A question put to support
Your training capacity:
where does the number come from?
It is what sets how many of your candidates can be waiting for a test place at the same time. Three things surprise almost everyone.
1. You do not declare it
There is no form to fill in. The administration works it out itself, automatically, between the 24th and the 25th of each month.
2. It does not come from your employment contracts
It comes from the hours actually taught, reported by the digital record, over a rolling three-month window. An instructor on a thirty-five hour contract who only gives fifteen hours of driving does not weigh a full-time post. It is the activity that counts, not the contract.
3. Not every hour weighs the same
An hour of theory counts as one hour, an ordinary driving hour as one hour, an hour of accompanied driving more than that, an hour in an automatic more still. A two-wheeler hour counts as one hour per learner — so a manoeuvring session with three learners counts three times. Theory hours are capped at twenty-five per instructor per month.
The consequence fits into one sentence: a slow week is paid for in threshold three months later, and nobody makes the connection on the day.
What App does with it
It declares nothing — there is nothing to declare. It anticipates : seeing before the 24th what the quarter's activity is going to give, and which hours weigh the most. The number is presented as an estimate, the coefficients are shown with where they come from, and every one of them can be changed. It is never presented as an official figure.
Read first: how test places are allocated.
A question that is not here?
Write it to us. If it comes back, it will end up on this page — or it will become a feature.