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Your complete guide to DriveThruL

Everything from joining to getting paid. Follow these steps and you will be teaching school-provided students with no upfront cost.

01
Join free, no card
Sign up in about 5 minutes. You get a 12-month free trial with no credit card. There is no joining fee, no weekly fee, and no contract.
- Apply at /instructor/trial-signup
- Verify your mobile by text
- Keep your own car, brand and pupils
02
Get verified
Upload your ADI (or PDI) badge and driving licence. We verify you once, usually within 24 hours. Verified instructors unlock student leads and earn priority.
- Profile → Documents to upload
- Needed before any leads appear
- Display our roof sign to pay £25 instead of £30 per student
03
Set your area and availability
Tell us the postcodes you cover, your transmission (manual / automatic), and when you can teach. We only ever send you students inside your area.
- Set coverage postcodes
- Manual, automatic, or both
- Turn availability on when ready for students
04
Receive student leads
New students near you arrive two ways. Either we post a claim link in the instructor WhatsApp group (first instructor to tap it wins the lead), or you get a direct offer in My Leads under the Offers tab with a countdown to Accept or Decline.
- WhatsApp group: tap the claim link fast, first come first served
- Direct offers: My Leads → Offers → Accept or Decline
- Make sure availability is on so you get matched
05
Connect with the student
Once a student is yours they appear in My Leads under My Students. Their contact details unlock once they pay their deposit, or once you record a payment from them. Then you arrange the first lesson directly.
- My Leads → My Students
- Contact details unlock after deposit or recorded payment
- Book the first lesson, then log each 2-hour session on their card as you go
06
One fee, only if they stay
You never pay to receive a student. You pay a single £30 per student (£25 with a roof sign), and only if the student actually stays with you. It builds gradually, and you have a free window first.
How the lead fee works
You never pay to receive a student. You only pay a single £30 fee, and only if the student actually stays with you.
£0
Days 1–14
Free window. Nothing to pay while you see if the student starts.
£10
Day 14
A small amount starts to build if they stay with you.
£20
Day 21
Builds again as the student becomes your pupil.
£30
Day 28
Full one-time fee. Only ever charged once per student.
No student, no fee.If they never start or do not respond, tap “Student not responding” and you pay £0.
Deposit paid?If the student pays their own £30 deposit, your fee is wiped to £0.
Stopped early?If they take a session or two then stop, mark it on their card. If they paid a deposit, you keep the unused part; otherwise your fee drops to match.
It is a one-time fee per student, never weekly or monthly.
See the full fee breakdown
07
If a student does not work out
You are never charged for a dead lead. On the student's card in My Leads, use the right button and you pay £0.
- "Student not responding": they will not answer calls or messages. We log it, the school follows up, you pay £0, and you keep the lead if they return.
- "Student cancelled": they changed their mind before starting. The lead closes and the fee is cleared.
- Took a session or two then stopped? Mark the sessions on their card. If they paid a deposit, the unused part comes back to you (£20 after one session, £10 after two). If you were collecting payment yourself, your lead fee drops to match.
08
Settle your lead fees
When a fee becomes due it shows in My Leads under the Lead Fees tab. Settle it whichever way suits you. If the student paid a deposit to the school, the fee is already waived.
- Pay by card
- Pay by bank transfer (zero fees)
- Or use your deposit credit
09
Your own pupils stay free
Students you bring yourself are always fee-free. They live in My Pupils, you set your own rates, and you keep 100% of every lesson fee. The lead fee only ever applies to a brand-new student we introduce.

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