| p>With many adverts on the television and in the | | | | a car and headboard franchise with Red Driving |
| press suggesting that you can earn £30,000 to | | | | School is £185 per week. This includes provision of |
| £40,000 as a driving instructor, it's worth checking out | | | | the car and regular repairs and servicing but not fuel. |
| whether such claims stack up. If you were to survey a | | | | On an annual basis this comes to approximately |
| significant cross-section of driving instructors, it is | | | | £9,600. |
| unlikely that you would find many that earn in excess | | | | So we have £37,000, less £3,300, less £9,600 ie |
| of £30,000. However, if you are dedicated, work | | | | £24,100. Then there are other incidental expenses - |
| hard and get a few breaks it can be done. | | | | adi registration (£300 for four years), administrative |
| The average cost of a driving lesson in the UK is | | | | and accountancy expenses, any extra advertising if |
| around £22. Big national driving schools with national | | | | the driving school does not give you enough pupils, car |
| advertising campaigns to pay for may charge you | | | | cleaning, stationery and teaching materials, phone |
| more and a local school may charge less, but £22 is | | | | expenses etc. |
| a good average. If an instructor teaches 35 lessons a | | | | Realistically, for 35 lessons a week you could expect |
| week at £22 for 48 weeks a year, that makes a | | | | to earn in the region of £22,000 per year. Of course |
| whopping £37,000 a year! | | | | if you want to take extra holiday, need to take sick |
| However, that does not take into account expenses. If | | | | leave (for which you will get no pay), or simply cannot |
| you allow a conservative £2 per lesson for petrol, | | | | get enough pupils, your earnings will be less than this. It |
| that's £3,300 on fuel alone. Then you need to pay for | | | | also needs to be borne in mind that 35 lessons is the |
| your car. You can arrange a franchise package with | | | | equivalent of approximately 40 hours work by the time |
| the driving school you train with. The published price for | | | | you have added in travelling time between lessons. |