Independent driving instructors in Leeds
There are 4 independent driving instructors we've checked in Leeds, across 3 areas we cover: Chapel Allerton, Headingley and Horsforth. None is part of a chain or franchise.
Open one to see its address, how to get in touch and where each fact came from.
- Updated 8 November 2026
- Next check due August 2027
All 4, alphabetically
The order is not a ranking: nobody can pay to be on this list, or to be higher up it. How we check
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AMS School of Motoring
Driving instructor · Horsforth
AMS School of Motoring is a local independent driving school based in Horsforth, teaching learners across LS18 and the wider Leeds area. Lessons are given one-to-one by Mike Garbutt, an Approved Driving Instructor, in a dual-control manual car. Alongside standard lessons, the school offers Pass Plus, motorway driving and refresher courses, with home pick-up and drop-off included, and describes particular experience with nervous, anxious and older learners.
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Horsforth Driving School
Driving instructor · Horsforth
Horsforth Driving School is an independent driving school run by Mark, a fully qualified driving instructor, offering one-to-one lessons in sessions of one, one and a half or two hours. Lessons are geared towards local knowledge of Horsforth test centre routes. The school covers Horsforth, Cookridge, Adel, Holt Park, Headingley, Weetwood, Kirkstall and Rawdon. Reviews from pupils on its website describe Mark as patient, calm and professional, with many reporting first-time passes.
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Meena's School of Motoring
Driving instructor · Chapel Allerton
Meena's School of Motoring is an independent driving school run by Meena Patel, a fully qualified Approved Driving Instructor since 1997. She teaches manual lessons in a Nissan Juke and automatic lessons in a Toyota C-HR, plus Pass Plus, motorway tuition, refresher courses and taxi-test preparation, with lessons also offered in Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu and Mirpuri. The school covers Chapel Allerton, Meanwood, Headingley, Hyde Park, Kirkstall, Woodhouse, Burley, Armley, Bramley and central Leeds, with door-to-door pick-up from home, work, school or college seven days a week.
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Roundabouts Driving School
Driving instructor · Headingley
Roundabouts Driving School teaches learner drivers across Headingley and the wider Leeds area. Companies House shows Roundabouts Driving School Ltd incorporated in January 2023 and registered at 21 Hyde Park Road, Leeds, classified under driving school activities, with Ikhlaq Iqbal as its sole director since the company was formed. It provides instruction in both manual and automatic cars. The school describes itself as offering professional driving lessons in Leeds with experienced instructors and advertises a 95 per cent pass rate; that figure is the school''s own.
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