Run your driving school like a business — without living in a spreadsheet.
Most school software treats the solo ADI as an afterthought. Passdesk doesn’t: calendar, payments, test-aligned rubric, theory, in-car offline — the full toolkit a multi-instructor school uses, without franchise fees or rate splits.
30-day free trial · No charge during trial · Cancel any time · £49/mo Starter
Training as a PDI? Free until you qualify. Sign up the same way and we won't charge until your ADI badge lands.
Built around a one-person operation.
One calendar, your way
No multi-instructor view to fight. Drag-drop slot booking, recurring teaching blocks, day-off marks. Done in 30 seconds.
Card payments via Stripe
Send payment links by SMS, take deposits, refund in two clicks. No card reader, no merchant-services contract.
Test-aligned rubric without the paper
Score skills 1–5 in seconds, in-car. The student sees their progress in their own portal — and your "test-ready" call has data behind it.
Your own public booking page
Free at passdesk.co.uk/s/<your-school>. Listed in the directory. Custom colour and logo on Pro and above.
Track your Standards Check risk areas
Self-score against the DVSA 17 indicators between assessments. See your predicted grade and where you're slipping — before your SC examiner does.
FAQ for solo instructors
I’m a one-person operation. Is the Pro tier overkill?
Probably — Starter (£49/mo) handles up to 50 students and 3 staff slots, which is enough for the first phase of growth. You can upgrade to Pro the day you hire your first instructor.
Can I bring my existing learners and packages?
Yes — paste your current webpage and Passdesk imports your products. Students upload via spreadsheet, or you can re-invite them by email so they bring their own theory progress.
How does it compare to a franchise?
No franchise fees, no rate splits, no required uniform. You keep your own brand, your own students, your own bookings. Passdesk is a tool, not a network — though if you want to be findable, your school auto-appears at passdesk.co.uk/schools.
Will I outgrow Passdesk?
No — the same workspace scales from 1 instructor to a multi-school group. The only thing that changes is the tier you pay for and which features you turn on.
Do I need a card reader for in-car payments?
No. Send a Stripe payment link by SMS or share a QR code — the student pays from their phone and the money lands in your connected Stripe account.
Running a multi-instructor school? See Passdesk for driving schools for the multi-staff angle. Just learning to drive yourself? See Passdesk for learners.