Does it replace in-car training?

No. It’s written to be used alongside it. Most sections are signed off by the trainer, on evidence from real lessons, so it only works with a trainer in the passenger seat.

What happens after the 12 months?

A month before the free year ends we email the PDI. If they do nothing, their membership carries on at £30 a month on the card they added when they redeemed the code. They can cancel any time from their Account page, before or after, and they won’t be charged again. Nothing is ever charged to the trainer who bought the package.

I’m a PDI and my trainer doesn’t use it. Is it still worth it?

Yes. Everything marked “at home” and “watch it” you can do on your own, and the videos cover every section. Take the workbook to your sessions and show your trainer the Prove it tables: most trainers are glad to sign off evidence they can see.

Why does my PDI need to add a card?

So the membership can carry on after the free year without them losing their progress, certificates or place in the library. £0 is taken when they redeem the code and nothing is taken for 12 months.

Can I buy for several PDIs at once?

Yes. Choose the number at checkout (up to 20 in one order). You get one code per PDI and one workbook each, all posted to the address you give. Each code works once, so nobody can pass one code around. For bigger orders, email us.

My PDI is already an Inspire member.

Email us their code and the email they use for Inspire, and we’ll add the free year to their existing membership by hand.

Can I pay by bank transfer or invoice?

Yes. Email info@inspireinstructortraining.com with how many packages you need and where to post them. We’ll send an invoice and email the codes once it’s paid.

When will the workbooks arrive?

We post them within five working days of your order, with free UK delivery. Your codes arrive by email straight away, so your PDI can start on the videos before the binder lands.

Is this the same as Train the Trainer?

No. Train the Trainer is a two-day workshop for the trainer. The PDI Training Package is for the PDI: their workbook and their membership. If you’ve been on Train the Trainer, you’ll recognise the structure.

Email info@inspireinstructortraining.com with the email address you bought with and we’ll resend it. We can also tell you whether each code has been used.

PDI Training Package · for trainers, schools and PDIs

From trainee to great ADI.

A complete PDI course in a printed, 131-page workbook that tells your PDI what to do next and how to prove they can do it. Plus 12 months of Inspire to show them what it looks like on a real lesson. One price per PDI.

Buy now · £350 Per PDI. Free UK delivery. Got a code? Redeem it here.

The cover of the Inspire PDI Course Workbook: From trainee to great ADI, with its six units listed

Included

+ 12 months of Inspire

Why PDI training goes wrong

Mock tests aren’t a course.

Most PDIs who struggle aren’t short of effort. Their training has no shape: a few mocks, advice that contradicts the last trainer’s, and a lot of hoping. We hear it on every Zoom. So we wrote the course we wish every PDI had.

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Mock test after mock test

The only support they’ve had is mock Part 3 style tests. Diana

The workbook: Mock-testing a PDI and listing the faults at the end works no better than doing it to a learner. The workbook builds the skills first, section by section. The three mock Part 3 records come at the end, when they mean something.

Advice that cancels itself out

A trainer says you over-instructed, so you under-instruct. The next trainer says under-instruction. Phil

The workbook: Everyone works to one standard. Every section names the Part 3 competencies and National Standard elements it builds, in the examiner’s own wording.

Nothing happens between sessions

If you try and do it ad hoc, life gets in the way. Diana

The workbook: PDI and trainer sign a learning agreement on day one: a weekly study slot, a session review within 24 hours, and sitting in at least once a month.

Reactive, until the third attempt

Instructors end up on their third and final attempt, usually from not being proactive. Diana

The workbook: Sections are signed off only on evidence, and the competency tracker shows the gaps months before test day. Three attempts and two years from Part 1: protect them.

Passed, but not finished

People pass and then don’t look at training again for years. Phil

The workbook: Unit 6 covers the first months as an ADI, CPD and the standards check. The year of Inspire carries on after the Part 3, into the first real pupils.

What’s in the package

The structure on paper. The teaching on video.

The workbook tells your PDI what to do next and how to prove they’ve done it. The membership shows them how it looks on a real lesson.

The PDI Course Workbook

131 pages: 6 units, 22 sections and 94 evidence tasks
From Parts 1 and 2 to Part 3 ready, and into the first months as an ADI
Built on the DVSA National Standard (Role 6) and the 17 Part 3 competencies
Evidence, not tick boxes: every section ends with a “Prove it” table and a trainer sign-off
QR codes next to every video, so the right lesson opens in one tap
Printed in a ring binder and posted to you, free UK delivery

12 months of Inspire

Every training course in the library (100+ hours)
Live Zooms every fortnight, plus the full recording vault
21 real lessons reviewed, fault by fault
Private members’ Facebook group
Regular Q&A with Phil and Diana

A year of membership is £300 on its own.

Look inside

131 pages. Nothing to fill in for the sake of it.

Every task asks for something your PDI will use on a real lesson or show their trainer as evidence.

How the course works

Learn it, try it, prove it, reflect on it. Every section follows the same shape.

Workbook page 14: section 1.2, becoming an expert driver, with key ideas and video QR codes

Every section

Competencies, National Standard elements, key ideas, and QR codes into the videos.

Workbook page 36: the Prove it evidence table and the trainer sign-off box for section 2.3

Prove it, then sign off

The trainer signs a section off only when the evidence has been seen.

Unit by unit

Six units, in the order PDIs need them.

Read in order, worked through as training allows. Some tasks happen at home from day one, some in role play with the trainer, and the rest with real pupils.

1Sections 1.1–1.3

Foundations

Pass Parts 1 and 2 as a future teacher, not just a candidate. Plus the law, conduct and safeguarding every instructor needs before taking a pupil out.

2Sections 2.1–2.3

How people learn

The standard, client-centred learning, the experiential cycle, the GDE matrix, and why we teach skills rather than topics.

3Sections 3.1–3.4

In the car: core skills and risk

Talk-throughs, directions, watching the pupil, spotting faults, levels of instruction and the dual controls. Role play first, then real lessons.

4Sections 4.1–4.3

Lesson planning

Goals and needs, structure, practice areas and adapting the plan. The first four competencies, and the base every good lesson stands on.

5Sections 5.1–5.5

Teaching and learning strategies

The coaching toolkit: questions and listening, teaching style, examples, technical accuracy, feedback, fault fixing, reflection and inclusive practice.

6Sections 6.1–6.4

Bringing it together

Whole lessons, creating safer drivers for life, Part 3 readiness with mock tests, and the first steps as a qualified ADI.

Plus the working pages

The records that turn “I think I’m ready” into evidence a trainer can sign.

Starting point: A self-assessment at the start, scored again after Parts 1 and 2
Learning agreement: What the PDI, the trainer and the training provider each commit to, signed by both
R1 · Part 3 marking form: All 17 competencies, scored 0 to 3, as the examiner marks them
R2 · Mock Part 3 records: Three, so progress shows in the scores
R3 · Training session reviews: Ten, each written within 24 hours of a session
R4 · Sitting-in records: Four structured observations of real lessons
R5 · Topic lesson notes: 28 topics, broken down into the skills inside them
R6 · Competency tracker: The evidence for each competency in one place
R8 · Recording log: One recorded lesson can evidence four or five tasks

The question behind every page

“Is what I’m doing right now helping this learner learn best?”

All 17 competencies come back to that one question. The workbook teaches PDIs to ask it on every lesson, long before an examiner is sitting in the back.

Who it’s for

Bought by the trainer. Used by the PDI.

Franchise owners and driving schools

One standard, whichever trainer they get.

When PDI training depends on which trainer a PDI happens to get, so does your school’s name. The workbook gives every trainer and every PDI in your school the same course to work to.

The same course, whoever trains
Every trainer works from the same 22 numbered sections. A PDI who changes trainer picks up at the same task, and hears the same advice.
See where every PDI is
Each section has started and signed-off dates, and the competency tracker shows the gaps. You know who is on track without chasing anyone.
Car time goes on teaching
Reading, videos and knowledge tasks happen at home. Paid training sessions are spent on what can only happen in the car.
New trainers have a structure on day one
A trainer new to PDI training gets a course mapped to the National Standard, not a blank page and a few mock tests.
A stronger offer when you recruit
Build the £350 into your course fee: “our training includes a printed course and a year of Inspire.” Phil did exactly this with his own school’s PDI course.
Instructors who keep getting better
The membership carries on past the Part 3, into the first pupils and the first standards check. Instructors who keep learning are the ones who stay and grow into your mentors.

Independent trainers

A full course behind you, without writing one.

You stay the trainer. The workbook doesn’t replace your in-car training. It gives it a spine, and gives your PDIs real work to do between sessions.

No course to write
131 pages built on the National Standard and the 17 competencies, every task numbered. “Do 3.1.4 before Thursday” is all the homework you need to set.
PDIs who do the work
The learning agreement they sign commits them to a weekly study slot, a written review after every session, and sitting in every month.
Evidence, not opinion
You sign a section off only when you’ve seen the evidence: a recording, a sit-in write-up, a real lesson. When a PDI asks “am I ready?”, the workbook answers.
Backed up, not contradicted
Your PDIs watch real lessons reviewed against the same competencies you’re teaching. They hear the same message from a second voice.
Not training alone
It can be an isolating job, for you and for them. Fortnightly live Zooms and the members’ group give your PDIs somewhere to take questions between your sessions.
Look as organised as anyone
A printed course and a year of an award-winning training platform from the first session. Charge it on, or build it into your price.

PDIs

Know what to do next, and know when you’re ready.

You get three attempts at the Part 3, and two years from passing Part 1. Don’t spend them guessing.

A route from Part 1 to your first pupils
Six units in a sensible order, so you always know what’s next, even when your trainer is busy.
One thing at a time
“Trying to work out all 17 competencies in one go would fry my brain.” Each section builds two or three. By Unit 6 it’s the whole lesson.
Watch it done properly
Scan the QR code and the right video opens: real lessons, real reviews, and Phil and Diana explaining the why.
Proof that you’re ready
Every section ends with the evidence you need. Three mock Part 3s on the real marking form show your scores moving, rather than hoping they have.
Written for people, not examiners
Plain English, real examples, and room for honest, scrappy notes. Reflection isn’t about perfection. It’s about one small tweak at a time.
Beyond the test
A year of Inspire covers your first months with real pupils, and the workbook becomes the start of your CPD log for your first standards check.

How it works

Four steps. No admin for you.

STEP 1

Buy

Choose how many PDIs at checkout. One workbook and one code each.

STEP 2

Codes by email

The codes arrive in your inbox within minutes. The workbooks are posted to you.

STEP 3

PDI redeems

Your PDI enters their code at /redeem and adds a card. £0 is taken.

STEP 4

A year of Inspire

Twelve months, free. We remind them a month before it ends. Stay at £30 a month, or cancel.

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PDI Training Package FAQ

How it fits your training, and what happens next.

No. The units follow the order most trainers already work in, and sections overlap, so you choose which tasks fit the week. Some tasks happen at home from day one, some in role play with you, and the “Do it” tasks only once your PDI is teaching real pupils. The workbook gives your training a structure and a paper trail; what happens in the car is still yours.

Give your PDIs a course, not just a mock test.

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