Passdesk
Built for both sides of the wheel

Driving school management, done properly. And a self-management suite for solo learners.

One workspace for your whole school — calendar, lessons, payments, DVSA-aligned progress, theory practice, route planning. The same toolkit, in your pocket, for learners who run their own journey.

For driving schools

Run your school from one workspace.

Drag-drop calendar, instant payments, DVSA rubric, multi-staff with permissions, your own public booking page. Replaces the spreadsheet and the group chat.

  • Calendar, payments, rubric, theory and waitlist in one place
  • Host multiple instructors, each with their own permissions
  • Your own public page at passdesk.co.uk/s/your-school
30-day free trial · Card required, no charge during trial · From £29/mo
For solo learners

Your full self-management suite for learning to drive.

Between lessons, with family, or while you save up — the same toolkit a Passdesk school gives its students, in your pocket and run by you.

  • The full DVSA toolkit — theory, rubric, test-ready %, time-to-test
  • Plan your route to test day — practice routes, your test centre on a map
  • Bring your own instructor, or none. Carry your logbook into a school later
7-day free trial · Card required, no charge during trial · £9.99/mo after
Built around the real DVSA system
240+
DVSA test centres
14
Theory categories
30+
Rubric skills tracked
UK
Built & hosted
The mess most schools live with

Running a school today means juggling tools that weren't built for it.

Bookings in a group chat. Payments in a notes app. Progress on paper. And theory test prep happens somewhere else entirely. Passdesk pulls every piece of the journey into one place — for you, your staff, and your students.

Bookings in texts and chats

Texts get missed. Slots double-book. Cancellations go unnoticed until the instructor's car is parked outside.

Payments scattered

Bank transfers, cash on the day, half-remembered "I'll get you next week". Nobody knows the real balance.

Theory and practical drift apart

Lessons in one app, theory revision in another, no shared view of how close to test-ready they actually are.


Built for teams

Add staff, set permissions, see where the gaps are.

Schools grow. Passdesk grows with you. Every plan above Solo supports multiple staff with their own permissions, payroll-grade earnings tracking, and a utilisation heatmap that shows you where the open capacity is.

Email invitations, pre-set permissions

Invite staff with the exact 13 permission keys they need. Owner, instructor, or office.

Instructor earnings cockpit

Hourly rate, month-to-date earned, by-week breakdown. No spreadsheet required.

Utilisation heatmap

Spot the underused slots, plan around peak demand, and recognise the instructors who keep filling up.

Customise the rubric

Hide skills you don't teach. Rename. Add your own. Reorder. Per-school.

Staff & permissions
DG Diana Glover Owner · all permissions
JT Jamie Thompson Instructor · MANAGE_SCHEDULES, MANAGE_PROGRESS
SP Sara Petty Instructor · MANAGE_SCHEDULES, MANAGE_PRACTICE_ROUTES
AK Aaron Khan Office · VIEW_SCHEDULES, MANAGE_PURCHASES
+ Invite staff member
Scheduling

A calendar that doesn't fight you.

Drag a lesson to a new slot. The student gets the email. The instructor gets a push. The cancellation policy quietly does the right thing in the background.

  • Drag-drop calendar with day, week and month views — the same FullCalendar your instructors already use.
  • Repeating slots for regular Tuesday-at-six learners; one-off overrides without breaking the series.
  • Saved meeting locations per instructor — pickup or fixed point, with notes the student sees.
  • Cancellation policy enforced automatically — late-cancel fee inside the policy window, fee charges itself.
What the student sees — their next lesson, the meeting point on a map, a one-tap reschedule, and a calendar feed straight into Apple or Google.
Mon 21
Tue 22
Wed 23
Thu 24
Fri 25
09:00
A. Turner
P. Shah
M. Lloyd
11:00
S. Greene
A. Turner
N. Patel
P. Shah
13:30
M. Lloyd
A. Turner
S. Greene
15:00
P. Shah
S. Greene
M. Lloyd
Alex Turner
10-hour package · 21/04/2026
£420.00 Paid
Priya Shah
Deposit · 22/04/2026
£40.00 Held
Marcus Lloyd
Late-cancel fee · auto · 23/04/2026
£20.00 Charged
Sofia Greene
Refund · 24/04/2026
−£25.00 Refunded
Payments

Get paid up front, automatically.

Card checkout, saved-card payments via Stripe, and the awkward bits — deposits, late-cancel fees, no-shows — charged automatically against the policy you set.

  • Card checkout for packages and one-off lessons; refunds go through cleanly — no double-charges, no duplicated refunds.
  • Saved cards via Stripe — students opt in once, then deposits and fees pull silently. Card details stay with Stripe, never on our servers.
  • Stripe customer portal for students — manage cards, download invoices.
  • Live balance per student in lesson hours, not pounds — the unit your instructors actually think in.
What the student sees — buy a package in two taps, see exactly how many lesson hours they have left, store a card so deposits go through without a chase text.
Progress & rubric

DVSA-aligned progress, every student can read.

The same five categories the DVSA examiner uses, scored on a four-point scale, transmission-aware. Plus curated YouTube videos per skill, with watched tracking.

  • Five DVSA categories: Control, Manoeuvres, Junctions, Road types, Conditions — with weighted test-ready %.
  • Transmission-aware — automatic-only learners don't see gear-related skills.
  • Lesson notes carry forward — the next instructor sees what to focus on before the student gets in the car.
  • Curated skill videos — hand-picked YouTube content per DVSA skill with watched tracking.
What the student sees — their own DVSA rubric scored after every lesson, three skills to focus on next, and an honest test-ready %.
Test-ready
78% +6% vs last week
Control
Moving off & stopping
Steering & positioning
Manoeuvres
Bay parking
Parallel park
Junctions
Roundabouts
Cancellation: Wed 23/04 · 11:00 4m 12s
Offered to Priya Shah · matched on weekday + automatic + Northgate
Push sent SMS sent Email sent
Cancellation: Thu 24/04 · 09:00 Claimed
Alex Turner claimed in 1m 47s · balance restored
Cancellation: Fri 25/04 · 15:00 Expired
No matching learner in 10-minute window · offered to next 3
Waitlist

Fill cancellations before you've finished cancelling.

Students set a preference window — days, hours, instructor, transmission. When a slot opens, Passdesk fans out three offers in parallel and the first tap wins.

  • Preference windows — date range, weekdays, hour-of-day, instructor and transmission.
  • Multi-channel offers — push, SMS and email fan out simultaneously, every send logged.
  • 10-minute claim window — first tap wins, race-safe in a transaction.
  • Balance restored automatically on the cancelling student, no admin intervention needed.
New: Theory testing

The full theory test, built in.

14 official DVSA categories. Practice mode with instant feedback and weak-category hints. Mock mode with the real 57-minute timer and the official 43/50 pass mark. No more "use this app for practical, that one for theory".

  • 14 DVSA categories — Alertness, Attitude, Safety, Documents, all of them.
  • Practice mode — instant feedback, hints when you're weak in a category.
  • Mock mode — 50 random Qs, 57-minute timer, 43/50 pass mark.
  • Per-question attempt log, weak-category dashboard for the next session.
Question 27 / 50 45:12
Hazard Awareness
You are about to overtake a slow-moving cyclist on a left-hand bend. What should you do?
Sound your horn before overtaking
Hold back until you can see the road ahead is clear
Overtake quickly to clear the bend
Move closer to encourage them to pull over
Start Test Centre End
Cathedral Loop
Castlegate Test Centre · 32 min
Medium School route
New: Routes & test prep

Practice the actual roads they'll drive on test day.

A library of practice routes anchored to every DVSA test centre. Curated by us, added by your school, and recorded live by your students. Draw on a map, upload a GPX, or hit record on your phone and let the geolocation API capture every turn.

  • Three tiers — global curated, school library, personal recordings.
  • Three creation methods — draw on a map, upload GPX, or live-record from phone.
  • Difficulty rating and estimated drive time per route.
  • Test prep dashboard — your test centre on a map, recommended routes nearby.
New: In-car mobile + offline + PWA

The instructor's flow runs on a phone, even with no signal.

Tap "Start". Capture the odometer, location, and quick reactions during the lesson. Tap "End", confirm billable minutes. If you were in a Faraday cage of a multi-storey, the data queues up and syncs the moment you hit fresh air. Install Passdesk on the home screen; it behaves like a native app.

  • Start time + odometer capture, location pin per lesson.
  • Quick-reaction taps for safety incidents and praise.
  • Offline-first — every action queues, syncs on reconnect.
  • PWA — installable on iOS and Android, your school's icon on the home screen.
Offline · 2 lessons queued
9:41 ● ● ●
Today
Tue 13 May · 4 lessons
Aiyana Choudhry
10:00 — 11:00 · Pickup, 14 Hill Rd
Manual Mock test prep
Start lesson
Marcus Wilkes
11:30 — 13:00 · Castlegate
Auto Roundabouts
Sara Petty
14:00 — 15:00 · Pickup
Add to Home Screen · iOS and Android · works offline
Your school's public face

A booking page that does the selling for you.

Every Passdesk school gets a public page at passdesk.co.uk/s/your-school. Tagline, packages, photos, social links — and a signup form that turns a curious learner into a booked first lesson without you lifting a finger. Listed in our public directory too.

  • Your tagline, packages, photos, social URLs
  • Built-in signup form — new students arrive in your tenant pre-onboarded.
  • Featured products with strike-through pricing
  • Listed in passdesk.co.uk/schools — sortable by location.

The Passdesk schools directory

Learners can browse every Passdesk school sorted by their postcode — free acquisition for you.

Castlegate Driving School
Patient instruction · Manual + Auto · Castlegate area · Verified-student reviews
10-hour pack
£325
Manual
First lesson
£35
90-minute taster
Mock test
£60
Full simulation
https://passdesk.co.uk/s/castlegate-driving

Built for self-managers

The solo learner cockpit.

Whether you're saving up for an ADI, doing private practice with family, or topping up between paid lessons — Passdesk gives you the same kit a school student gets, minus the school. Eight tools, one app, run by you.

DVSA-aligned rubric

Self-mark 30+ skills across 5 categories after every drive.

Theory practice + mock

14 categories, instant feedback, 57-minute mock with the real 43/50 pass mark.

Your test centre on a map

Pick your DVSA centre, see practice routes nearby with difficulty recommendations.

Personal route library

Draw on a map, upload a GPX, or live-record routes from your phone.

Curated skill videos

Hand-picked YouTube content per DVSA skill, with watched tracking.

Test-ready % & countdown

An honest number that updates as you improve, with the three skills to focus on next.

Invite an instructor

Add an ADI any time — they join your logbook, you stay in control.

Yours, secure, accessible

Phone-verified, GDPR-tracked, WCAG 2.1 AA, install as an app on your phone.

Start your DVSA logbook today.

7-day free trial · card required, no charge during trial · £9.99/month after

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Solo Passdesk is for learners between lessons or learning with family — it's not a substitute for a qualified ADI when you're getting ready for the test.
Built for UK drivers

Compliance baked in, not bolted on.

Built by people who hold UK driving licences. Every required field, every audit trail, every consent log — and it's all in a UK-hosted database.

DVLA fields built-in
DVSA-aligned rubric
ADI & PDI tracking
GDPR + ICO ready
Phone-verified accounts
Full audit log
Versioned consent log
WCAG 2.1 AA
UK / EU hosted

Pricing

Schools pay per workspace. Solo learners pay for themselves.

Free trial on every plan — 30 days for schools, 7 days for solo learners. Card required at signup (verified by Stripe, no charge during trial). Email always included. SMS at cost. Cancel any time before your trial ends and you won't be billed; cancel after and you stay active until the end of your current billing month, with your data ready to come with you.

Solo
£ 9.99 /mo
Theory + practical + test prep, in one app you run yourself.
1 learner · 1 invited instructor
  • Self-mark DVSA rubric, test-ready %
  • Theory practice + mock (full DVSA)
  • Practice route library + test centre map
  • Curated skill videos
  • Invite an instructor any time
  • Carries into a Passdesk school later
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Starter
£ 29 /mo
For one-instructor schools getting organised.
50 students · 3 staff
  • Drag-drop scheduling + waitlist
  • Stripe checkout, deposits, fees
  • DVSA rubric + theory + routes
  • Public school booking page
  • In-car mobile + offline
  • Email support
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Scale
£ 199 /mo
For multi-school groups and large operations.
Unlimited students & staff
  • Everything in Pro
  • Data migration assistance
  • API access + webhooks
  • Multi-school deployment
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Need over 50 instructors or a network deployment? Talk to us about Network pricing.
Move over in an afternoon

Your products, imported by paste.

Most schools have a website that already lists their packages. Don't retype them. Paste the URL — Passdesk reads the page and creates the products for you.

Product import from URL

Paste the page that already lists your packages. Passdesk extracts each product (name, price, hours) and creates them in your tenant. Edit and confirm — total time, four minutes.

https://your-driving-school.co.uk/packages Import
5 free imports per school · £5 per 10-pack top-up · powered by Anthropic

Up and running in an afternoon

Once your products are in, invite your staff, share your public page, and start your first lessons — all from the same workspace. Bring real data on a 30-day free trial.

30 days free · Card required, no charge during trial · Cancel anytime
FAQ
Do solo learners need an instructor?
No — Passdesk solo is built for self-management between lessons or with family supervision. You can run the entire DVSA toolkit yourself: rubric, theory, practice routes, test prep. Invite an ADI any time and they join your logbook.
Can I move my logbook into a driving school later?
Yes. If the school you join uses Passdesk, your rubric, theory results, and route library carry over. Your school sees your full history from day one.
Is there a free trial?
Yes — 30 days for schools, 7 days for solo learners. A card is required at signup (verified by Stripe — keeps the platform real and means we've got payment ready for when you decide to keep going). No charge during the trial. Solo is £9.99/month after trial; school plans are per workspace per month, billed monthly. Cancel any time before the trial ends and you won't be billed; cancel after and you stay active until the end of your current billing month.
Does it work without internet?
The instructor in-car flow captures lesson data offline (start time, odometer, location, quick reactions) and syncs when reconnected. Theory and route recording also queue locally. Add Passdesk to your home screen and it behaves like a native app.
Can I import my existing course catalogue?
Paste your existing webpage URL — Passdesk extracts your products. Five free imports per school, then £5 per ten-pack top-up. Manual entry is always free.

Start your trial today. Card required — no charge during trial.

30 days for schools, 7 days for solo learners. Real data. Cancel any time.

For driving schools

Move your school over in an afternoon.

Paste your packages URL, invite your staff, share your public page. Calendar, payments, rubric, theory, routes, in-car offline — all in one workspace.

Start free trial
For solo learners

The full DVSA toolkit, run by you.

Theory + rubric + test prep + practice routes + skill videos. Invite an instructor when you're ready. £9.99/month after a 7-day free trial — card required (verified by Stripe, no charge during trial).

Start tracking my progress