Before a driver can take to the road behind the wheel on their own, they must pass the Department of Transport driving test. This is now in two parts, the practical driving test and the theoretical driving test. Your qualified Bill Plant Driving School Instructor will take you through a routine designed to bring you to the standard to pass both parts of driving test.

Driving on the roads will make passing the practical test a reality. The theoretical test can be practised at any time through the FREE online theory test at the web pages of Bill Plant. This is a great way of gaining valuable experience as to what the real theory test will be like, with over 900 different questions to test your driving knowledge. Bill Plant students can log on with the password given by their instructor, but if you are not a student yet, just login with your name and email address, it’s that easy!

The Bill Plant Driving School is in the top five in the UK and is recognised as being at the forefront when it comes to innovation in its approach as a driving school, offering many online services which help those who are learning to drive, including free Online Theory Test and the all important Highway Code online.

No matter if you have never sat behind the wheel of a car before Bill Plant will take you one step closer to passing that important driving test, whether this is at the Handsworth test centre Sheffield, or maybe you will be taking your driving test at Middlewood Road in Sheffield, we are sure that when you decided to take driving lessons in Sheffield you were relieved to find the Bill Plant Driving School. Their renowned approach of local driving lessons offering regional experience goes a long way when learning to drive in Sheffield. Collecting you within your local area whether this is Abbeydale or Tinsley, to name but two in the whole of the Sheffield area conurbation means that you will not be pitched into the hurly burly of Sheffield city centre traffic and your driving lessons in Sheffield will be pitched at the right level for you.

Be prepared for the cost of your driving test to go up in April. All parts of the driving test will be affected. So the theory test will rise by £1.50 and then be £30.00 and practical driving test will go up to £56.50 an increase of £8.00.

Those looking to pass their motorcycle test will be the most affected, this will rise from £60.00 to £80.00 in September this year.

The DSA have confirmed the price rises and said that they as a driving standards agency have costs that they need to cover when they provide driving and motorcycle tests to learner drivers in the UK.

You will be aware that the driving test comes in two parts, the practical driving test, and the theory test which forms an important section of the examination that assesses your ability to drive a motor vehicle safely, and the emphasis is on safety.

At the Bill Plant School of Driving we have a database of over 900 different questions to test your driving knowledge and although this is a great way of gaining valuable experience as to what the real theory test will be like, it is a simulation and not the real thing. All the students who are learning their driving skills with Bill Plant have access to and are encouraged to practice the theory test using online facilities by simply logging on with their name and address and the password given to them by their driving instructor. If you are not a Bill Plant student login with your name and email address - it’s that easy!

The online theory test is really important and we would remind you that to pass the test you have to achieve a score of 43 correct answers to the 50 multiple choice questions so it pays to keep up that practice!

Practice your theory tests online.
It’s official and Bill Plant as usual leads the way with opening up the online theory test to visitors to the driving school website. This is one of the most comprehensive learner driver packs online today. Imagine your immediate driving test advantage, being able to almost predict the real theory test questions. Bill Plant sees this as a valuable online learning resource for both new drivers and indeed more experienced ones.

Watch your nerves about taking the theory test dissapear as your confidence grows with the Bill Plant Driving School.

Our new online theory test section is  open to Bill Plant Students and even…wait for it non- Bill Plant students. How’s that for promoting safe driving and driver’s knowledge ?

Once again Bill Plant leads the way with Free online theory test and hazard perception:

It is now well known that the driving test comprises two parts, the practical driving test for which you will be prepared through your series of driving lessons, and the theory part of the driving test.

We recommend that if you have not already done so, you should obtain and read the Highway Code upon which the theory part of the test relates. Your theory tests is in two parts and comprises a multiple choice test of 50 questions, and hazard perception test utilising video clips from which you will have to identify 15 hazards.

Your chosen driving instructor will, of course help prepare you, but you should use as much resource material that is available through bookshops and the DSA online bookstore. However at Bill Plant Driving School, you will be able to access our online theory test where you can preview the hazard perception part of the test, get practical demonstrations and knowledge of your local area giving you a head start toward your driving test, part of our ongoing commitment to make you a safe driver.

It’s a special day in the driving world today. From this date the driving theory test has changed. For starters there will be more multiple choice questions an increase from 35 to 50. The increase in driving theory test questions is designed to raise the standard of drivers and promote road safety and other benefits.

Candidates taking the theory test will need to achieve a pass mark of at least 43 correct responses out of 50 with a maximum time allocated of 57 minutes to complete the multiple choice questions part of the theory test. The fee for the test has also increased from £21.50 to £28.50. So when booking your online driving theory test you will be made aware of the increase in test time and price information.