Helen's driving school

Huge congratulations goes to Lauren this morning who passed her driving test, this is is going to change you & your children's lives which gives me so much joy, you never gave up when life got in the way. Now go & enjoy car shopping & ferrying those children around. Stay safe. Lauren was camera shy.
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Huge congratulations to Liam who passed his first driving test this morning with only 5 minors. It's not been an easy journey but Liam gave his all to every lesson which has helped on today's pass. Really proud of you today & look forward to hearing about a car purchase in the very near future. Best wishes on your new job which you have been in only a few weeks. Life is looking good.
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Massive congratulations to Rayne who passed her driving test this lunchtime with only 2 minors, this was not her first test but her first with me as her instructor. Rayne had a slight delay on taking her test as her last test was cancelled whilst at the test centre due to an accident & traffic so bad, but she went & aced it today, I think Rayne attracted all the bad drivers on her test & even had to do an emergency stop for a van that pulled right out in front of her. So proud of you Rayne & wishing you well for the future, I am so happy for you. Start saving for that car now.
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Huge congratulations to Drew who passed her driving test this lunchtime after a course than ran over a few weeks to fit around Uni & work. You put 100% effort to every lesson & it paid off today with only a few minor faults. I hope you have an amazing Graduation & wish you every success for the future. Really proud of you today.
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🌟FIRST TIME PASS 🌟Massive congratulations to Carys who passed her driving test first time today, she did amazing with only 4 minors. Special thanks to Mum & Dad who have taken Carys out inbetween lessons, Carys had her test cancelled on the day 2 weeks ago but aced it today with one of Exeter's new Examiners Harry. Enjoy your new freedom & see you soon
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GOV.UK

Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency

Hello,

From 12 May 2026, it will be against the law for anyone other than the learner driver to book, change, swap or cancel their own car driving test.

There are some things you need to do for any bookings you have made with a test date from 12 May 2026.

1. Give your pupil their booking reference number

You must give your pupils their booking reference numbers, as this is their personal data. Your pupil will need this to manage their test from 12 May 2026.

Remind them to keep it safe.

Keeping booking reference numbers

From 12 May 2026, you may keep booking reference numbers where they are part of financial or audit records (including refunds) held inside the service. The service holds records for the last 2 years.

You must not keep or use driving test booking reference numbers for booking or managing tests.

2. Update contact details on bookings

There are currently 2 car driving test bookings from 12 May 2026 with your email address of [email protected] stored where the learner’s email address should be.

From 12 May 2026, you will no longer have a lawful purpose for receiving messages intended for learner drivers.

So we’re asking you to help make sure your pupils’ email addresses are on their bookings as they should always have been. This means information about their booking is only sent to them.

You or your pupils need to change the email address on these bookings to the pupil’s email address before 12 May 2026.

If you ask your pupils to do it, you need to explain to them that:

changing the email address will not use one of their 2 allowed changes
they can still do this even if they have already used both changes
How your pupil can update their email address

They need to do this before 12 May 2026:

Go to www.gov.uk/check-driving-test.
Sign in with their driving licence number and booking reference number (which you need to give them).
On the ‘View booking’ page, select Change next to ‘Candidate details’.
Enter their own address, email address and telephone number.
Update the booking to save the change.
3. Add your pupil’s contact details to any further bookings you make

Add your pupil’s email address and phone number when you make any further bookings while you still have access. This will mean they do not have to change the email address or telephone number later.

In the booking service, the field is called ‘Candidate’s email’. It’s a mandatory field and should always be used for the learner’s email address.

What happens from 12 May 2026

From 12 May 2026, it will be against the law for anyone other than the learner to book, change, swap or cancel a car driving test.

The service to book and manage driving tests for your pupils will close at 6pm on 11 May 2026. All transactions must be completed by then.

Find out more about the new booking rules.

Thank you.

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Find out how we collect, use and store your personal information at www.gov.uk/dvsa/privacy.

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