Provisional licences, costs, and choosing manual or automatic before you book your first lesson.
Five schools serving Manchester publish an hourly lesson rate on their own price pages, and those rates run from £25 to £39 an hour. The AA and RED publish no lesson price, and Bill Plant says it has no set price, which is why comparing is harder here than it looks.
Read guideFive Birmingham driving schools publish a price on a public page, and their standard manual rates run from £32 to £35 an hour. Here is what those pages showed on 17 September 2026, what block bookings really save, and the DVSA fees you pay yourself.
Read guideGOV.UK gives the fee for your first provisional driving licence as £34 online or £43 by post, and you can apply from 15 years and 9 months old. Here is what DVLA asks for, both routes step by step, and what GOV.UK actually says about how long it takes.
Read guideThe transmission you learn in decides more than how your lessons feel — it decides what your licence lets you drive afterwards. Here is a balanced look at both.
Read guideLessons are priced per hour, and the DVSA test fees are separate and paid directly to DVSA when you book your own test. Here is the full 2026 breakdown, with real package prices.
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