Great news for all students,

Hallfords and the insurance firm Provisional Marmalade have joined forces to allow learner drivers to buy fully comprehensive insurance cover from £3.00 a day that’s approx £91.00 per month. This should allow students the opportunity to have more private practice. As it’s a separate policy it doesn’t affect any existing insurance on the car.

On a traditional policy premiums for a learner driver could be extremely high often out of the reach for most. The owner of the car then had to put their No Claims Discount at risk. Should this not be bad enough some insurers have raised the minimum age of named drivers to 21 or higher this prevents most provisional drivers from being added to a parent’s policy.

Currently the DSA recommends over 20 hours of private practice alongside professional tuition. This policy removes one of the biggest concerns facing parents as it removes the risk to their No Claims Discount whilst keeping the car fully insured.

The high price of insurance has put off many learners. In the 17 – 21 age range it’s fallen (from 42 per cent to 32 per cent) over the last 15 years however an estimated 300,000 or 1 in 4 provisional licence holders currently drive uninsured.

It has come to our attention that some of our students are being over charged by third party booking services. This is totally avoidable, if you book through the official direct.gov website this guarantees a service that you can trust and it will always be cheaper than using another booking service.

Current D.S.A prices for theory tests £31.00

Current D.S.A prices for car practical tests are
Weekends £62.00
Weekday evening / weekends £75.00

We at Learn the Art always book all tests for our students via the official direct.gov website.