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DRIVING LESSONS IN SITTINGBOURNE

Learn with independent DVSA-licensed manual & automatic driving instructors across Sittingbourne (ME9 & ME10) - from £35.90/hr on a 40-hour block (£38/hr pay-as-you-go), tailored coaching for Gillingham Driving Test Centre (56.4% pass rate), and door-to-door pickup, and our 14-day money-back guarantee.

ME9 & ME10 POSTCODES COVERED · MANUAL & AUTO FROM £35.90/HR

  • DVSA-licensed
  • DBS-checked
  • Paid after your lesson
Learner driver celebrating passing her practical driving test at Gillingham Driving Test Centre with an L plate
£38/hr
Manual · ME rates
£38/hr
Auto · ME rates
£84
off a 40-hour block
01 / Lesson Prices / ME9 & ME10 Manual & Automatic

Driving lessons in
Sittingbourne prices

Manual and automatic driving lessons in Sittingbourne (ME9 & ME10) cost the same: £38.00/hr pay-as-you-go or down to £35.90/hr on a 40-hour block (saving £84), backed by our 14-day money-back guarantee.

2 HOURS£76· £38.00/hrSTARTER
10 HOURS£370· £37.00/hrSave £10
MOST FLEXIBLE
20 HOURS£726· £36.30/hrSave £34
GREAT VALUE
30 HOURS£1,083· £36.10/hrSave £57
BIGGER SAVING
40 HOURS£1,436· £35.90/hrSave £84
BEST VALUE
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Sittingbourne Driving Lesson Packages, Block Discounts & Official DVSA Test Fees

Manual and automatic driving lessons across Sittingbourne (ME9 & ME10) share identical hourly pricing whether you start in Milton Regis or practise around A2 and Grovehurst Road. Compare our UK driving lessons hub and driving lessons across Kent, alongside official GOV.UK exam fees for Chatham Theory Test Centre (ME4 4EP) and Gillingham Driving Test Centre (ME8 0RZ).

Sittingbourne driving lesson packages and official DVSA test fees
Lesson Package or GOV.UK Fee Manual Automatic Hourly Rate & Saving
2-Hour Starter Session (Pay-As-You-Go) £76.00 (£38.00/hr) £76.00 (£38.00/hr) Standard £38.00/hr rate · Ideal first 2-hour assessment
10-Hour Prepaid Block £370.00 (£37.00/hr) £370.00 (£37.00/hr) Save £10.00 (£1.00/hr discount across ME9 & ME10)
20-Hour Prepaid Block £726.00 (£36.30/hr) £726.00 (£36.30/hr) Save £34.00 (£1.70/hr discount · Popular mid-course package)
30-Hour Prepaid Block £1,083.00 (£36.10/hr) £1,083.00 (£36.10/hr) Save £57.00 (£1.90/hr discount · Full foundation to mock tests)
40-Hour Best-Value Block £1,436.00 (£35.90/hr) £1,436.00 (£35.90/hr) Save £84.00 (£2.10/hr discount · Best value for new learners)
Official DVSA Car Theory Test (Chatham ME4 4EP) £23.00 (GOV.UK fee) £23.00 (GOV.UK fee) 50 multiple-choice questions + 14 hazard perception clips at Chatham Theory Test Centre
Official DVSA Practical Test (Gillingham ME8 0RZ) £62.00 weekday / £75.00 wknd £62.00 weekday / £75.00 wknd 38-40 min practical driving test from Unit 2, Courtney Road, Gillingham Business Park, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 0RZ
02 / Driving Lessons / Manual, Automatic & Intensive Tuition (ME9 & ME10)

Manual & automatic
in Sittingbourne

Sittingbourne learners mostly book one or two lessons a week. A confirmed ME8 0RZ date is the usual reason to go intensive.

OPTION 1 / MANUAL TUITION · ME9 & ME10

Manual driving lessons (ME9 & ME10)

Key Street Roundabout and the Chestnut Street slip onto the A249 test Sittingbourne manual drivers. Gillingham passed 59.4% of its 8,902 manual candidates in 2025/26, and a manual pass also covers automatic cars.

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OPTION 2 / AUTOMATIC TUITION · £38/HR

Automatic driving lessons (ME9 & ME10)

Automatic costs the same £38. Without a clutch, the St Michael's Road (A2) one-way system and the Eurolink Way roundabouts leave more attention for signs. Gillingham's 5,984 automatic tests passed at 51.9%.

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OPTION 3 / FAST-TRACK COURSES

Intensive driving courses (ME9 & ME10)

Already holding a Gillingham date? Sittingbourne intensives run 6 to 12 hours a week and use the last lessons for mock drives around Gillingham Business Park.

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OPTION 4 / REFRESHER, MOTORWAY & PASS PLUS

Refresher & motorway sessions (ME9 & ME10)

Refreshers for Sittingbourne drivers come as two-hour sessions or 6-module Pass Plus, using the A249 towards M2 J5 at Stockbury, Swale Way and dark-evening runs.

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How Learner Driver Matching Works (ME9 & ME10)

Three stages from an ME postcode to a Gillingham pass.

  1. STEP 01 / POSTCODE MATCH

    Enter your full UK pickup postcode

    Enter your full UK postcode (for example ME10 4PS), choose manual or automatic, then book a £76 two-hour starter or a 10 to 40 hour block (from £35.90/hr). We cover ME9 and ME10 — the full postcode is what matches you to the right instructor.

  2. STEP 02 / DVSA INSTRUCTOR PAIRING

    Get matched with a local ME9 & ME10 instructor

    A Sittingbourne instructor who covers your patch, Kemsley or Borden for instance, takes the lessons, and you follow progress in the Rated Driving app.

  3. STEP 03 / TEST-DAY READINESS

    Pass your theory at Chatham & practical test

    Theory is in Chatham, 9.6 miles west on the A2 or 14 minutes by direct train; the practical is at Courtney Road, ME8 0RZ.

03 / Pass Rates / Official DVSA 2025/26 Test Centre Statistics

Sittingbourne DVSA
pass rates (2025/26)

For Sittingbourne (ME9 & ME10) learners, Gillingham Driving Test Centre (ME8 0RZ) achieved a 56.4% overall pass rate across 14,886 tests in the DVSA 2025/26 release, compared with 51.2% nationally across Great Britain.

56.4%

Gillingham Driving Test Centre (ME8 0RZ) · 14,886 tests conducted (2025/26 DVSA data) · vs 51.2% UK average

59.4% manual
51.9% automatic
60.2%
Maidstone
Unit 1, Northolt Drive, Armstrong Road, Park Wood Industrial Estate, Maidstone, ME15 6JZ · 8,053 tests (63.4% manual · 53.6% auto)
12 mi
59.0%
Sevenoaks
107 London Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 1HJ · 6,740 tests (60.9% manual · 54.2% auto)
28 mi

Source: GOV.UK DVSA DRT122A practical test statistics (2025/26).

DVSA Practical Test Centre Comparison (ME9 & ME10)

Compare official DVSA 2025/26 overall, manual, automatic, and first-attempt pass rates at Gillingham Driving Test Centre against nearby alternative test centres.

DVSA practical driving test pass rates for Sittingbourne and nearby centres
Driving Test Centre & Address Overall Pass Rate (Tests) Manual Pass Rate Automatic Pass Rate First-Attempt Pass Rate
Gillingham Driving Test Centre (ME8 0RZ)
Unit 2, Courtney Road, Gillingham Business Park, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 0RZ · Primary local test centre		 56.4% (14,886 tests) 59.4% (8,902 tests) 51.9% (5,984 tests) 57.8%
Maidstone Driving Test Centre (ME15 6JZ)
Unit 1, Northolt Drive, Armstrong Road, Park Wood Industrial Estate, Maidstone, ME15 6JZ · 12 MI · A249		 60.2% (8,053 tests) 63.4% (5,450 tests) 53.6% (2,603 tests) 61.8%
Sevenoaks Driving Test Centre (TN13 1HJ)
107 London Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 1HJ · 28 MI · M2/M20		 59.0% (6,740 tests) 60.9% (4,884 tests) 54.2% (1,856 tests) 60.2%
Tunbridge Wells Driving Test Centre (TN1 2EL)
Upper Grosvenor Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 2EL · 29 MI · A249/A26		 64.5% (5,726 tests) 65.8% (4,225 tests) 61.0% (1,501 tests) 64.5%
Great Britain National Benchmark
All DVSA practical driving test centres across England, Scotland & Wales		 51.2% 52.8% 47.9% 50.4%
04 / Areas We Cover / Every ME9 & ME10 Sector & Village Covered

ME postcodes in
Sittingbourne

Independent DVSA-licensed instructors provide door-to-door pickup across every ME9 & ME10 postcode sector, including Milton Regis, Kemsley, Bapchild, Borden, Bobbing, Tunstall, and Sittingbourne, Kemsley, and Teynham railway stations. We also cover adjacent routes for driving lessons in Sheerness, driving lessons in Rainham, driving lessons in Gillingham, and driving lessons in Maidstone.

M2A249A2Milton RegisMurstonTunstallBordenRodmershamBobbingBapchildKemsleyIwadeTeynhamFrinsted56.4%Maidstone 60.2%Sittingbourne M2A249A2Milton RegisMurstonTunstallBordenRodmershamBobbingBapchildKemsleyIwadeTeynhamFrinsted56.4%Sittingbourne

pass rates DVSA 2025/26

Postcode Sector Guide (ME9 & ME10) & Local Practice Roads

Sittingbourne sectors from Milton Creek to the downland villages.

Sittingbourne postcode sectors, villages covered, and local practice roads
Postcode Sector Sittingbourne Suburbs & Villages Covered Key Practice Roads & Pickup Landmarks
ME10 1-ME10 2 (Sittingbourne Town Centre, Milton Regis & Kemsley) Milton Regis, Kemsley, Town Centre, Chalkwell, Great Easthall St Michael's Road (A2) one-way system, Crown Quay Lane, Swale Way (B2005) & Sittingbourne station
ME10 3 (Eurolink, Murston & Bapchild) Bapchild, Murston, Eurolink, Snipeshill, Tonge Eurolink Way industrial roundabouts, London Road (A2) eastbound & Bapchild 40 mph village approaches
ME10 4 (Tunstall, Borden & Rodmersham) Borden, Tunstall, Rodmersham, Woodstock, Gore Court Tunstall Road, Borden Lane school zones, Hearts Delight Road & Chestnut Street (A249 slip)
ME9 0-ME9 9 (Bobbing, Iwade, Teynham & Frinsted) Bobbing, Iwade, Teynham, Frinsted, Newnham, Doddington, Bredgar Key Street Roundabout (A2/A249), Grovehurst Road junction, A249 Stockbury M2 J5 & Teynham London Road
05 / Test Routes & Theory / Gillingham Test Routes & Chatham Theory Centre

Test routes in
Sittingbourne

Sittingbourne courses run from Kemsley streets to the A2 one-way, then the A249 and Key Street, and end with Gillingham mock tests.

Learner driver practising junction observations with an independent DVSA-licensed driving instructor in ME9 & ME10
STAGE 1 · NURSERY ZONES & COCKPIT DRILL

Quiet residential starts in Sittingbourne

New Sittingbourne drivers begin around Milton Regis, Kemsley and Bapchild, practising pulling away, signalling, steering and stopping close to the kerb on lightly used roads.

STAGE 2 · MULTI-LANE ROUNDABOUTS & JUNCTIONS

Multi-lane roundabouts & ME junctions

Town traffic is next: the St Michael's Road (A2) one-way system, Crown Quay Lane, Swale Way (B2005) and the Eurolink Way roundabouts by the industrial estate.

STAGE 3 · DUAL CARRIAGEWAYS & SLIP ROADS

Dual carriageways & high-speed slip roads

Faster driving uses the A249 from Key Street towards Stockbury and M2 J5, London Road (A2) out to Teynham and the 40 mph village approaches at Bapchild.

STAGE 4 · MOCK TESTS & DVSA MANOEUVRES

Mock tests around Sittingbourne Test Centre

Sittingbourne mock tests start at Unit 2, Courtney Road, Gillingham Business Park, ME8 0RZ, with 20 minutes of independent driving, an emergency stop and a parking exercise.

Official DVSA Theory Test Centres Serving ME9 & ME10

Before booking your practical test at Gillingham Driving Test Centre (ME8 0RZ) via GOV.UK book driving test, you must pass your car theory test (£23.00). For local learners, the closest active Pearson VUE centre verified on GOV.UK find a theory test centre is Chatham Theory Test Centre at 14-16 High Street, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4EP.

Official DVSA theory test centres serving Sittingbourne learners
Official DVSA Theory Centre Full Verified Address Distance from Sittingbourne Direct Route & Public Transport
Chatham Theory Test Centre (ME4 4EP) 14-16 High Street, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4EP 9.6 miles west via A2 or Southeastern rail (£23.00 DVSA fee) Direct Southeastern train from Sittingbourne to Chatham (14 mins) then 5-min walk to 14-16 High Street
Tunbridge Wells Theory Test Centre (TN2 5NP) Foundation House, Coach and Horses Passage, The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5NP 28.8 miles south-west via A249 & A26 (£23.00 DVSA fee) A249 Stockbury via Maidstone and A26 to The Pantiles (TN2 5NP)
Sidcup Theory Test Centre (DA14 5BH) Planwell House, LEFA Business Park, Edgington Way, Sidcup, DA14 5BH 31.5 miles west via M2 & A2 (£23.00 DVSA fee) M2/A2 westbound to Black Prince interchange (DA14 5BH)
06 / Learner Reviews / 4.8 out of 5 on Trustpilot

Learner reviews in
Sittingbourne

Learner holding a pass certificate after passing at Gillingham Driving Test Centre
“Love the app, it's super helpful for scheduling and speaking with the instructor and the staff are really friendly”
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Abi
via Trustpilot · Sittingbourne (ME9)

“My instructor Jonathan is really great, has been helping me a lot to learn, and I feel comfortable with him. This app has also been very helpful and has really helped me when I have any issues.”

Victoria O · via Trustpilot · Sittingbourne

“Rated driving is great! They find you a driver straight away and it's easy to start your lesson. Very good customer service, they answered quickly when I had some questions. You won't be disappointed!”

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Rated Driving scores 4.8 out of 5 from 252 reviews on Trustpilot.

07 / FAQs / Pricing, Test Centres & Booking (ME9 & ME10)

Driving lessons in
Sittingbourne FAQs

Sittingbourne answers: lesson prices, Gillingham pass data, Chatham theory and ME9 or ME10 pickups.

Sittingbourne lessons are £38.00 an hour for manual or automatic across ME9 and ME10. The first two-hour lesson is £76, and the 40 hour booking costs £1,436, which is £35.90 an hour and £84 less. Ten, 20 and 30 hour options are shown, and each booking has a £1.99 admin fee.

Sittingbourne learners take the practical at Gillingham Driving Test Centre, Unit 2, Courtney Road, Gillingham Business Park, ME8 0RZ. DVSA's 2025/26 data shows 14,886 tests and 56.4% passing: 59.4% manual, 51.9% automatic and 57.8% first attempt, compared with 51.2% for Great Britain.

Sittingbourne's nearest theory centre is Chatham Theory Test Centre, 14-16 High Street, Chatham, ME4 4EP. It is 9.6 miles west along the A2, or a 14 minute direct Southeastern train followed by a 5 minute walk. GOV.UK charges £23.00, and our theory app is free.

DVSA puts the average at 45 hours of lessons with 22 hours of private practice. Sittingbourne learners normally start in Milton Regis or Kemsley, tackle the A2 one-way and Eurolink Way, then the A249 and Key Street, before mock tests from ME8 0RZ.

In Sittingbourne both are £38 an hour, or £35.90 on a 40 hour booking. Gillingham's 2025/26 rates were 59.4% manual and 51.9% automatic. Automatic takes the clutch out of Key Street Roundabout and the A2 one-way, but only a manual licence covers both gearboxes.

We collect Sittingbourne learners from home, school or work in ME9 and ME10. The instructor checks your provisional licence and has you read a number plate at 20 metres. Most first lessons stay on quiet Milton Regis or Bapchild roads, practising moving off and stopping.

Yes. Sittingbourne pupils are matched with independent DVSA-licensed instructors only, green badge ADIs or pink badge trainees, each enhanced DBS-checked. The cars are dual-control, and lessons in ME9 and ME10 cover the 27 skills on the DVSA driving test report.

Sittingbourne pickups cover ME9 and ME10: Milton Regis, Kemsley, Chalkwell, Murston, Bapchild, Borden, Tunstall, Rodmersham, Bobbing, Iwade, Teynham, Frinsted and Bredgar. The sector table lists all 4 areas and their practice roads; your postcode confirms a match.

Yes. Sittingbourne learners with a test booked at ME8 0RZ can do 6 to 12 hours a week as an intensive, with the final lessons on mock routes around Gillingham Business Park. Course lengths and prices are on our intensive booking page.

GOV.UK charges £62.00 for a weekday car practical at Gillingham (ME8 0RZ) and £75.00 for evening, weekend and bank holiday slots. Sittingbourne candidates use the instructor's dual-control car for the test, and our booking adds a £1.99 admin fee.

08 / Nearby Towns / Explore Neighbouring Kent Coverage

Driving lessons near
Sittingbourne

Guides to other Kent towns near Sittingbourne, each with distinct pass data and sector lists.

SheernessME12 · Kent RainhamME8 · Kent GillinghamME7 & ME8 · Kent MaidstoneME14 to ME20 · Kent ChathamME4 & ME5 · Kent RochesterME1 to ME3 · Kent West MallingME19 · Kent GravesendDA11 to DA13 · Kent DartfordDA1 to DA4 · Kent LongfieldDA3 · Kent

Reviewed by Kevin Tuffney, Co-founder & COO at Rated Driving · Official DVSA 2025/26 figures · Last verified 25 October 2026.

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