Driive
Progress tracking

Know what to teach next.

Track each pupil against the DVSA syllabus, update skills after every lesson, and see exactly where they are improving, struggling, or nearly test-ready.

DVSA syllabusSkill ratingsLesson notesMock test resultsTest readiness
Maya Thompson

Maya Thompson

DVSA syllabus · 40 of 73 ready

Test readiness

Over halfway — great progress

Practical booked in 12 days

Getting ready

Test ready
12/12

Moving off & stopping

Confident
10/12

Mirrors, signals & awareness

Improving
7/11

Junctions & roundabouts

Needs practice
9/21

Manoeuvres

Introduced
2/9

Independent driving

Not started
0/8
Why instructors switch

The whole syllabus, one clear picture.

Every pupil carries the full DVSA syllabus — junctions, roundabouts, manoeuvres, independent driving — each skill with a clear status, from introduced through to test-ready. The category totals and overall readiness add themselves up, so you always know where a learner really is.

  • Six-step grading: introduced → needs practice → improving → confident → test-ready
  • Category status rolls up from the skills beneath it
  • One readiness percentage that tells the real story
  • Test dates sit right beside the progress they depend on
Marked in seconds

Grade a skill
at the kerb.

Tap any skill, set where the pupil is on the six-step scale, and it saves to the lesson — no paperwork, no end-of-day catch-up. The DVSA detail is right there too: what's assessed, the common faults, and a short video to send home.

  • Mark skills live during or after the lesson
  • Built on the DVSA national standard, not a homemade list
  • Tailor the syllabus — rename, re-order or hide skills

Junctions & roundabouts

Roundabouts — approach & lanes

How's it going?

Not startedIntroducedNeeds practiceImprovingConfidentTest ready

What's assessed

  • Correct lane and clear signals on approach
  • Effective observation before committing
  • Smooth speed and gear for the exit taken
Save to this lesson
Pupils & parents

Everyone watches
the progress.

The progress you mark flows two ways — pupils see it climb in the app, and the parents you add get the same picture by email. Both update the moment you save.

Maya's progress this week

Driive · to you, as Maya's guardian

Weekly

Test readiness

62%68%

Moving off & stopping

Confident

Mirrors & awareness

Improving

For parents · by email

Progress, in their inbox

Add a parent or guardian and they get a private weekly email — the readiness move, the skills you marked, the test countdown. Read-only, no app to download.

Test readiness

68%

Practical in 12 days

Went well

Smooth gear changes, strong observation

Next focus

Roundabout lane positioning

Learn next

Roundabouts — approach & lanes

For pupils · in the app

Progress & feedback, live

Pupils watch their readiness climb after every lesson, read your feedback from the last drive, and get a clear “learn next” for what to tackle.

Lesson debrief

Completed

What went well

Smooth gear changes, strong observation

Needs work

Roundabout lane positioning

Next focus

Bay parking on quiet roads

DL25 mock test

Saved to progress

4

minors

0

serious

0

dangerous

Test-readiness you can defend

Back the test
talk with proof.

When a pupil — or a parent — asks about booking the test, the answer is a record built across real lessons, not a gut feeling. Each debrief notes what went well, what needs work and the next focus, and it all writes back to the skill record.

Pair it with a DL25-style mock test marked to the DVSA fault categories, and the conversation gets easier for both of you.

Always current

You teach. The record builds itself.

Progress isn't a separate logbook to keep up. It grows from the lessons you teach and the tests you run, and flows straight into the rest of Driive — so the picture is the same everywhere.

On the pupil profile

Overall readiness and every skill status sit on the pupil's profile beside lessons, notes and test dates — one record, always current.

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Marked from a mock test

Run a DL25-style mock test and the result saves straight to the lesson and the pupil's progress, so test-readiness rests on evidence.

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Built lesson by lesson

Every completed lesson in the diary is a chance to mark a skill, so the record grows from the teaching you're already doing.

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FAQ

Asked by
instructors,
answered straight.

What skills does a learner driver need before the driving test?
The DVSA's 'Ready to Pass?' guidance sets out the skills a learner should manage independently before booking a test — junctions, roundabouts, manoeuvres, dual carriageways and independent driving among them. Driive tracks each pupil against the full syllabus, lesson by lesson. Driive is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by the DVSA.
How do you know when a pupil is ready for their driving test?
Test-readiness is a judgement, but it should rest on evidence: a record of each skill moving from introduced to test-ready across real lessons, backed by a DL25-style mock test close to the pass standard. Driive keeps that record for every pupil, so the test conversation is built on facts rather than gut feel.
Can pupils see their own driving progress?
Yes. Pupils watch their progress build in their own side of the Driive app after every lesson. Seeing how close test-ready is keeps them motivated — and makes the next block of lessons an easy decision.
How do you track a learner driver's progress?
Driive gives every pupil the full DVSA syllabus, grouped into categories like junctions, roundabouts, manoeuvres and independent driving. The instructor grades each skill on a six-step scale — introduced, needs practice, improving, confident and test-ready — and the category status and an overall readiness percentage roll up from those grades on their own. It builds lesson by lesson, with no separate logbook to keep.
What is a driving lesson progress record or log?
It is a running record of what a learner can do against the skills they will be tested on, updated each lesson. In Driive that record is the DVSA syllabus itself: each skill carries a status, every completed lesson is a chance to mark one off, and a lesson debrief notes what went well, what needs work and the next focus — all kept on the pupil's profile alongside their lessons and test dates.
Can learner drivers rate their own confidence on a skill?
Yes. From their own side of the app a pupil can set how confident they feel on any skill, using the same six-step scale the instructor uses. It is a prompt, not a grade — it tells the instructor what feels shaky before the next lesson, so time in the car is spent where it counts.
Can I customise the driving syllabus I teach?
Yes. Driive ships with the full DVSA national standard built in, and each instructor can tailor it — rename a skill to their own wording, re-order it, or hide skills they don't use — without affecting anyone else. The shared structure stays intact; your version is yours.
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