Practical development for qualified ADIs
Standards check training. Prepare with clarity and confidence.
When your livelihood depends on your instruction, a standards check can feel daunting—even after years of teaching. Get one-to-one support to understand the assessment and review how you deliver lessons.
Whether you’ve received an invitation, had an unsuccessful attempt or want to refresh your approach after a long gap, we’ll start with your experience and the support you need.
Train with Jon Shaw · Grade A instructor · ORDIT registered
Make preparation purposeful.
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Understand the expectations
Connect the assessment competencies with your everyday teaching.
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Review your lesson delivery
Identify strengths, habits and areas needing further development.
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Agree practical improvements
Use clear feedback to develop your decisions and teaching approach.
Prepare before the pressure builds. You can seek training before receiving an invitation, as part of your ongoing professional development.
Understand the assessment landscape
A long gap between checks. A reason to review your approach.
Years of teaching can build valuable experience, but being observed and assessed may still feel unfamiliar. Reviewing your practice helps you understand the expectations before an invitation arrives.
Selection has evolved over time
Pupil driving-test performance indicators now help inform which instructors are called for standards checks. DVSA also considers other factors, so those indicators are not the only basis for selection.
The assessment focuses on your ability to teach in line with the national standard. Training helps you connect lesson planning, risk management and teaching skills with what actually happens in your lessons.
Delays can add uncertainty
DVSA acknowledged in September 2026 that many standards checks had not taken place and that resourcing pressures had affected delivery. It also said it was increasing the number of checks.
An extended gap can leave you unsure when you’ll be assessed and allow teaching habits to go unreviewed. You can use that time for professional development rather than waiting for an appointment before seeking feedback.
Your livelihood matters. Preparation should be practical.
The possibility of an unsuccessful result can feel daunting when you’ve invested years in your career. We’ll discuss your concerns, review your teaching and agree areas to develop without using that anxiety to pressure you into training.
One unsuccessful check does not automatically mean losing your registration. DVSA allows up to two further attempts. Failing three times leads to removal from the ADI register and a requirement to retake the qualifying tests to rejoin.
Information checked October 2026: DVSA update on standards check delivery and standards check results guidance .
Bespoke support for your teaching
Focus on your needs. Pay for the training you arrange.
Your experience, lesson delivery and assessment feedback shape the training. We’ll discuss your priorities and agree suitable one-to-one sessions with Jon Shaw.
Standards check training
£45 per hour
Bespoke, pay-as-you-go training. Session length and frequency are agreed with you, subject to availability.
There is no fixed package to purchase. The amount of training depends on the areas you want to review and the development needed.
Discuss your training prioritiesWhat sessions can focus on
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Reviewing your current approach Discuss your lesson delivery, concerns and any previous standards check feedback.
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Planning and adapting lessons Explore how you identify pupil needs, agree goals and respond when the lesson needs to change.
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Managing risk effectively Review your awareness, shared responsibilities and decisions about when and how to intervene.
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Developing teaching and learning skills Consider the purpose and effect of your explanations, questions, feedback and reflection.
Meeting points, session format, vehicle and pupil arrangements, and any separate costs are discussed before booking. Training provides feedback and development support; a particular grade or pass cannot be guaranteed.
Professional support from Jon Shaw
Review your practice. Benefit from an experienced perspective.
Jon combines 24 years of driving instruction with 10 years of instructor training and qualifications in education and assessment. Your sessions build on your existing experience, using practical discussion and constructive feedback to identify useful improvements to your teaching.
- Grade A driving instructor
- ORDIT-registered instructor trainer · Fleet registered
- Diploma in Driver Education
- Awards in Education and Training and QCF assessment
- DIAmond Elite Driver pass
Support throughout the year
Keep developing.
Stay connected.
Looking for ongoing support with your teaching and business? Explore our independent instructor network, with quarterly workshops, marketing and training guidance, and a website you own. Connect with other instructors to take on pupil enquiries they can’t accommodate and pass on those you’re unable to cover.
Explore independent instructor support- Your own branded website
- Shared pupil enquiries
- Quarterly training workshops
- Ongoing support from an ORDIT-registered trainer
- Standards Check preparation included in membership
Take a practical step towards preparation.
Tell us where you’re based and what you’d like to work on. If you have a standards check appointment or feedback from a previous attempt, include the details so we can discuss suitable support.