A sneak peek from our new 'show me' question video - coming soon These will be a great resource for you and your pupils to learn about the new questions. Look out for an email in the next couple of weeks telling you that our new 'show me, tell me' question videos have been published. Over the next 3 months we'll be stepping up our communication activity to make sure everyone affected understands what's happening. We'll continue making sure that you and your pupils are ready for the changes to the test. It's also been reported on by websites specifically targeted at young people, such as LADbible. Most local newspapers have also reported on the story. The story was also reported by The Mirror, The Sun, The Guardian, The Telepgrah and The Independent, to name but a few.
When we made the announcement back in April 2017, it was covered on TV - including on BBC News, ITV News and Sky News. The countries in red on the map are where someone read the story. They range from the USA, Spain, Australia and Ireland, through to Peru, the Seychelles and Papua New Guinea. Data shows us that the news story has been read by people right across the world – in fact, in 172 different countries! Our news story has travelled around the world. Our news story about the changes to the driving test on the GOV.UK website has now been viewed over 1.02 million times.Īnd it's not just people in Great Britain that have been reading it. How many people are looking at news about the changes
Email to let us know it hasn't arrived - we'll pop another out to you in the post.
Check your ADI registration details and update them if necessary.If you haven’t got it by 16 September, follow these steps. Please wait until 16 September 2017 for your handbook to arrive before you contact us. If your handbook doesn't arrive by 16 September 2017 We're sending it to the address we hold for you on the ADI register. You should get yours towards the end of the week starting 11 September 2017. But we thought it would help to pull this essential information into one guide that you can keep with you in the car. Regular readers of the Despatch blog will already have seen much of this information on GOV.UK and in our blog posts. tells you how driving examiners will give instructions to your pupils.gives you an overview of the changes to the test.The first thing to tell you about is a new handbook we're sending to every approved driving instructor (ADI), and everyone with a trainee driving instructor licence. Today (4 September 2017) marks 3 months to go until the driving test changes.Īs DVSA's Acting Head of External Communication, I want to give you an update on some things we're doing to help you prepare, and a quick look at some data we've got about how far our communication has travelled so far.