Our Terms & Conditions
1. Definitions and Interpretations
1.1 In these Terms and Conditions, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:
“Business” means any business, trade, craft, or profession carried on by You or any other person/organisation;
“Consumer” means a “consumer” as defined by the Consumer Rights Act 2015, and in relation to these Terms and Conditions means an individual customer of the Instructor who receives tuition from the Instructor for the customer’s personal use and for purposes wholly or mainly outside the purposes of any Business;
“Data Protection Legislation” means the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679), as amended or replaced from time to time
“Instructor/Trainer” means the Approved Driving Instructor(s) (ADI) assigned by Us to the Pupil from time to time;
“Price List” means the School’s standard price list for driving tuition. The list is available from www.driving2ition.com/our-prices
“Pupil/You/Your” means the individual recipient of driving instruction;
“Regulations” means The Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013; and
“School/We/Us/Our” means Driving 2ition whose place of business and contact address is 44a Castle Road, Mow Cop, Stoke on Trent, North Staffs, ST7 3PH
1.2 Unless the context otherwise requires, each reference in these Terms and Conditions to:
1.2.1 “these Terms and Conditions” is a reference to these Terms and Conditions as amended or supplemented at the relevant time; and
1.2.2 a Clause or sub-Clause is a reference to a Clause of these Terms and Conditions;
1.3 The headings used in these Terms and Conditions are for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of these Terms and Conditions;
1.4 Words signifying the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa;
1.5 References to any gender shall include the other gender.
2. Driving Instructors
2.1 The Instructor is a self-employed franchisee and is not employed by the School. As such, the School is not a party to any contract that might exist between the Instructor and You (but see Clause 12.5 as to Our responsibility and liability for his/her acts or omissions); and
2.2 The Instructor is registered with the DVSA as an approved driving instructor (ADI) and his/her ADI registration will be up to date. He/she shall display his/her current DVSA ADI registration certificate in any vehicle that he/she uses for a lesson, and will ensure that their ADI certificate is kept up to date at all times.
3. Driving Lessons
3.1 A lesson will only be made available to You if You have a pre-booked appointment for it. You should book a lesson with the Instructor either in person, by telephone, via our app or via SMS following an initial booking made through the School. It shall be Your and the Instructor’s responsibility to agree all matters relating to each lesson including, but not limited to, date, time, location and duration;
3.2 Your request to the Instructor to book a lesson will be an offer, but whether to accept any request will be for the Instructor to decide in his/her discretion. Only if and when he/she tells You that he/she accepts Your request for any particular lesson(s) will there be a binding contract between You and Us for that/those lesson(s);
3.3 If You wish to make a booking for two or more lessons by means of a single booking and in his/her discretion the Instructor accepts that booking, Our contract with You will be for all of the lessons concerned;
3.4 Neither We nor the Instructor will reserve any lesson slots or guarantee regularity of lessons over any period of time or on any particular date and/or time except that We and the Instructor will reserve a particular lesson slot for You if and when the Instructor accepts a booking for it from You. Nevertheless, We and the Instructor shall use reasonable endeavours to make available regular lesson slots for You;
3.5 If You know You are going to be late for a lesson, You should contact the Instructor to tell him/her. If You arrive (or are not ready) later than 15 minutes after the scheduled start time for Your booked lesson, the Instructor will try to provide that lesson but if the Instructor decides that he/she cannot do so, the lesson will be treated as cancelled without notice by You and, if the Instructor then decides to make a charge for that lesson cancelled without notice, sub-Clause 3.7 below will apply;
3.6 You may cancel a lesson without charge if You give the Instructor at least 24 hours prior notice of the cancellation and if You do so We will refund to You (or will ensure that the Instructor does so) any sum You paid in advance;
3.7 If You do not give the Instructor at least 24 hours prior notice of cancellation of a lesson, We will be entitled to charge You for any net financial loss that We suffer due to Your cancellation (including any sum for which We are liable to the Instructor for the lesson cancelled) but not more than 100% of the full price of the lesson. We will be entitled to deduct that charge from any sum You paid Us in advance, and We shall refund the balance to You;
3.8 If, due to exceptional circumstances, including, but not limited to, illness, accidents and bereavement, You cancel a lesson without giving the Instructor at least 24 hours prior notice, he/she will consider the circumstances and in his/her discretion decide whether to waive any charge for late cancellation that We are entitled to make under sub-Clauses 3.5 and 3.7;
3.9 COVID-19, If you had or have any symptoms of Covid-19 within the last 7 days before your next lesson you must inform your instructor or our office as soon as possible to cancel that lesson. You will not be charged for your lesson under these circumstances.
3.9.1 If you have been in contact with someone who has or have any symptoms of Covid-19 with the last 14 days before your next lesson you must inform your instructor or our office as soon as possible to cancel that lesson.You will not be charged for your lesson under these circumstances.
3.9.2 You must have your temperature taken prior to entering the training vehicle with a non contact thermometer.
3.9.3 You must wash your hands with liquid anti virus soap and/or use alcohol based sanitiser gel prior to getting into the vehicle with our onboard anti-viral sanitising facilities.
3.9.4 You must wear a FFP2/3 face mask (no valved type), or suitable multilayered face covering, if you don’t have your own they are available from your instructor before entering the car for a small fee.
3.9.5 The wearing of gloves is not mandatory but we are happy if you wish to wear them.
3.9.6 You must cover your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing so use a sleeve or tissue, not your hands.
3.9.7 Before our customers enter the vehicle, our instructors will ensure that they have wiped over the following contact points: door handles (inside and out), window controls, seat adjusters, steering wheel and steering wheel height adjuster, parking brake, gear lever, indicator and wiper stalks and light controls with alcohol-based gel and/or anti-virus wipes at the beginning and end of each training session.
3.10 If We or the Instructor wish to cancel a lesson, We or he/she may do so without incurring any liability to You (and You will not have to pay for that lesson).
3.11 Notwithstanding sub-Clause 3.9, We or the Instructor may, without incurring any liability to You, cancel a booked lesson at any time before the start time of that lesson, where either:
3.11.1 due to the Instructor’s illness, unavailability of a suitable vehicle, or other reason beyond his/her or Our reasonable control, he/she is not available or We or he/she are not able to provide the lesson fully or properly. If the lesson is cancelled in such circumstances, We will refund (or will ensure that the Instructor does so) to You in full any advance payment that You have made for that lesson; or
3.11.2 the Instructor has reason to believe that You are not fit to drive at the time of the lesson due to any factors including, but not limited to, alcohol, drugs (whether prescribed or otherwise), illness or other medical condition. If We or he/she cancels the lesson for such reason, We shall be entitled, at Our or the Instructor’s discretion, either to charge You for that lesson or not to do so, but in deciding whether to charge You, We and he/she shall act reasonably;
3.12 the Instructor shall use all reasonable endeavours to start a lesson at the time which You have booked but the start may be delayed by overrun of a previous lesson or by other circumstances. If a delay to the start is at least 15 minutes, or if at any time before or after You or the Instructor arrives for a lesson We or the Instructor notify You that there will be a delay of at least that time, You may cancel and will not have to pay for that lesson and We will refund (or will ensure that the Instructor does so) to You in full any advance payment that You have made for that lesson. If, however, in those circumstances You do not cancel the lesson, the Instructor shall add on to the lesson the time by which the start is delayed at no charge to You or, if that does not suit You, he/she shall add it on to a subsequent lesson, or if You do not book a further lesson, We will refund (or will ensure that the Instructor does so) a part of the fee for that lesson in proportion to the part of the lesson not added on; and
3.13 Where the contract We make with You is not made on Our premises, the Regulations give You the rights set out in this sub-Clause 3.12, and they will be in addition to the rights given to You by the above provisions of this Clause 3. You may for any reason cancel any lesson(s) during the 14 day period after the Instructor accepts the booking for it/them, but if the booking includes any lesson(s) on a date which is before the end of that period and if You have expressly requested the Instructor or Us to provide any such lesson(s) and We or he/she does so, You may not cancel that or those requested lesson(s) and You must pay for them in accordance with Clause 5, and You may then only cancel any other lesson(s) covered by that booking. If You request that any lesson be cancelled, You must confirm this in any way convenient to You. If You cancel any lesson(s) as allowed by this Sub-clause 3.12, and You have already made any payment(s) for the lesson(s), We will refund (or will ensure that the Instructor does so) the payment(s) to You within 14 days of receiving Your cancellation less the amount due for the lesson(s) that You have received.
4. Location and length
4.1 The Instructor will agree the location for each lesson with You at the time of booking. He/she may choose a location which requires additional travel in the interests of road safety. In such cases, if You wish to be picked up and taken to that location by the Instructor, travel time will form part of the lesson time; and
4.2 The minimum length of a lesson will be 1.5 hour and, if You and the Instructor agree, it may be increased by increments of 30 minutes up to a maximum length of 2 hours.​
5. Fees and Payments
5.1 You must pay Our fees for all lessons prior to commencement of the lesson, You can obtain information on current lesson fees from OUR PRICES, and are subject to fluctuation up or down due to market forces. All new pupil bookings will be charged at the current price. Any existing customers will be charged at the current rate when payments become due.
5.2 We may change Our fees without prior notice but if We increase or reduce the fees between the time You book a lesson and the date of the lesson and You pay for it in advance of the lesson, the price increase or reduction will not apply to that lesson but where there is a decrease We may in Our discretion decide to refund You the amount of the decrease; and
5.3 You shall make payment of Our fees in advance by electronic bank transfer directly to your instructor or Us (details and reference available upon request) debit or credit card, directly to the instructor subject to sub-Clause, we are not accepting cash at this current time.
5.4. The Instructor shall record all payments on Your payment log in your app, and
5.4.1 Any payments made by credit / debit card or electronic bank transfer to our account will be processed by Us and upon receipt of cleared funds the full amount credited immediately directly to your instructor, upon which Driving 2ition will not accept responsibility for any acts, default or failure on the part of the instructor not to carry out their obligations.
5.5 Any fees for driving tests will not be accepted by Driving 2ition or your instructor and should be made directly to the Driving Standards Agency (DVSA).
5.6 We do not accept any responsibility whatsoever for any acts, default or failure on the part of the instructor not to carry out their obligations.
5.7 Any advance payments made for lessons are made on the understanding that those lessons will be taken within 3 months of the payment being accepted.
5.8 We do not hold any payment card or account details on record.
5.9 Gift vouchers
5.9.1 In addition to the terms below, normal terms and conditions as stated above apply to the purchase of gift vouchers and booking of lessons.
5.9.2 Gift vouchers are non-transferable and can only by used be the person named on the voucher.
5.9.3 Lessons must be taken before the expiry date stated on the vouchers. The expiry date will be 12 months from the purchase or a pre arranged and agreeable date (e.g. a birthday or Christmas day), the same as normal advance payments.
5.9.4 Gift vouchers must be paid for by debit, or credit card, or bank transfer.
5.9.5 Once payment has been received vouchers will be dispatched same day by Royal Mail 1st Class delivery.
5.9.6 Vouchers will only be issued to individuals residing in areas that Driving 2ition have instructor coverage in at the time of order/ issue.
5.9.7 Booking of lessons are subject to instructor availability at time of booking.
5.9.8 If due to unforeseen circumstances there is no instructor availability at the time of booking then a full refund will be issued to the purchaser of the vouchers.
6. Instructor's Obligations
The Instructor shall, at all times:
6.1 use his/her reasonable endeavours to provide driving instruction at the agreed lesson times;
6.2 use his/her reasonable endeavours to train You to a high standard, but shall not be responsible for any errors made by You;
6.3 be professional and courteous towards You and other road users;
6.4 Act in accordance with the DVSA Code of Practice for Approved Driving Instructors (a copy of which You can obtain from Us on request) or visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/driving-instructor-code-of-practice/approved-driving-instructor-adi-code-of-practice
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6.5 Act in accordance with the law.
6.6 Driving 2ition or the instructor will provide the pupil with a Driving 2ition mobile application for the Pupil's progress record, appointments, record of payment, and confirmation of delivery of lessons. This application will also contain these terms and conditions.
7. Your Obligations
7.1 You confirm that in connection with your request(s) to receive driving tuition from Us and any Instructor, You are and will be a “consumer” as defined in Clause 1 above;
7.2 You must hold a valid UK driving licence (either provisional or full) and ensure that it is current and valid;
7.3 You must present your photo card driving lesson to your instructor at the start of your first lesson, and subsequently upon request;
7.3.1 If requested by Your instructor you shall use the share driving licence service https://www.gov.uk/view-driving-licence
7.4 If You have been banned from driving and are training for a retest, You must be legally entitled to take tuition and must present proof to the Instructor of that entitlement;
7.5 You must demonstrate Your ability to read a number plate from the distance specified in the Highway Code at the date of these Terms and Conditions;
7.6 You must always wear any relevant prescribed glasses or contact lenses;
7.7 You must inform the Instructor of any medical conditions or prescribed medication which may affect Your driving ability; and
7.8 If You fail to comply with one or more of sub-Clauses 7.2 to 7.7 above or We or the Instructor find that you are not a “consumer” (as defined in Clause 1 above), We or the Instructor may immediately cancel one or more lessons. If the Instructor does so, he/she may in his/ discretion still charge for the cancelled lessons.
8. Vehicles and Insurance
8.1 We shall ensure that all vehicles provided by Us and/or the Instructor are fitted with dual controls, are fully roadworthy, taxed, have a valid MOT (where relevant), and are fully insured for the purposes of driving instruction; and
8.2 You may request to use Your own vehicle. Whether You use Your own vehicle is for the Instructor to decide at his/her sole discretion. You must provide proof to the Instructor of Your vehicle’s roadworthiness, tax, valid MOT (where relevant) and suitable insurance for the purposes of driving instruction.
9. Driving tests
9.1 The Instructor shall discuss driving tests with You and shall inform You when he/she feels that You are ready to take a test;
9.2 You shall be responsible for booking theory and practical tests. It shall be Your responsibility to check the details of the test on Your DVSA confirmation letter;
9.3 You must check with the Instructor before booking to ensure that the Instructor considers that You are ready for a test and that their vehicle is available.
9.4 You must inform the Instructor of all details of Your test including, but not limited to, the date and location at least 10 working days before Your test date;
9.5 When You attend a test, You must take all required documentation with You. If You do not, Your test may be cancelled and You would then lose Your test fees paid to the DVSA, as well as the fee you have paid Your instructor for their time;
9.6 Unless the Instructor feels that Our or his/her vehicle is unsuitable for a Pupil to use for their practical test or Clause 9.9 applies, We generally permit Pupils to use Our or the Instructor’s vehicle for their test, but whether the Instructor permits You to do so for Your test will be in his/her discretion;
9.7 If the Instructor has given You permission to use Our or his/her vehicle for Your test but it breaks down or is otherwise unavailable or unusable on the date of the test, the Instructor shall use reasonable endeavours to arrange an alternative vehicle. If this is not possible, Your instructor shall pay for the replacement test;
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9.8 If Your test is cancelled by the DVSA giving You insufficient time to provide the Instructor with the required cancellation notice of a booking to the Instructor, You must still pay for the Instructor’s time and/or the use of his/her or Our vehicle. In that case, the Instructor will advise You on claiming compensation from the DVSA for the cost of those fees; and
9.9 If You have a test booked and in the Instructor’s opinion, You,do not make the expected progress in Your lessons between the date of booking and the test date, the Instructor may decide not to permit You to use his/her or Our vehicle for Your test and We will not be responsible for any fees that You pay for the test which are lost.
10. Triple Guarantee
The Triple Guarantee is not valid or available for: Intensive courses, B+E trailer training, Pass Plus, Motorway lessons.
10.1 If you are not entirely happy with your first lesson we will refund you fully, and end our contract with you.
10.2 Pass Promise, We will pay for your second test if You do not pass first time and providing You have adhered to in sub-clauses 10.2.1 through to sub-clause 10.2.9
10.2.1 You will have at least one session of training a week lasting for 1.5 to 2 hours. If you miss a week You have to make the week up by doubling up.
10.2.2 Novice pupils will have a minimum of 40 hours training with a Driving 2ition instructor/trainer.
10.2.3 You will have completed your Pupil Progress logs.
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10.2.4 You will have passed a mock test.
10.2.5 All tests are booked in the knowledge and agreement of Your instructor/trainer.
10.2.6 If in the event You fail your test You will be required to take one remedial lesson per week until the 2nd test, this test must be booked by your instructor/trainer
10.2.7 Your driving instructor will pay for the 2nd test.
10.2.8 All tests and lessons are booked and conducted by a Driving 2ition Instructor/trainer.
10.2.9 If partly trained from a previous driving instructor/school (You must have had a minimum of 20 hours, proof required) to qualify for the Triple Guarantee you must have had an assessment lesson and a minimum of 10 lessons with a Driving 2ition Instructor/trainer.
10.3 Licence warranty
Once you have passed your driving test you are technically on a probation. In the following two years if you total up 6 points on your licence; You have to retake your driving test and we don’t want that to happen.
Therefore, for any reason, if You feel you would like a free refresher lesson after You have passed your test We offer you a free 2 hour lesson sub-clauses below apply:
10.3.1 You are entitled to one 2 hour refresher lesson within 2 years of you passing your test at Your instructors convenience.
10.3.2 You cannot exchange, swap or sell the lessons
10.3.3 Lessons You did not take cannot be carried over into the following year
10.3.4 Refresher lessons are not for advanced lessons such as Pass Plus or motorway lessons
11. Cancellation and Termination
11.1 The Instructor may, in his/her sole discretion, terminate Your tuition if Your conduct, progress or commitment consistently falls below the standards that the Instructor reasonably expects;
11.2 You may, at any time, subject to Your meeting the requirements of Clause 3 as to giving notice of Your cancellation of lessons, terminate Your tuition by the School; and
11.3 Where sub-clause 11.1 or 11.2 applies, We shall refund to You any fees for lessons that You have paid in advance.
12. Liability
12.1 We will be responsible for any foreseeable loss or damage that You may suffer as a result of breach of these Terms and Conditions by Us or the Instructor or as a result of Our or his/her negligence. Loss or damage is foreseeable if it is an obvious consequence of Our or his/her breach or negligence or if it is contemplated by You and Us or him/her when Our contract with You is created. We will not be responsible for any loss or damage that is not foreseeable;
12.2 We provide tuition only for Your personal and private use/purposes. We will not be liable to You for any loss of profit, loss of business, interruption to business or for any loss of business opportunity;
12.3 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions is intended to or will exclude or limit Our or the Instructor’s liability for death or personal injury caused by Our or the Instructor’s negligence or for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
12.4 Furthermore, if you are a “consumer” as defined by the Consumer Rights Act 2015, or a consumer for the purposes of any other consumer protection legislation, nothing in these Terms and Conditions is intended to or will exclude, limit, prejudice, or otherwise affect any of Our duties or obligations to You, or Your rights or remedies, or Our liability to You, under:
12.4.1 the Consumer Rights Act 2015;
12.4.2 the Regulations;
12.4.3 the Consumer Protection Act 1987; or
12.4.4 any other consumer protection legislation as that legislation is amended from time to time.
For more details of Your legal rights, please refer to Your local Citizens’ Advice Bureau or Trading Standards Office.
12.5 Subject to these Term and Conditions (and in particular without affecting Clause 2.1), we confirm that the School will be responsible and liable for any:
12.5.1 negligent or other act or omission of the Instructor for which, if the Instructor were an employee of the School, the School would be responsible or liable; or
12.5.2 act or omission of the Instructor which, if it were Our act or omission, would be a breach by Us of Our contract with You;
In any such case, Our responsibility or liability shall be no less or greater or different from what it would have been had the act or omission been that of the School or its employees acting in the course of their employment.
13. Changes to Terms and Conditions
We may, from time to time, change these Terms and Conditions without giving You notice, but We will use Our reasonable endeavours to inform You as soon as is reasonably possible of any such changes.
14. How We Use Your Personal Information (Data Protection)
Current data protection legislation requires that organisations handling user's personal data be registered with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
All personal information that We may use will be collected, processed, and held in accordance with the provisions of EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and Your rights under the GDPR. For complete details of Our collection, processing, storage, and retention of personal data including, but not limited to, the purpose(s) for which personal data is used, the legal basis or bases for using it, details of Your rights and how to exercise them, and personal data sharing (where applicable), please refer to Our Privacy Notice available from Our website OR from you driving instructor.
Driving 2ition is registered with the ICO
ICO Registration No. ZA479097
Data Controllers Name: Simon Harbidge
Email: simon.harbidge@driving2ition.com
15. Regulations
We are required by the Regulations to ensure that certain information is given or made available to You as a Consumer before We make Our contract with You (i.e. before We or the Instructor accept Your request to book any lesson) except where that information is already apparent from the context of the transaction. We have included the information itself either in these Terms and Conditions for You to see now, or We will make it available to You or ensure that the Instructor does so before We or he/she accepts Your request to book a lesson. All of that information will, as required by the Regulations, be part of the terms of Our contract with You as a Consumer.
16. Information
16.1 All of the information described in Clause 14; and
16.2 any other information which We give to You about tuition or other services or the School which You take into account when deciding to book a lesson or when making any other decision about Our tuition or other services;
will be part of the terms of Our contract with You as a Consumer
17. Complaints
We always welcome feedback from Our Pupils and, whilst We always use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that We and Our Instructors provide a high standard of tuition and service to Pupils, We nevertheless want to hear from You if You have any cause for complaint. If You have any complaint about tuition or other services or any other complaint about the School or any Instructor, in the first instance the matter should be resolved directly between the pupil and instructor. If the matter cannot be resolved between the pupil and instructor then You should contact us by writing to:
Driving 2ition
44a Castle Road
Mow Cop
Stoke on Trent
North Staffs
ST7 3PH
17.1 Your complaint will be acknowledged within 3 working days, and following investigation, a satisfactory outcome or decision on how to resolve the dispute reached, normally within 28 days.
17.2 All Approved Driving Instructors are regulated and governed by the DVSA (Driving Standards Agency) and any unresolved disputes with an individual instructor can be referred to the DVSA customer services:
adireg@dvsa.gov.uk
PO Box 280
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
NE99 1FP
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18. Waiver
No failure or delay by Us or You in exercising any rights under these Terms and Conditions means that We or You have waived that right, and no waiver by Us or You of a breach of any provision of these Terms and Conditions means that We or You will waive any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision.
19. Severance
If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is held by any competent authority to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part the validity of the other provisions of these Terms and Conditions and the remainder of the provision in question shall not be affected.
20. Law and Jurisdiction
20.1 These Terms and Conditions, the Contract, and the relationship between you and Us (whether contractual or otherwise) shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the law of England & Wales.
20.2 As a consumer, you will benefit from any mandatory provisions of the law in your country of residence. Nothing in Sub-Clause above takes away or reduces your rights as a consumer to rely on those provisions.
20.3 Any dispute, controversy, proceedings or claim between you and Us relating to these Terms and Conditions, the Contract, or the relationship between you and Us (whether contractual or otherwise) shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England, Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland, as determined by your residency.