Driving instructor training · Nottingham
ADI Part 3 training Nottingham
Help your pupil understand, improve and take responsibility. ADI Part 3 training in Nottingham with NGPass Driving Academy develops the teaching judgement behind a safe, purposeful lesson.
Understand the 17 competencies
Three connected areas.
One effective lesson.
Good instruction connects what the pupil needs to learn with the support that helps them learn it safely. We use the DVSA assessment framework to make your training priorities clear.
Four competencies
Lesson planning
Identify the pupil’s needs, agree an achievable goal, choose suitable practice areas and adjust the plan when their performance calls for it.
Five competencies
Risk management
Agree how responsibility is shared, keep instructions timely, monitor the pupil and surroundings, and intervene appropriately when safety requires it.
Eight competencies
Teaching and learning strategies
Adapt your support, give accurate information and useful feedback, respond to questions and help the pupil evaluate their own decisions.
See the complete DVSA Part 3 marking sheet for all 17 competencies.
Know the assessment
What happens in the ADI Part 3 test?
A DVSA examiner observes you delivering a client-centred lesson to a real pupil. Your teaching should respond to their ability, progress and safety throughout the session.
Risk management is essential.A score of seven or less in risk management means an automatic fail, regardless of your overall total. You also fail if the examiner stops the lesson because you have put someone in danger.
Official guidance: the observed lesson and grades and pass requirements.
- Observed lesson
- About 45 minutes
- Pupil driving time
- About 40 minutes
- Assessment
- 17 competencies, each scored from 0 to 3
- Below the pass score
- 0 to 30 overall
- Grade B
- 31 to 42 overall
- Grade A
- 43 to 51 overall
Keep the opening discussion of goals and risk management to no more than three minutes. Allow no more than three minutes for the pupil’s reflection at the end. See the full test format.
Practical teaching development
Make your next teaching decision a better one.
Our work begins with your current teaching experience and the situations you find difficult. Feedback connects what happened in the lesson with something specific you can practise.
Agree a useful learning goal
Explore what the pupil can already do, what they want to improve and how you will both recognise progress during the lesson.
Choose the right level of support
Practise when to explain, demonstrate, prompt, ask or allow thinking time. Adjust that support as the pupil becomes more independent.
Understand the cause of an error
Look beyond the visible fault. Explore whether understanding, observation, judgement or workload contributed before choosing the next teaching step.
Keep safety in view
Develop your awareness from the passenger seat, the timing of instructions and the judgement needed to act before risk escalates.
Make feedback useful
Connect feedback to a specific event, check the pupil’s understanding and help them decide what to change on the next attempt.
Adapt and review the lesson
Recognise when a route, task or goal needs changing. Finish with reflection that gives the pupil a clear sense of progress and what comes next.
Our training focus is informed by the national standard for driver and rider training.
A clear development process
Build the skill.
Apply it with a pupil.
Progress comes from understanding your teaching choices, practising alternatives and seeing how they affect the pupil’s learning.
Establish your starting point
Discuss your experience, training records and any previous test feedback to identify where support will be most useful.
Develop the teaching skill
Work through focused scenarios and practise the explanations, questions and decisions that need attention.
Bring the lesson together
Connect planning, communication and safety in practical teaching, with pupil and vehicle arrangements agreed beforehand.
Review your readiness
Use a mock observation and structured feedback to identify strengths, remaining gaps and the next useful action.
A mock assessment helps you judge your progress. The training plan can then respond to the evidence from your teaching.
Discuss your training needsLocal experience · Individual development
Teach with purpose on Nottingham roads.
Choosing a practice area is a teaching decision. A quieter residential road, a busy junction or a changing lane layout can provide useful learning when it matches the pupil’s needs.
We help you think through the task, the route and the level of support, then adapt when the pupil or the traffic changes the picture. Nottingham provides varied situations in which to develop that judgement.
NGPass Driving Academy brings over 16 years of driving instruction experience, with instructor training since 2020.
- Feedback linked to decisions you made during the lesson
- A practical focus for your next teaching session
- Space to question, reflect and develop your own approach
Explore our wider driving instructor training services if you are considering support at another stage.
Your questions answered
Prepare with a clear understanding.
Your experience, pupil and licence arrangements affect how preparation is organised. These answers cover the most useful starting points.
For official requirements, use the GOV.UK ADI Part 3 guide.
Do I need to pass Part 2 before taking Part 3?
Yes. You can book the Part 3 test after passing Part 2. Tell us when you passed Part 1 and Part 2, and any booked test date, so your qualification deadline can be considered when planning. Check the official booking guidance.
Do I need a trainee licence to take Part 3?
A trainee licence is optional. It lets eligible trainees gain paid teaching experience under its conditions. Applying requires at least 40 hours of instructional training from a qualified ADI, including at least 10 hours in a car. This is a licence requirement, not a fixed Part 3 training package. Read the trainee licence rules and discuss any sponsorship requirements separately.
Which pupil should I bring to the test?
Your pupil can be a partly trained learner, a fully trained learner or a full licence holder. They cannot be an ADI or someone preparing for Part 3. A partly trained learner should be able to drive for about 40 minutes without frequent stops. We can discuss a suitable lesson focus; pupil provision must be agreed separately. See what to take to your test.
How much Part 3 training will I need?
The amount depends on your teaching experience, current skills and opportunities to practise. We agree priorities from your starting point and review progress as you develop. Tell us about any training already completed so we can build on it.
Can you help after an unsuccessful Part 3 attempt?
Yes. Bring your report and describe what happened during the lesson. We can examine the reasons behind the feedback and plan focused development. Check the DVSA results guidance for remaining attempts and deadlines. Additional training requirements can apply if you hold a trainee licence.
Can I prepare in a manual or automatic car?
Tell us your driving licence type and which vehicle you plan to use so suitable training arrangements can be confirmed. GOV.UK allows manual licence holders to take Part 3 in either transmission; automatic licence holders must use an automatic. Your test car also needs appropriate insurance and must meet the DVSA vehicle requirements.
Is Part 3 the same as a Standards Check?
Part 3 is the instructional ability test for becoming an ADI. A Standards Check assesses an instructor who is already on the register. Tell us which assessment you are preparing for so your training addresses the right situation.
Take the next step
Help your pupil progress.
Grow your confidence as an Instructor.
Talk to NGPass Driving Academy about your Part 3 preparation. We will help you identify what to work on and how to take your teaching forward.