Ready To Pass provides structured ADI training for people who want to become professional driving instructors across Wirral, Chester and the surrounding areas.
Developed by former DVSA driving test examiners, our training supports your journey from ADI Part 1, through the high standard of driving required for Part 2, to the client-centred teaching, coaching and risk-management skills required for Part 3.
But we do something important differently — we don't wait until Part 3 to start developing the instructor.
From Part 2 onwards, you'll begin developing fault awareness, reflection, self-assessment and coaching skills alongside your driving — giving you a stronger foundation for the instructional training that follows.
Becoming a driving instructor isn't simply about passing three DVSA tests. It's about developing the knowledge, driving ability and teaching skills needed to help other people become safe, confident and independent drivers. That's why we treat Parts 1, 2 and 3 as one connected development journey.
Our training has been developed by former DVSA driving test examiners, combining assessment knowledge with practical instructor experience. We help you understand the standard you're working towards, rather than simply teaching you how to get through the test.
Recognising a fault is only the beginning. You'll learn to understand why faults develop, how to correct them and how better observation, planning and decision making can prevent them happening again.
Reflection, self-assessment and introductory coaching techniques are introduced during your Part 2 development. This gives you an early understanding of client-centred learning before you begin the more intensive instructional training required for Part 3.
We develop strong routines for observation, scanning, planning and decision making. First you'll learn to apply them consistently in your own driving; later you'll learn how to help your pupils understand and develop those same skills.
Becoming an Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) is a staged process. Ready To Pass can support your development from your first steps towards Part 1 through to becoming a qualified driving instructor.
Complete the required checks and begin your application to join the ADI register.
Develop the knowledge and hazard-perception skills required for the theory test.
Develop the high standard of driving ability expected of a future instructor.
Eligible trainees may apply for a trainee licence and gain real teaching experience.
Optional RouteDevelop and demonstrate your ability to plan, manage and deliver effective driving lessons.
Apply to join the register and begin your career as an Approved Driving Instructor.
To qualify as an ADI, you'll need to successfully complete Part 1 (theory and hazard perception), Part 2 (driving ability) and Part 3 (instructional ability).
At Ready To Pass, we don't treat these as three unrelated hurdles. Each stage should help prepare you for the next. That's why our Part 2 programme begins introducing reflection, fault analysis, client-centred learning and coaching principles before your Part 3 training begins.
View the official GOV.UK route to becoming a driving instructor →You don't necessarily need to start again. If you've already passed Part 1, begun Part 2 training or are preparing for Part 3 with another provider, talk to us about where you are now. We can assess your current development and help identify an appropriate way forward.
Start your instructor journey with a strong understanding of the road, driving theory and hazard perception.
ADI Part 1 is the theory and hazard-perception stage of becoming an Approved Driving Instructor. It tests the knowledge you'll need not only to drive safely yourself, but eventually to help other people understand safe driving.
We don't believe you should have to buy unnecessary hours of training simply to work through material that can be studied effectively yourself. Instead, Ready To Pass can help you understand what to study, which resources to use and how to structure your preparation.
Already studying for Part 1? That's fine. You can join Ready To Pass at the stage you're currently at. We'll help you identify what you need next rather than making you repeat work you've already completed.
Part 1 builds the knowledge.
Part 2 begins turning that knowledge into professional driving.
Develop the driver — and start developing the instructor.
Your ADI Part 2 test assesses whether you can demonstrate the high standard of driving expected of a future driving instructor. At Ready To Pass, however, we believe Part 2 should do more than prepare you to pass a test.
This is where we begin developing the skills and thinking that you'll later need during Part 3 and in your career as an instructor.
Understand the DL25 assessment areas, develop strong driving routines, recognise faults and learn how to prevent them.
Use reflection and purposeful practice to understand not only what happened, but why it happened and what should change next time.
Begin developing fault analysis, self-assessment, coaching awareness and client-centred thinking before your Part 3 training begins.
Our structured Part 2 workbook supports your development from an initial baseline assessment through each of the driving-fault areas, purposeful private practice and reflection, before bringing everything together in a final Mock Part 2 Test.
What happened?
Why did it happen?
What could I do differently next time?
You'll also begin learning to Paint the Picture — recognising hazards and developing situations early, then allowing your observation, planning and decision making to become evident through appropriate driving actions.
Passing Part 2 demonstrates that you can drive to the standard expected of a future instructor. Part 3 asks a very different question: can you help somebody else learn?
During Part 2 we develop more than the physical standard of your driving. You begin learning to recognise what is happening, understand why it happened and consider what could be done differently.
During Part 3 the focus begins to move from your own performance to your pupil. You learn how to recognise developing problems, understand your pupil's needs and help them find effective ways to improve.
Move from analysing your own driving to helping somebody else understand and develop theirs.
ADI Part 3 assesses your ability to deliver an effective, client-centred driving lesson. This is where the foundations introduced during Part 2 begin to develop into practical instructional skills.
Your training is structured around the three main areas assessed during Part 3:
Understand your pupil's needs, agree meaningful goals and create a lesson appropriate to their ability.
Recognise developing risk, manage it effectively and give your pupil appropriate responsibility.
Adapt the way you teach, question, coach and give feedback to suit the individual pupil.
Rather than learning a script for a Part 3 test, you'll develop the ability to understand what is happening within a lesson and make appropriate decisions as the lesson develops.
Spot the developing problem. Help the pupil understand and improve it. Work towards preventing it happening again — then look for evidence that genuine learning has taken place.
The aim isn't simply to produce a Part 3 test lesson. It's to develop an instructor who can plan, coach, adapt and help pupils become safe drivers for life.
After passing ADI Part 2, some trainees choose to apply for a trainee driving instructor licence. This can provide valuable experience teaching real pupils while continuing to prepare for Part 3.
A trainee licence can give you the opportunity to develop your teaching skills in a real working environment rather than relying entirely on role-play.
The important part isn't simply accumulating teaching hours. It's using those lessons to develop: reflecting on what happened, recognising where learning took place and identifying what you could do differently next time.
A trainee licence is optional. It is not a requirement for becoming an ADI and it isn't simply a shortcut to earning money before qualifying. It should be used as an opportunity to develop your instructional ability while working towards Part 3.
Where suitable opportunities are available, trainees who meet the necessary requirements and share our approach to pupil development may have the opportunity to work with Ready To Pass while completing their Part 3 development. Any opportunity would be discussed individually and is subject to suitability, availability and the relevant trainee-licence requirements.
Everyone starts their instructor journey from a different position. That's why Ready To Pass offers flexible ways to structure and pay for your training rather than assuming everybody needs exactly the same programme.
Training needs vary. Previous driving experience, the amount of private practice available and how quickly new skills develop can all influence the amount of professional training required. Our aim is to identify what you need to develop and structure your training around that.
Credit payment options may be available on qualifying full-course purchases.
Subject to eligibility, approval and the terms and conditions of the credit provider.Ready To Pass instructor development combines experience from both sides of the process — teaching people to drive and assessing driving at DVSA test standard.
Dave brings together decades of professional driving, driver training and assessment experience. Before becoming a driving instructor, he spent 30 years in policing, including Roads Policing as a Class 1 advanced car driver and advanced motorcyclist.
After qualifying as an ADI, Dave later joined the DVSA as a driving examiner, conducting thousands of driving tests across Wirral and the surrounding area before returning to driver and instructor training.
Susie brings more than 20 years of combined driving-instruction and examiner experience to Ready To Pass. Before joining the DVSA, she worked as a driving instructor for over 10 years, before spending a further 11 years as a DVSA driving examiner.
Alongside her driver-training experience, Susie has gained qualifications in coaching and has also coached women's netball at a high level. That coaching background strongly influences her approach to instructor development — helping people think, reflect and find solutions rather than simply telling them what to do.
Her focus is on developing instructors who can adapt to the individual, encourage responsibility and help pupils become safe, confident and independent drivers.
Being former DVSA examiners gives us valuable insight into how driving is assessed and how faults develop. But becoming a good instructor requires much more than understanding what an examiner is looking for.
Our job as trainers is to help you understand how people learn, how to recognise developing problems, how to manage risk and how to adapt your teaching to the individual sitting beside you.
We don't want to teach you how to look like an instructor
for a test.
We want to help you become one.
Passing Part 3 is the beginning of your development as an instructor, not the end. Ready To Pass also works with qualified ADIs who want to reflect on their teaching, strengthen particular areas and continue developing their professional practice.
Understand the 17 competencies and use them to evaluate your everyday teaching — rather than trying to manufacture a special lesson purely for the Standards Check.
Individual training focused on your own development needs, whether that's lesson planning, risk management, coaching, adapting lessons or developing pupil independence.
Strengthen your understanding of driving faults — how to recognise them early, identify their causes and help pupils prevent them developing or recurring.
Practical instructor-development sessions designed to encourage discussion, reflection and the sharing of ideas with other instructors — then put that learning into everyday lessons.
Good CPD should influence what happens in the car after the training has finished. Our approach is based around reflection, fault understanding, risk management, client-centred learning and developing greater pupil independence.
Understand the Fault • Improve the Drive • Develop the Instructor
You don't need to understand the whole qualification process before speaking to us. Here are some of the questions we're commonly asked by people considering instructor training.
To become an Approved Driving Instructor, you'll need to meet the DVSA eligibility requirements and complete the qualification process, including ADI Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. Ready To Pass can support you through each stage and help you understand what your next step should be.
Yes. Many people begin their ADI training while still working in another career. Your training can be planned around your availability and developed progressively rather than requiring you to leave your existing job at the beginning of the process.
No. Ready To Pass offers flexible training, including Pay As You Go and part-by-part options. We believe the amount of training should reflect your development needs rather than simply the number of hours contained in a predetermined package.
Yes. You don't necessarily need to start your training again. We can look at where you are in the qualification process, discuss the training you've already completed and identify the areas that need further development.
No. A trainee driving instructor licence is optional. For suitable trainees it can provide valuable experience teaching real pupils while developing towards Part 3, but it is not a compulsory stage of becoming an ADI.
Our instructor training is primarily based across Wirral and Chester, with trainees and instructors also joining us from surrounding areas including Ellesmere Port and North Wales.
There isn't one training timescale that suits everybody. Your progress can depend on factors including your starting standard, available practice, how frequently you train and test availability. We prefer to focus on achieving the required standard rather than promising an unrealistic qualification date.
We begin developing the instructor during Part 2 rather than treating Parts 2 and 3 as completely separate subjects. Alongside developing your driving, you'll begin working on fault awareness, reflection, self-assessment and coaching principles that later become important during Part 3.
Your development doesn't have to stop when you pass Part 3. Ready To Pass also provides ongoing instructor development, including Standards Check support, 1-to-1 training, driving-fault development, CPD and instructor workshops.
Whether you're only beginning to consider a career as a driving instructor or you've already started your ADI training, talk to us about where you are now and what your next step could be.
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