The whole LessonBuddy platform
Driving instructor app features
for the whole working day.
LessonBuddy connects the diary, the teaching, the pupil relationship and the business behind it — for one instructor or a whole driving school.
Built for the whole working day
Useful between lessons.
Powerful behind the scenes.
Not a collection of disconnected tools. Each part feeds the next, so information only needs entering once.
Less chasing
Pupils can share availability, book offered gaps, pay and review progress themselves.
Better continuity
Lesson notes, reflections, routes and skill levels stay attached to the pupil journey.
Clearer business
Credits, payments, receipts, income and mileage sit alongside the lessons they relate to.
Scheduling & pupil acquisition
A diary that helps fill itself.
Plan around real availability, give pupils controlled self-service and turn empty time into bookable opportunities.
- Build the week properlyRecurring lessons, custom durations, working hours, blackout dates and pickup details.
- See when pupils are freePupils mark availability in their app, so you can match the right person to the right slot.
- Publish gaps on your termsChoose who can book, whether approval is required and whether the pupil needs credit.
- Bring enquiries in from your websiteOffer live availability through the LessonBuddy website-booking tools and approve requests in-app.
- Stop repeating remindersAutomated lesson and payment reminders reduce no-shows and manual chasing.
Teaching, progress & reflections
Teach with evidence, not memory.
Give every lesson a clear starting point and every pupil a visible route towards independent driving.
- Five-level skills matrixAssess each subject from first introduction through to independent performance.
- Shared reflection logsCapture goals, what went well and the next focus while the lesson is still fresh.
- Detailed fault recordsUse DL25-style categories to record driving faults, manoeuvres and test conditions.
- Teaching aids built inLesson templates, manoeuvre guides and a common-mistakes library support the lesson plan.
- Motivation pupils can seeCustom achievements and progress milestones make improvement tangible.
Routes & in-car tools
Built for the road, not just the office.
Plan and revisit the roads that matter, then connect routes back to the pupil who drove them.
- Test-centre route libraryBrowse routes by centre and open turn-by-turn navigation without claiming they are DVSA-published routes.
- Track route attemptsSee which routes each pupil has already covered and how often.
- Record real practice drivesCapture lesson routes, review them on a map and share selected drives with pupils.
- Android Auto supportBring lessons and route navigation to compatible car displays where supported.
Payments & business
Know what’s paid before you turn the key.
Keep lesson credit and business records close to the pupil rather than buried in a second system.
- Credits and block bookingsTrack purchased, used and remaining time with a complete payment history.
- Card and wallet paymentsLet pupils top up through Stripe using supported cards and digital wallets.
- Professional email receiptsSend receipts for manual and online payments without separate invoicing software.
- Income, expenses and mileageKeep the everyday numbers needed to understand the business and prepare for tax time.
- Rates, offers and policiesSet lesson prices, promotional packages and cancellation rules around the way you work.
Pupils & parents
Give the whole learning journey somewhere to live.
Pupils get useful self-service. Parents get optional visibility. You get fewer routine messages to answer.
- A pupil app at no extra costUpcoming lessons, gaps, payments, progress, notes, resources and routes in one place.
- Two-way availabilityPupils share the slots that work for them and can update changes without another text thread.
- Learning between lessonsTasks, private-practice logs, shared reflections and teaching guides carry learning beyond the car.
- Optional parent accessParents can view lessons, progress and test-readiness information without needing a separate paid plan.
- Achievements that feel earnedCelebrate milestones and create custom badges around the skills that matter to your pupils.
Driving schools & teams
One view across the people doing the teaching.
LessonBuddy can start with one instructor and grow into the operating layer for a school — without changing the pupil experience underneath it.
- Add and support instructorsBring the team into one school and manage sponsored access centrally.
- Assign pupils cleanlySend new pupil assignments to instructors with an accept-or-decline handover flow.
- Keep oversight where it belongsSchool admins can support pupil allocation while instructors retain their day-to-day workflow.
- Present a consistent identityUse school branding to give pupils and parents a joined-up experience.
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School adminSeats, branding and pupil allocationOverview
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InstructorsDiary, pupils, progress and paymentsAssigned
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Pupils & parentsLessons, progress and included accessConnected
And under the bonnet
The useful details add up.
Smaller capabilities that remove friction from an instructor’s week.
Everything included
Bring the whole working day together.
Start with every core feature unlocked. No card details and no paid feature maze.
60 days free for ADIs · Up to 6 months free for PDIs