Driving Lessons: Terms & Conditions

1. Driving licenses and fitness to drive:

You must hold a current, valid driving license, provisional, full or international, and produce it on (or in advance of) your first lesson. You must be fit to drive with regard to legal and medical requirements. Your Oakworth instructor reserves the right to cancel any lesson at any time if the pupil is unfit to drive due to drink, drugs or prescribed medicine, fatigue or unfit for any other reason or condition that would cause his/her driving to be dangerous or illegal. In such circumstances the lesson fee will be payable.

2. Payments and Cancellation:

You must pay for tuition in advance by using one of the following methods:

1. Cash payments direct to Your Instructor
2. Cheque direct to Your Instructor. (Any cheques must be made payable to Your Instructor and accompanied by a valid banker's card, all funds must clear prior to the commencement of any lesson)

Any cheque offered for payments that are subsequently refused by the bank will be subject to an administration charge of £25.00 + cheque value.

If either you or your instructor needs to cancel or re-arrange a lesson at least 48 hours notice will be required for single lessons of up to two hours duration. Longer lessons need a minimum of four days notice.

If you do not give at least 48 hours notice of cancellation, Your Instructor will be entitled to charge for the lesson(s) concerned.

If for any reason you are unable to pay in advance or on the day without prior agreement with your instructor may incur an extra £5 charge on your lesson.

Your instructor will do everything possible to ensure that your lessons start and finish on time, but reserves the right to cancel, postpone or change lesson lengths and start/finish times under certain circumstances, e.g., dangerous weather conditions or problems with the training car. In the event of postponement fees paid in advance will be carried forward.

3. Bookings and Lesson duration:

You cannot sell or transfer lesson(s) / offers which have been purchased in Your name to any other person without consent from your instructor.

You will endeavor to maintain regular lesson slots each week to ensure continuity of learning and success.

The minimum lesson period is one hour. If, for any reason, the instructor is late for the lesson he/she will make a concerted effort to inform the pupil of the estimated time of arrival. If the delay is greater than 15 minutes this time will be credited to the pupil and when possible the lesson will be extended by the time due – if this is not possible the extra time will be carried forward to the next suitable lesson.

4. Training Location:

All sessions will start and finish at the same location unless alternative arrangements are made in advance. The instructor will determine a location for practical lessons which ensures both the pupil's and public safety – this means that the instructor may need to drive the pupil to and from the lesson location; this journey time forms part of the lesson as paid for.

5. Training vehicles:

Training vehicles provided by the school are taxed, insured for the purposes of driving tuition and the DSA driving test, fully roadworthy and fitted with dual controls.

Pupils who require tuition in their own vehicle must supply evidence from their motor insurer that the car is covered for lessons when being supervised by a professional instructor in return for payment; the car must also be taxed and hold a current MOT certificate where appropriate. If a pupil wishes to use there own car this must be agreed buy the instructor in advance. Lesson prices remain the same in any circumstance.

6. Promotions:

1. Any promotions offers are subject to availability and T&Cs.
2. All promotional prices are a limited time only offers (please check availability) with your instructor.
3. No other promotions can be used in conjunction with any other offers / promotions
4. All promotions are non refundable
5. Eligibility for any Oakworth School of Motoring offers / promotions dependent upon training continuously without breach of terms and conditions
6. Cash value of any promotion is set to zero as all promotions non refundable (6.4) example Free lesson cost to you = zero, refundable = zero
7. Pass promise (beginners only) – student must be test ready as agreed by both instructor and student; and have completed min 20+ hours with Oakworth School of Motoring prior to date of practical test to ensure student is prepared and ready; If student does not pass the practical test 1st time they will be eligible for no car hire fee on 2nd DSA practical test subject to none breach of Oakworth terms and conditions
8. Free driving lessons with all block bookings – Students must complete block of 10 lessons booked continuously without breaching terms and conditions to be eligible for free lessons (Offers / promotions may differ between beginners or non beginners) .
9. We reserve the right to change or retract any Promotional (Offers at any time by providing 30 days notification to its students this notification will be provided by Oakworth school of Motoring, your instructor or via electronic media e.g website or email etc.

7. Vouchers:

Any vouchers purchased are only valid for time limited period contact your Oakworth Instructor for full details

8. Your rights:

Oakworth School of Motoring Instructors abide by an equal opportunity policy and will not discriminate against race, colour, creed, gender or sexual orientation etc.

Oakworth School Of Motoring has a strict in car no smoking policy

Nothing in Oakworth terms and conditions affect any statutory rights You have as a consumer.

We reserve the right to change or alter any of the terms and conditions without notice, but will endeavour to inform our students of any changes as soon as possible.