— The full syllabus

Everything you learn, in order

Explore the 26 skills you’ll develop from your first lesson to test day, organised in the order most learners learn them. Each links to a detailed guide.

—01

Before you move off

The checks and controls that come before the car goes anywhere. Covered in your first lesson or two.

  • Cockpit drill

    Doors, seat, steering, seatbelt, mirrors. The routine you run every time you get in.

  • Car controls

    Pedals, gears, steering and the hand controls, and what each one is actually for.

  • Vehicle safety checks

    The show me, tell me territory. Lights, tyres, fluids and what the examiner can ask.

  • Show me, tell me questions

    The full question list for test day, with the answers.

—02

Moving and stopping

Getting the car moving safely and under control, and the observation habits that everything else is built on.

  • Moving off and stopping

    Pulling away on the flat, on a hill and at an angle, and stopping under control.

  • Mirrors and observations

    Mirror, signal, manoeuvre, and where the blind spots actually are.

  • Signaling

    Signalling in good time, and the times a signal misleads rather than helps.

  • Road positioning

    Where in the lane to sit, and why it changes with the road.

  • Use of speed

    Matching your speed to the limit, the conditions and what you can see.

—03

Junctions and traffic

Where most test faults happen. Reading the road early and dealing with everyone else on it.

  • Junctions

    Approaching, emerging and turning, using a routine that works at every junction.

  • Roundabouts

    Lane choice, signalling and priority, from mini roundabouts to multi-lane.

  • Dealing with other traffic

    Cyclists, pedestrians, buses, lorries and how each one behaves differently.

  • Anticipation and planning

    Seeing the hazard before it becomes one. The skill the hazard perception test tests.

  • Advanced road positioning

    Positioning for the view, for the turn and around parked cars.

—04

Manoeuvres

The four set manoeuvres, one of which comes up on test, plus the emergency stop.

  • All four manoeuvres

    Bay parking, parallel parking and pulling up on the right, with the reference points.

  • Parallel parking

    Step by step, with what to do when you end up too far from the kerb.

  • Bay parking

    Forward and reverse, and how to correct a bay you have entered badly.

  • Emergency stop

    Stopping quickly and under control, with and without ABS.

—05

Faster roads

Higher speeds mean the same skills, applied earlier. Learners can drive on dual carriageways, and on motorways with an instructor.

  • Dual carriageways

    Joining from a slip road, reading the lane arrangement signs, merging and lane discipline.

  • Motorways

    Joining, lane discipline, smart motorways and what to do if you break down.

  • Motorway signs

    Gantries, red X lane closures, countdown markers and emergency refuge areas.

  • Independent driving

    The 20 minutes of the test where you follow signs or a sat nav on your own.

—06

Conditions and the rules

Driving when it is dark or wet is the law you are responsible for knowing.

  • Night driving

    Headlight use, judging distance in the dark and dealing with dazzle.

  • Road signs

    Every sign by category, including the lane arrangement signs that learners find hardest.

  • The Highway Code

    The rules that matter most for learners, and what changed recently.

  • Legal responsibilities

    Licence, insurance, MOT and tax, and what you must carry or display.

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