Driving Lessons in Kingston upon Thames

Lessons are £38 an hour across KT1, KT2 and KT3, and automatic costs exactly the same as manual. Ten hours is £370 and twenty is £726, which brings it to £36.30 an hour. The figures come from the booking system, so the price here is the price you book.

Tolworth, inside the borough. Its current DVSA figures are at the top of this page: 53.6%, well above the London average. Morden in Merton is the nearest alternative and Isleworth is the northern one.

Yes, and at the same price as manual. Tolworth, in the borough, passed 49.9% of 4,152 automatic tests in the DVSA 2025/26 figures, against 56.1% for manual. Say automatic when you book and we match you with an instructor whose car is automatic and who covers KT1, KT2 or KT3. In the one-way system and on the A3 the difficulty is lane choice, which an automatic lets you concentrate on.

No. Rated Driving is an agent rather than a school, which is why the instructor who turns up is a local independent working KT 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.

Kingston, Surbiton, New Malden, Tolworth, Chessington, Norbiton, Coombe, Hook, Berrylands and Kingston Vale among others. 9 of the borough's 10 postcode districts are shared with a neighbouring borough or with Surrey, so enter your postcode and we check who covers your exact street.

It can be. The A3 runs through the borough at dual carriageway speed with slip roads either side, and local routes use it. Any instructor teaching here will have you driving it well before test day, built up to rather than dropped into.

Yes. Say nervous when you book and we match you with a patient instructor. The residential streets around Berrylands and Coombe are quiet and wide, and instructors will usually start there before going anywhere near the town centre.

Yes. Say refresher when you book. The one-way system and A3 confidence are the two most common requests here.

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. Kingston suits it: the A3 and the M25 are both close, and the Surrey lanes give you the rural module.

They can, before your test if you want. Learners are allowed on motorways in a dual-control car with a fully qualified instructor. The M25 is a short run south, so it fits into a longer lesson without a special trip.

DVSA research puts it at 45 hours of professional lessons plus 22 hours of private practice, and learners who get that private practice are markedly more likely to pass first time. Many Kingston families run a car, and learners who can practise in one between lessons tend to need fewer paid hours. Expect an honest estimate from your instructor after the first lesson.

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. Tolworth's strong rate makes it sought after, so its dates go quickly. If you already hold a date and want an earlier one, our free Driving Test Swap matches you with another learner who wants yours.

Rated Driving is not a driving school. We match you with independent, DVSA-licensed driving instructors in Kingston upon Thames. One instructor page says it mostly covers Kingston upon Thames. Instructors covering Kingston work across KT1, KT2 and KT3 and the surrounding codes. 9 of the borough's 10 postcode districts are shared with Richmond, Merton, Sutton or Surrey, so the postcode you enter decides who covers you. The test centre on this page is Tolworth test centre (Tolworth, in borough · one of the stronger London centres). Tolworth is in the borough at 53.6%, and the town centre is a multi-lane gyratory. Every instructor is DBS-checked before they take a learner, and we hold your payment until after the lesson. Instructors who state they cover Kingston upon Thames include Buck Singh.

You can ask for a female driving instructor in Kingston upon Thames when you book. The other answer on this page names instructors who state they cover Kingston upon Thames. None of those profiles lists female driving instructor, so no name is added here. The price on this page is £38 an hour, and automatic lessons are the same price. The same booking covers Kingston, Surbiton, New Malden, Tolworth and Chessington. Kingston town centre is a multi-lane one-way gyratory with buses, pedestrians and short lane-change windows. The A3 runs past it at motorway speed with slip roads either side. Instructors keep the two separate until you are reliable on each, then combine them. Lessons for that match use Tolworth test centre (Tolworth, in borough · one of the stronger London centres). If nobody suitable has space, we tell you rather than quietly matching you with someone else.