Gradespace Driving

v0.1.5For driving schools and instructors

Your driving school’s website, diary and lesson bookings. One payment.

Instructor profiles, the areas you cover, online booking with every pickup checked against your postcodes, and learner records with test dates, in a design made for driving schools.

from£69one-time · incl. VAT where applicable

See the three designs
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Demo resets every night.

  • One-time price
  • Lifetime updates
  • Staging sites are free
  • 14-day money-back

Three designs, seven colour palettes each

Every design has all the same features. Pick one to see it, then open any page larger. Screenshots use the setup wizard’s sample content.

SignalDefault

Bold road-sign design: wide heavy type, sign-blue panels, roundels, warning triangles and hazard stripes. For driving schools with several instructors.

Showing the Signal design

More pages

  • Book a lesson

  • Instructors

  • Lessons and prices

  • Areas we cover

  • Learner account (Pro)

Colour palettes for Signal

Each design has its own palettes, made for it. Change them any time in Site Settings → Design & colours.

  • Motorway
  • Primary route
  • Hazard
  • L-plate
  • Tourist brown
  • Hi-vis
  • Night drive
Sample photos: Pexels photographers

The screenshots show the kit’s sample photos from Pexels, used under the Pexels License. The kit credits them on its Photo credits page; replace them with your own.

What it does

Instructors and the areas they cover

Each instructor keeps their own profile: manual or automatic, the car, languages, specialisms and a quote. You set the postcode districts each one covers, and learners only see instructors who cover their pickup.

Online booking with the pickup

Learners give their postcode and gearbox, then choose a lesson, an instructor or “any instructor”, a day and a free time. Requests you confirm or instant, a reminder the day before and a link to move, change the pickup or cancel.

Several lessons in one booking

Learners can book the same time every week for a number of lessons, or every week until a date, with the same instructor. Every lesson gets the same checks, and they’re booked together or not at all. Block hours (Pro) pay for as many as they cover.

Learners, parents and test dates

Records keep the essentials: provisional licence yes or no (never the number), the theory pass and the test date and result. Parents of under-18s get a copy of every email. Pass stories are only published with the learner’s agreement.

Block hours, learner accounts and travel time (Pro)

Sell blocks of hours and courses, counted down lesson by lesson. Learners sign in to see their next lessons, hours left, test tracker and progress. The diary keeps the drive between areas free.

Three designs and real photos

Signal, Neighbour and Glide, each with seven colour palettes, and sample photos from Pexels with the photographers credited.

What’s included

One payment, a lifetime licence and every future update. Each tier includes everything in the one before.

Starter

£69one-time

incl. VAT where applicable · 1 live website · lifetime updates

  • The Gradespace Driving theme with its designs and colour palettes
  • Instructors and the postcodes they cover, a free or paid first lesson and 1, 1.5 and 2-hour lessons in manual and automatic, online booking with the pickup and an area check, several lessons in one booking, learner records with test dates and parent contacts, pass stories and theory resources
  • Setup wizard with starter pages and menu
  • Legal pages (privacy, cookies, terms) to start from
  • Cookie consent
  • Lifetime updates

Pro

Most chosen

£139one-time

incl. VAT where applicable · 1 live website · lifetime updates

  • Everything in Starter
  • Staff access (roles and abilities)
  • Email log
  • Site stats without cookies
  • Choose to hide the “Website by Gradespace” sign-in credit
  • Block bookings and courses: blocks of hours and weekly, semi-intensive or intensive courses, sold online or in person and counted down lesson by lesson
  • A learner account: next lessons, hours left, a test tracker, progress scored by the instructor and lesson notes
  • Travel time between areas, kept free in the diary and checked when learners book
  • Private calendar feeds for each instructor and the office
  • More than three instructors offered for booking, and the Office role
  • Payment when learners book, for all or part of the lesson price

Agency

£389one-time

incl. VAT where applicable · 5 live websites · lifetime updates

  • Everything in Pro
  • 5 live websites on one licence
  • White-label sign-in page (your own heading and text)

Already have a Gradespace Driving licence? Upgrade it from your licences page and pay only the difference.

Want us to set it up for you?

We can install Gradespace Driving on your hosting, or set up the whole site for you.

Ask for a quote

  • Done-for-you installation

    from £99

    Final price agreed before we start · incl. VAT where applicable

    We install the kit on your hosting, run the setup wizard with your details and hand it over ready to use.

  • Complete setup and customisation

    from £299

    Final price agreed before we start · incl. VAT where applicable

    Everything in installation, plus your content, bookings and forms set up, staff training and 30 days of help.

The kit licence is bought separately: add a Starter or Pro licence to either service.

Installing Gradespace Driving

Gradespace Core, then the plugin, then the theme, and a setup wizard does the rest.

Getting startedStaff guide (PDF)

Questions

Can learners book several lessons at once?
Yes. On the last step of booking, a learner can choose several lessons at the same time every week (up to 12 to start with; you set the most in Settings → Lessons) or every week until a date. Each lesson gets the same checks as one on its own: the pickup in an area the instructor covers, the minimum age and, on Pro, the travel time. They’re booked with one instructor, or not at all if one week has gone, and the learner is told which. A first lesson is still booked on its own. On Pro, a signed-in learner can pay for every lesson with their block hours, and the hours come back when a lesson is cancelled.
How does the postcode check work?
Each area you cover has its postcode districts (like NG2 or NG12; a sector like NG2 5 works too), and each instructor has the areas they cover. Online, learners are only offered instructors who cover their pickup postcode. If nobody does, the website says so and offers the Ask us form instead. Lessons you add yourself skip the check.
What about learners under 18 and licence numbers?
Learners must be at least 17 on the day of the lesson. Under-18s, from their date of birth, give a parent or guardian’s name, email and phone, and the parent gets a copy of every confirmation, reminder, change, cancellation, receipt and test date. The website only asks whether they hold a provisional licence, never the number, and takes anything that looks like a licence number out of notes.
Where are learner records kept?
In your own WordPress database, on your own hosting. Records come up for review after the period you choose and nothing is deleted automatically; WordPress’s personal data export and erase tools include them. Our server only sees your licence key and website address.
Is it a one-off payment?
Yes. You pay once, the licence lasts for life and every future update is included. There are no renewals or subscriptions.
What do I need to run it?
A WordPress website (6.8 or later, PHP 8.0 or later) on any ordinary host. You install the free Gradespace Core plugin, the kit’s plugin and its theme, then the setup wizard walks you through the rest.
What counts as a website?
One licence covers one live website (Agency covers 5). Local and staging copies (localhost, .local, .test, staging.… and dev.… addresses) are free and never use up your licence.
Can you install it for me?
Yes. Done-for-you installation is from £99: we install Gradespace Core, the kit and its theme on your hosting, activate your licence, run the setup wizard with your details and hand it over with a short walkthrough. Complete setup and customisation, from £299, adds your content, bookings, forms and emails, small design tweaks, redirects from your old site, a staff training session and 30 days of help after launch. The price depends on your hosting and the size of the site, and is agreed before we start. Prices include VAT where it applies, and the kit licence is bought separately. Ask for a quote on our contact page.
Can I change the design later?
Yes. Choose a different design and colour palette in Site Settings → Design & colours at any time; your content stays as it is. You can preview a choice privately before visitors see it.
How do updates work?
Updates come from thegradespace.com and install with one click from the WordPress Updates screen. Each release is tested against the current version of WordPress first, and says which version it’s tested up to.
Can I upgrade later?
Yes. Move from Starter to Pro or Agency by paying the difference, from your licences page or from the kit’s Licence tab in WordPress. Your key stays the same.
Refunds
14-day money-back: if the kit isn't right for you, ask within 14 days of buying for a full refund (the licence is then switched off).

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