Patient, steady foundations in a dual-control five-door.
From £40 an hour
Exeter · East Devon
THE ROAD OPENS UP.
Calm, one-to-one driving lessons from your door — with a clear plan after every drive.
- 2006Teaching since
- 4Instructors
- 6Dual-control cars
Learn at your pace
Collected at your door. A considered lesson. A written note before you part.
Lessons run seven days a week, early mornings and evenings included. Every car has dual controls, and every lesson ends with a note of what you covered and what comes next.
Graham Holt, founder
Ways to learn
Eight ways onto the road
Every lesson starts at your door and ends with a written note of what you did. Prices are for 2026; the full list is further down.
No clutch, no stalling — the licence covers automatic and electric cars.
From £42 an hour
Two hours a day, with the practical test booked for the end.
10 to 30 hours
The M5 and the A30 with an instructor beside you, before your test or after it.
Two-hour lesson
A calm way back behind the wheel, on the roads you will actually use.
For returning drivers
Evening lessons in rain and headlights, so your first dark drive alone is not your first.
October to March
Hazard perception practice, and a theory evening at the office every month.
Free with any block
Basic training and full licence courses on a school motorcycle, with radio contact.
Ask us for dates and prices
A quieter road. A clearer way forward.
The route to test day
Six stops, taken at your pace.
The weeks are typical for two hours a week. The number of lessons depends on you — after two lessons we tell you honestly where you are.
First lesson
Week 1 · Two hours on quiet roads near your home. We agree a plan together.
Theory test
Weeks 1–6 · Hazard perception clips and practice questions between lessons.
Core skills
Weeks 2–10 · Junctions, roundabouts, lane discipline and the manoeuvres.
Independent driving
Weeks 8–14 · Road signs and a sat nav around the Exeter test routes.
Mock test
Two weeks before · Forty minutes with a different instructor.
Test day
Collected an hour before, a warm-up, then the test in the car you learned in.
The cars
Modern, comfortable cars for real-world driving.
Every car is dual-controlled, and the car you learn in is the car you take your test in. Three manuals, two automatics, an electric and a school motorcycle.
The instructors
Experienced, patient and local.
Pick one, or tell us how you like to learn and we will match you.
Graham Holt
Founder · manual and motorway
Teaching since 2006, and still fond of every roundabout in Exeter.
Ana Ribeiro
Automatic · nervous drivers
Starts wherever you are comfortable, car park included, and moves on only when you are ready.
Marco Reyes
Manual · intensive courses and mock tests
Runs the two-week courses and the mock tests, marked the way an examiner marks.
Leah Brennan
Refresher and evening lessons
Brings returning drivers back to the school run and the A30, mostly after dark in winter.
New drivers
Calmer drivers. Brighter futures.
Graham had me drive the two roundabouts I was scared of until they were boring.
Kwame MensahManual
I cancelled my first lesson twice. Ana let me spend the whole first hour in a car park and never once made me feel silly.
Ellie TurnerAutomatic
Ten days of driving, a mock test on the Thursday and my test on the Monday.
Josh WhitfieldIntensive
My first test went wrong on a lane change. Marco booked a mock on the same route and we fixed it.
Maya KaurManual
2026 prices
Straightforward pricing for manual lessons.
Pick-up anywhere in Exeter, dual controls and lesson notes are always included. The practical test fee is paid to the test centre by you and is never in our prices.
10-hour blockMost booked
£38010 hours
- Saves £20
- Valid twelve months
- Progress record
- Theory help
Motorway lesson
£842 hours
- Dual controls
- Joining and leaving
- Smart motorway signs
- Lesson notes
Test-day package
£95on the day
- The car for the test
- An hour's warm-up
- Your own instructor
Questions
Things worth knowing before you begin.
Anything else? Ring 01632 960 418.
Book a first lesson
Tell us where you'd like to begin.
Not sure what to choose? We'll talk it through. Ring 01632 960 418 or send the form, and Graham or Ana will ring or write back to arrange your first lesson.
Clearway Driving School
The Old Dairy, Pinhoe Road, Exeter
hello@clearway.example · 01632 960 418
The office
A familiar place to start.
Lessons start from your door, so you need never come here — but the kettle is on for the monthly theory evenings.
The Old Dairy
Pinhoe Road, Exeter
Office
Staffed weekdays, 9 until 5
Lessons
Seven days a week, early mornings and evenings included
Telephone
01632 960 418
