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How to book and manage driving and riding tests for your pupils

How to use the DVSA practical test business service to book and manage driving tests for your pupils, and manage your business details.

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This guide explains how to use the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) practical test business service. You can use this to book and manage driving and riding tests for your pupils.

The guide tells you how to:

  • start using the service
  • make and manage bookings
  • manage your business with DVSA

The law about towing trailers with a car is changing later in 2021.

This means your pupils can no longer take a car and trailer driving test from 20 September 2021.

Find out about the new rules for towing a trailer or caravan with a car from autumn 2021.

Published 10 October 2013
Last updated 10 September 2021 + show all updates
  1. Added information about car and trailer driving tests ending from 20 September 2021.

  2. Added more information about how to book motorcycle, lorry, bus or car and trailer tests in advance without giving your pupil’s details, and improved the structure of the guide.

  3. Updated section 1.3 on how to register to use the system following a change in process.

  4. Updated the link to the service to www.gov.uk/book-pupil-driving-test.

  5. First published.