Questions and answers

Use the Book a lesson page on this website: choose a free time in the calendar, add your pick up address and your details, and you get a confirmation email straight away. You can also ask the chat on this website to book for you, or call or WhatsApp Murad on 07979 974479.

Yes. Tell the chat when you would like a lesson and it will find free times, hold one for you and book it once you give your name, email and pick up address. You get the same confirmation email as booking on the calendar.

Every day, 6am to 10pm. Lessons are booked through our booking system, which only shows times that are free.

The booking calendar shows free times up to about 8 weeks ahead. If you want a regular weekly slot further ahead, ask Murad.

Online bookings need at least 24 hours notice so Murad can plan the day. For something sooner, call or WhatsApp 07979 974479 and ask.

No. Passaura Driving School teaches automatic lessons only.

Yes. Every lesson is one to one with a qualified instructor in an automatic car.

Every lesson is at least 2 hours (£70), at £35 an hour. You can also book 3 hours (£105) or 4 hours (£140). Two hours gives you time to settle in, practise properly and reach a wider range of roads in one go.

No. Every lesson and service is at least 2 hours (£70), at £35 an hour. Longer lessons of 3 hours (£105) or 4 hours (£140) can be booked too.

Often, yes. Book your first lesson online, then ask Murad about keeping the same day and time each week.

Lessons are led by Murad, a DVSA Approved Driving Instructor (ADI), fully qualified. Our qualified instructors have 17+ years' experience. If you would like the same instructor every lesson, say so when you book.

Yes. Murad is a DVSA Approved Driving Instructor (ADI), fully qualified. Qualified instructors display a green DVSA badge in the car windscreen.

Yes, you can book a lesson for someone else. Use the learner's name and pick up address, and make sure they hold a valid provisional licence. The learner must book their own practical test on GOV.UK though: DVSA rules say only the learner can book it.

Your name, email, phone number and the pick up address, plus anything Murad should know, such as how much driving you have done so far.

Yes. The booking system emails a confirmation straight away and sends reminders before the lesson.

Call or WhatsApp 07979 974479, email info@cygnoverse.com, use the contact form on this website, or ask the chat. Murad usually replies the same day, often within a few hours.

Lessons are £35 an hour with a 2 hour minimum: 2 hours £70, 3 hours £105, 4 hours £140, and a 10 hour block booked ahead is £350. Mock tests, test preparation, intensive courses and refresher lessons are the same £35 an hour, minimum 2 hours. On test day the car is £160, and a 2 hour revision lesson before the test is charged at the hourly rate (£70).

The 10 hour block is £350, paid in cash before the first lesson of the block. To arrange one, call or WhatsApp Murad on 07979 974479, or ask in the chat and the request is passed on.

No. The 10 hour block is £350, the same £35 an hour as single lessons. It simply lets you plan and book ten hours ahead. There are no other discounts or offers.

You pay Murad directly by cash, on the day, before the lesson starts. Nothing is paid online when you book.

No. Booking online is free. You pay Murad on the day, before the lesson starts.

The 10 hour block (£350) is paid in full in advance when you book it. Murad will confirm the payment details.

No. You pay the DVSA test fee yourself when you book your test on GOV.UK. For a car test it is £62 on weekdays and £75 for evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

Using the automatic tuition car for your test is priced on request. Ask Murad on 07979 974479.

An intensive course is priced on request because the number of hours depends on your experience. Talk it through with Murad and you will get a clear price before you commit.

There are no booking fees for booking online. The price you are given for a lesson is the price you pay. The DVSA theory and practical test fees are paid by you to DVSA.

Ask Murad on 07979 974479 about buying lessons as a gift.

No. The prices are the ones shown on this website, the same for everyone: every lesson is £35 an hour.

You can move or cancel a lesson free of charge up to 48 hours before it starts. A lesson cancelled or moved with less than 48 hours notice is charged in full, unless it was something you could not help, such as sudden illness or an emergency.

Use the link in your booking confirmation email, or contact Murad on 07979 974479. Please give at least 48 hours notice.

Tell Murad as soon as you can on 07979 974479. Sudden illness is the kind of thing the late cancellation charge is not meant for.

If Murad has to cancel, you are offered another time or are not charged for that lesson.

Please be ready at the pick up place at the start time. Lesson time runs from the booked start, and if Murad cannot reach you within 15 minutes the lesson may be charged in full.

Most weather is good practice. If Murad decides it is not safe to drive, for example in snow or ice, the lesson is moved at no charge.

Hendon (NW4) and Mill Hill (NW7), across North West London and surrounding areas. Lessons start and finish at your home, work, school or college, or at a station meeting point: Hendon Central Station, Mill Hill East, Mill Hill Broadway, Golders Green, Brent Cross.

Meeting points include Hendon Central Station, Mill Hill East, Mill Hill Broadway, Golders Green, Brent Cross. Home pick up is also available near the test area. Tell us where suits you when you book.

Yes, if your school or college is in Hendon or Mill Hill. Add the address when you book.

Yes, anywhere in Hendon or Mill Hill. You can be picked up from work and dropped home, as long as both are in the area.

Our areas are Hendon and Mill Hill. For nearby areas such as Edgware, Colindale, Burnt Oak, Finchley, Barnet, Borehamwood, ask us: if it fits around other lessons we may still be able to pick you up.

Usually, yes, if both are in Hendon or Mill Hill. Put the pick up address in the booking and tell Murad where you want to finish.

We cover the DVSA car test centres Hendon (London), Mill Hill (London), Borehamwood (London). Home pick up is available near the test area. You choose your test centre yourself when you book on GOV.UK.

With no clutch and no gears to manage, you can put more of your attention on the road: observation, planning and other traffic. There is no stalling, which takes pressure off at junctions, hill starts and in queues. Electric cars and most hybrids are automatic too.

Many learners find automatic simpler because there is less to coordinate, but the test standard is exactly the same. You still need safe observation, judgement and control.

Some people do, because there is less to learn, but everyone is different. Murad will give you an honest idea after your first lesson.

No. If you pass your test in an automatic car, your full licence lets you drive automatic cars only. A pass in a manual car lets you drive both.

Yes. You take a practical test in a manual car. You do not need to take the theory test again to upgrade an automatic licence to manual.

Electric cars do not have a manual gearbox, so they drive like automatics. If you pass in an automatic car you can drive electric cars.

No. The practical test is the same in an automatic or a manual car: the same examiner checks, manoeuvres and standard.

Yes. Many people switch. Your earlier experience with steering, observation and road positioning still helps, and Murad will start from where you are.

Yes. Lessons are calm and go at your pace. Your first lesson can start on quieter roads, with clear explanations before anything new, and you never have to do something you do not feel ready for. Automatic cars also take away stalling, a common worry.

Murad picks you up, checks your provisional licence and eyesight, explains the controls of the automatic car, and when you are ready you drive on quieter roads. You finish with a short recap and a plan for next time.

Your provisional driving licence, glasses or contact lenses if you need them to read a number plate from 20 metres, and comfortable shoes that let you feel the pedals.

Comfortable shoes with a thin, flexible sole work well. Avoid flip flops, very high heels and heavy boots.

No. Many pupils have never driven before. Just bring your provisional licence.

There is no set number. DVSA says there is no minimum number of lessons, and it depends on how quickly you learn and how much you practise. Murad will give you an honest estimate once you have driven together.

Yes. Each lesson has a clear goal, builds on the last one and ends with a recap and a plan for next time, working towards the standard you need for the test and beyond.

Yes. There is no upper age limit for learning to drive, and lessons go at your pace.

Please ask Murad first so lessons can be planned around you. You must tell DVLA about some medical conditions that can affect driving, and some people may need an adapted car.

Yes. An intensive course means lessons close together to work towards your test sooner. The hours depend on your experience, so it starts with a chat with Murad. The price is on request.

It can suit people with some experience, a deadline or plenty of free time. Complete beginners often do better with lessons spread over a few weeks so skills can settle. Murad will tell you honestly what fits.

No. You book your own practical test on GOV.UK, and DVSA rules say only the learner can book it. Plan your lessons around a test date you have booked or can realistically get.

No honest instructor can guarantee a pass. Murad will help you reach the standard and tell you honestly when you are ready.

You book and pay for 10 hours of automatic lessons ahead (£350), then use them as five 2 hour lessons at times that suit you.

Ask Murad. Lessons are one to one, so each hour in a block is for one learner.

Yes. A mock test is practice under test conditions: a drive set out like the real test, then feedback on what to work on. Mock tests and focused test preparation are priced on request. Ask Murad on 07979 974479.

Yes, you can ask to use the automatic tuition car for your test, usually with a warm up drive first. The price is on request. Check with Murad before you book your test date so the car is free.

A car that meets the test rules (most people use their instructor's) and your UK driving licence. You only need your theory test certificate if you took your theory test in Northern Ireland. If you do not take the right things, the test is cancelled and you lose the fee.

Yes, you can ask for your instructor to sit in the back and listen to the test and the feedback. It is your choice.

The examiner checks your licence, then you do the eyesight check: reading a number plate from 20 metres (20.5 metres for an old style plate). Then you get a 'tell me' vehicle safety question before you drive.

If you cannot read the number plate, you fail the test, the test does not go ahead and DVLA is told, which means your licence is revoked. Get your eyes checked well before the test.

Most learners find a warm up drive before the test helps them settle. Ask Murad about a warm up drive with the test day car hire.

DVSA may cancel tests in bad weather and will rebook. When DVSA changes your test, your allowance of changes resets to 2.

You can apply for a provisional licence from 15 years and 9 months, and most people can start driving a car on the road at 17. Rules can differ for some disabled people, for example people who get the enhanced rate of the mobility part of PIP may start at 16.

Apply on GOV.UK. It costs £34 online or £43 by post with form D1. You need to be at least 15 years and 9 months old, meet the eyesight rule and have permission to live in Great Britain for at least 185 days. An online application usually arrives within a week.

No. You need a valid provisional (or full) licence before you drive on the road.

You must be able to read a car number plate from 20 metres, with glasses or contact lenses if you need them, and meet the minimum eyesight standard (decimal 0.5, or 6/12 on the Snellen scale). If you need glasses to meet it, you must wear them every time you drive.

No. You can start lessons before your theory test. You must pass the theory test before you can book the practical test.

Yes, when you are learning, the car must show L plates on the front and back (D plates are an option in Wales). The tuition car already has them.

In England, Scotland and Wales, learners can drive on the motorway only with an approved driving instructor in a car with dual controls. You cannot practise on the motorway with family or friends.

No. DVSA says there is no minimum number of lessons. You should take the test when you can drive safely without any help.

The car theory test costs £23 and you book it on GOV.UK.

Two parts on the same day: 50 multiple choice questions in 57 minutes, including 3 questions about a short driving video, then the hazard perception test with 14 video clips.

For a car you need 43 out of 50 in the multiple choice part and 44 out of 75 in hazard perception. You must pass both parts at the same sitting.

You watch 14 clips of everyday road scenes and click when you see a hazard developing. There are 15 developing hazards (one clip has two), each worth up to 5 points, and clicking constantly or in a pattern scores zero for that clip.

Your UK photocard driving licence. If you do not take it, the test is cancelled and you lose the fee.

Your pass certificate number lasts 2 years. You need to pass your practical test within that time, or take the theory test again.

You must wait at least 3 working days before you take it again, and you take both parts again.

At least 3 full working days, or you have to pay again. Working days are Monday to Saturday, not Sundays or public holidays.

Use the official DVSA revision materials and the theory and hazard perception practice app, read the Highway Code, and practise hazard perception clips regularly. Your lessons will help too, as you see real hazards on the road.

Book it yourself on GOV.UK once you have passed your theory test. You need your driving licence number and a debit or credit card. Since 12 May 2026 only the learner can book, change, cancel or swap a car test: instructors are not allowed to do it for you.

£62 on weekdays, and £75 for evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

Since 31 March 2026 you can make 2 changes to a booking. Changing the date and the centre at the same time counts as one change, and swapping with another learner counts as a change. After 2 changes you must cancel and book again.

Since 9 June 2026 you can only move a test to one of the 3 nearest test centres to where it is booked, or back to the centre you first booked. So book at a centre you mean to use.

At least 10 full working days. Monday to Saturday count as working days, but not Sundays or public holidays.

No. DVSA does not allow unofficial services that scan the booking system, including cancellation finder sites and apps, and may suspend online access or cancel the booking. New tests are released on GOV.UK at 6am on Mondays, up to 24 weeks ahead.

GOV.UK says you drive for around 35 minutes. Part of it is independent driving, following a sat nav or traffic signs.

An eyesight check, then 'show me, tell me' vehicle safety questions, general driving on different roads (not motorways), one reversing exercise, possibly an emergency stop, and a section of independent driving.

The examiner asks you to do one of these: parallel park at the side of the road, park in a bay (driving in and reversing out, or reversing in and driving out), or pull up on the right, reverse about 2 car lengths and rejoin the traffic.

Part of the test where you drive without turn by turn directions from the examiner, following a sat nav that the examiner sets up, or traffic signs, or both. Going the wrong way is not a fault on its own.

You pass with no more than 15 driving faults and no serious or dangerous faults.

You can book another test, and pay again. The new test must be at least 10 working days away. Use the feedback to plan your next lessons with Murad.

Nobody can promise that. What helps most is taking the test when you can drive safely without help, which Murad will tell you honestly.

Sometimes a senior examiner sits in to check the examiner. They are not testing you. If you refuse, your test can be cancelled.

Your driving licence number, a credit or debit card, and your theory test pass. You must also have lived in England, Wales or Scotland for at least 185 days in the 12 months before the test.

Two vehicle safety questions on the practical test: a 'tell me' question at the start before you drive, and a 'show me' question while you are driving. Getting one or both wrong is a driving fault.

While driving you may be asked to show how to: wash and clean the rear windscreen, wash and clean the front windscreen, switch on dipped headlights, set the rear demister, use the horn, demist the front windscreen, or open and close the side window.

Before you drive you may be asked to explain how to check things such as: that the brakes work, the tyre pressures, the head restraint position, tyre tread and condition, headlights and tail lights, indicators, brake lights, power steering, rear fog lights, main beam, the ABS warning, and engine oil, coolant and brake fluid levels.

Explain that there should be no cuts or bulges and at least 1.6mm of tread across the central three quarters of the tyre, all the way round.

Explain that the brakes should not feel spongy or slack. Test them as you set off: the car should not pull to one side.

Yes. Murad goes through them in the tuition car so you know where everything is before your test.

Yes, as long as your supervisor is over 21, qualified to drive the type of car you are learning in, and has held a full licence for 3 years. The car needs L plates and you must be insured. You cannot drive on the motorway with them.

Yes. A manual licence covers automatic cars, so a supervisor with a full manual licence who meets the other rules can supervise you in an automatic. Someone with an automatic only licence cannot supervise you in a manual.

Yes. In your own car you need learner insurance. In someone else's car you must be covered as a learner on their policy or have your own learner policy. Driving without insurance can lead to an unlimited fine, a ban and up to 8 penalty points.

Yes. The tuition car is insured for driving lessons, so you do not need your own insurance for lessons in it.

You can be fined up to £1,000 and get up to 6 penalty points on your provisional licence.

No. Anyone you pay to teach you to drive must be a qualified Approved Driving Instructor or a trainee instructor. You can report someone to DVSA if they charge without being one.

Approved instructors display a DVSA badge in the windscreen: green for a fully qualified instructor and pink for a trainee.

Yes. You can drive as soon as you pass, before your full licence arrives, as long as you are insured to drive on your own.

If you get 6 or more penalty points within 2 years of passing, your licence is cancelled and you must reapply for a provisional licence and pass both tests again. Points from your provisional licence count too.

A practical course of at least 6 hours, given by a Pass Plus registered instructor, to build experience in situations such as town, rural, night, all weather, dual carriageway and motorway driving. It is most useful in your first year, and some insurers may offer a discount.

Ask Murad on 07979 974479. Pass Plus must be given by a Pass Plus registered instructor, and the price is on request.

Refresher lessons can include motorway driving if you want. Ask Murad about refresher lessons, priced on request.

Yes. Refresher lessons are for people who have passed but want confidence back, or who are moving to an automatic car. The price is on request.

You must tell DVLA about some medical conditions that can affect your driving. Check the GOV.UK health conditions and driving guide. You can be fined up to £1,000 for not telling DVLA about a condition that affects your driving.

No. Short or long sight that glasses or lenses correct does not need reporting, but you must wear them every time you drive if you need them to meet the eyesight standard.

It depends on the country that issued it and how long you have lived in Great Britain. Use the GOV.UK tool for driving on a non GB licence. Some licences can be exchanged; others mean you need a provisional licence and must pass the tests.

Licences from some countries can be exchanged for a British licence, and others cannot. The GOV.UK exchange tool tells you what applies to your licence.

Yes. Lessons can focus on UK roads, the Highway Code and what the examiner looks for. Check first on GOV.UK whether you need a test or can exchange your licence.