Orbit: Driving Instructor App

DEVELP MEDIA LIMITED

About this 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.

What’s new

Orbit's website has moved to orbitdriving.com and the app now opens there. Your account, diary and bookings are unchanged.