten hours is £389 and twenty is £764, which brings it to £38.20 an hour. The figures come from the booking system, so the price here is the price you book.

Morden, under three miles north, is the usual choice and its current DVSA figures are at the top of this page. Mitcham is a similar distance north east and lower, and Tolworth to the west publishes the strongest rate of the three.

Tolworth at 53.6%, then Morden at 51.0%, then Mitcham at 47.0%. All three are within about five miles of most of Sutton, so distance is barely a factor here and the choice is genuinely open. Ask your instructor which routes suit your driving.

Yes, and it costs the same as manual. Say automatic when you book and we match you with an instructor whose car is automatic and who covers your SM postcode. It works well here for learners who want the hours going into the A217 and the Surrey downs.

No. Rated Driving is an agent rather than a school, which is why the instructor who turns up is a local independent working SM postcodes and not an employee sent from a depot. We hold your payment until after each lesson, then pass it on. Every instructor is DVSA-licensed and DBS-checked, and you can ask for a female instructor.

Sutton, Carshalton, Wallington, Cheam, Belmont, Hackbridge, Worcester Park, Beddington, St Helier and Rosehill among others. 7 of the borough's 9 postcode districts are shared with a neighbouring borough or with Surrey, so enter your postcode and we check who covers your exact street.

It is one of the more forgiving London boroughs. Light suburban traffic, generous junctions and a school run that is the main constraint mean more of your hour is spent driving. The A217 and the Surrey downs then give you the faster and rural work the test wants.

Yes. Say nervous when you book and we match you with a patient instructor. Sutton is among the easiest London boroughs for a nervous start, because the residential roads around Cheam and Benhilton are wide and almost nothing uses them as a through route.

Yes. Say refresher when you book. The A217 and night driving on unlit downland roads are the two things people most often want the hours spent on.

Yes. Pass Plus is the DVSA's six-module course for new licence holders, covering motorway, dual carriageway, rural and night driving, and some insurers reduce premiums for it. Sutton suits it unusually well, because the downs cover the rural and night modules and the M25 is a short run south.

The DVSA's own research puts it at 45 hours of professional lessons plus 22 hours of private practice, and the private practice half is what most affects whether you pass first time. Sutton learners often do better than that, because the borough's light traffic means more of each hour is spent actually driving. Your instructor will give you an honest count once they have assessed you.

It moves weekly, so check GOV.UK on the day you book. Two things stay true: tests can be booked up to 24 weeks ahead, and there is no official waiting list or cancellation list. Having Morden, Mitcham and Tolworth all within a few miles is the real advantage, because when one is full another often is not. If you already hold a date and want an earlier one, our free Driving Test Swap matches you with another learner who wants yours.