Prices

The high quality and standard of BSM tuition plus the 100+ years of BSM's experience at Elaine's Driving School's private school prices!

Elaine believes in clear and transparent pricing of her driving lessons and services. Although you may pay just a little more than the cheap offers other schools may have, you will get a high quality of tuition (BSM+ tuition standard) ultimately saving you money in the long run by passing your test more quickly. It's the old adage: you get what you pay for.

 

No hopping from school to school to pick up cut price offers generally not learning more at each one!

 

No driving up and down Southsea seafront or driving around an industrial estate or car park - Elaine uses proper roads from your very first lesson and throughout your tuition!

 

What you get is a full and real learn-to-drive experience with high quality experienced tuition on the roads giving you more and more experience and skill with each and every lesson.

 

Elaine also includes Hazard Perception, Highway Code and Theory Test Training in her lessons for no extra fee. This is to help the pupil pass their Theory Test or to maintain and possibly improve their standard during tuition for pupils who have already passed the Theory Test.



 

Prices are from £30.00 per hour!

 

The usual price of one hour is £28.00 depending on how close you live to Elaine. Unfortunately, as with everything, the price of fuel varies these figures. Please contact Elaine for an exact quotation as it depends on your location. Lessons in Gosport are £30.00 an hour.

 

The average price that Elaine is charging = £30.00 per hour.

 

A two hour lesson is standard with Elaine's Driving School, to get the most out of your tuition. This gives you a good amount of time to get more drive time giving the client more experience, to allow time to fully analyse a manoeuvre or discuss how to drive the next part of the route and so on. As with most clients, one hour may not be enough time to drive a test route and get back home before an hour is up.



 No Hidden Costs - No Extra Fees



It’s worth mentioning that there are no hidden costs with Elaine’s Driving School.

For example, some schools will charge you quite a bit of money to ‘hire’ their car for your test and they may not inform you of this charge until your test date is near. Elaine’s Driving School charges the price of a two hour lesson as Elaine will take you out on a final ‘warm up’ lesson directly before your test and that price also covers the use of her car on your test.

 

No extra fees!

If you decide to go with a different driving school, it’s worth checking on this before you make any commitments.



No Cancellation Fees

 

Elaine understands that life isn’t straight forward and occasionally something may come up that’s more important than having your lesson. As a result you will not be charged with a cancellation fee. All Elaine asks is to inform her before your lesson time, if this is possible. However, if a client continues to cancel there may be cause for Elaine to ask if they’d prefer to have another time slot or even to leave the school temporarily, leaving it open for them to come back when things are more convenient.

 

All prices correct as of November 2023. Please note that Elaine's Driving School won't accept prices that differ on other websites or directories. 

 

How many hours does it take to pass the practical test?

The government says: on average, people passing their driving test have had 47 hours of driving lessons with a qualified instructor and 20 hours of private practice (source: https://www.gov.uk/driving-lessons-who-can-teach-you).

 

Elaine says: “From my experience I find that the total cost varies from person to person and depends on how quickly the pupil reaches the standard required to pass their practical driving test. Another factor is the pupil’s confidence level. A lack of confidence leads to nerves on and before test day so I consider confidence levels to be vitally important. My aim is to encourage and mould the pupil so they can become a self-assured qualified driver.

“It’s my responsibility to assess my pupil and then build lesson plans around their skill level, standard, experience and confidence. I also assess which method of teaching works best for that pupil so they can learn more effectively. Adapting my instruction, tuition and the way I communicate and interact with each and every pupil means they get the most out of a lesson as possible, making the lesson not only value for money but also, and more importantly, that the pupil is being given the best and most useful tuition, most often leading to the pupil passing their test with fewer lessons, saving them even more money.”