Orbit: Driving Instructor App

Free for UK driving instructors and trainee instructors: no subscription, no card needed and no commission on the lessons you teach. Your learners use Orbit too. Run the week from your phone: online bookings, lesson reminders, card payments, expenses and every pupil's progress against the DVSA syllabus. Learners get their own side of the app to book, pay and follow their progress. BOOKINGS, REMINDERS AND CANCELLATIONS Plan your week in day, week and month views, colour-coded by pupil Share your own booking page so pupils can book your open slots at any time Cut no-shows with automatic email and push reminders 24 hours and 2 hours before every lesson Fill a cancellation fast: post the gap and the first learner on your waiting list hears about it by email Protect your income with cancellation fees charged to the card on file, on your own 24-hour, 48-hour or custom window GET PAID WITHOUT CHASING Take card payments straight into your own Stripe account, usually paid out the next business day See every pupil's balance at a glance, with block-booking credit taken off lesson by lesson Learners pay a booking fee on online card payments: £2.99 or 4% of the payment, whichever is greater. It is added on top of your price, never taken from your payout TAX, SORTED AS YOU GO Photograph receipts and log expenses in seconds Log mileage against the lessons already in your diary Watch your estimated tax bill build through the year Pull a tax-year summary of income, expenses and mileage whenever you need it TEACH TO THE DVSA SYLLABUS Track every pupil across all 27 DVSA syllabus topics, from introduced to independent Score each competency and see who is getting close to test-ready Record a quick voice note after a lesson and Orbit writes up the debrief Prepare for your standards check against all 17 DVSA competencies NEW PUPILS, ON YOUR TERMS Switch on your public profile and learners near you can find you on Orbit's instructor search. When a new pupil books you from there, a one-off £30 introduction fee comes out of that first payment; their later lessons carry no fee Keep your own name, your own prices and your own pupils BECOMING AN INSTRUCTOR Start your ADI training with a free trainee account in the same app Practise ADI Part 1 theory questions and hazard perception, with a daily challenge Get put in touch with an approved training provider, then book and pay for your training sessions in the app Track your Part 2 and Part 3 training hours and see what comes next at each stage Get guidance on the trainee licence when you reach Part 3 FOR LEARNERS See your upcoming lessons and book your instructor's open slots Pay for lessons securely by card Follow your progress against the DVSA syllabus and keep a reflective log after each lesson Practise theory test questions Get a reminder before every lesson Made in the UK for driving instructors, trainee instructors and their learners. Less admin, more teaching.