Number of driving instructors in the UK? Approximately 3 minutes reading time In this article Introduction Driving Instructors By Year Driving Instructors By Month Ever been curious about how many driving instructors are in the UK? We've converted some accessible data into a friendly to read format for your below. The data is from the Driving Instructor Statistics dataset provided by the UK Government There is a trend over time with more continuing their development and less registered instructors every year. With 2018/19 bucking the trend with a slightly higher number of instructors than 2017/18. A quick note on the headings given on the information shown below. Total Number Of Instructors This is the amount of active instructors in this period of time in the UK Continuing Development This is for any form of professional development, ranging from learning to teach Pass Plus or spending time carrying out research to improve themselves. Number of Check Tests A check test is a test by the DVSA to check that the ADIs are performing to the set standard. UK Driving Instructor Numbers Breakdown By Year Year Total Number Of Instructors Continuing Development Number of Check tests 2011/12 46569 6446 15326 2012/13 44569 7912 16436 2013/14 43330 9063 13051 2014/15 41579 10221 11474 2015/16 39878 11334 9279 2016/17 39413 12060 8943 2017/18 39259 12764 8142 2018/19 YTD 39344 13190 3414 UK Driving Instructor Numbers Breakdown By Month Month Total Number Of Instructors Continuing Development Number of Check tests April 2011 47074 5005 1066 May 2011 47073 5044 1194 June 2011 47111 5189 1091 July 2011 47037 5424 1188 August 2011 47033 5576 1300 September 2011 46956 5665 1385 October 2011 46950 5805 1204 November 2011 46953 5898 1403 December 2011 46612 6040 1131 January 2012 46659 6154 1286 February 2012 46651 6322 1453 March 2012 46569 6446 1625 April 2012 46523 6553 1117 May 2012 46336 6734 1412 June 2012 46313 6840 971 July 2012 46239 6970 1249 August 2012 46168 7091 1265 September 2012 46060 7193 1223 October 2012 45967 7328 1636 November 2012 45771 7498 1704 December 2012 45387 7588 1248 January 2013 44880 7683 1569 February 2013 45031 7799 1555 March 2013 44569 7912 1487 April 2013 44458 8020 1532 May 2013 44274 8117 1722 June 2013 44089 8212 1558 July 2013 44260 8335 1772 August 2013 43868 8394 1324 September 2013 43704 8474 1045 October 2013 43846 8580 1368 November 2013 43431 8629 1231 December 2013 43289 8717 674 January 2014 43233 8853 364 February 2014 43070 8952 214 March 2014 43330 9063 247 April 2014 43202 9132 857 May 2014 42729 9146 839 June 2014 42934 9310 915 July 2014 42803 9414 1270 August 2014 42223 9470 981 September 2014 42396 9575 1209 October 2014 41791 9692 1268 November 2014 42094 9839 945 December 2014 41633 9874 765 January 2015 41831 10014 702 February 2015 41678 10095 711 March 2015 41579 10221 1012 April 2015 41439 10308 893 May 2015 41224 10421 840 June 2015 41050 10483 889 July 2015 40941 10590 858 August 2015 40726 10712 751 September 2015 40677 10820 755 October 2015 40487 10902 819 November 2015 40353 10993 715 December 2015 40219 11058 600 January 2016 40077 11171 796 February 2016 39993 11262 725 March 2016 39878 11334 638 April 2016 39820 11401 752 May 2016 39781 11461 813 June 2016 39719 11517 789 July 2016 39695 11613 810 August 2016 39651 11701 705 September 2016 39625 11758 712 October 2016 39566 11816 646 November 2016 39551 11877 704 December 2016 39467 11904 622 January 2017 39479 11968 798 February 2017 39463 12025 729 March 2017 39413 12060 863 April 2017 39418 12145 660 May 2017 39384 12206 750 June 2017 39373 12266 764 July 2017 39401 12394 727 August 2017 39386 12504 694 September 2017 39386 12590 657 October 2017 39400 12703 689 November 2017 39371 12747 773 December 2017 39259 12764 452 January 2018 39256 12832 722 February 2018 39252 13891 684 March 2018 39248 12959 570 April 2018 39228 12983 816 May 2018 39191 13036 1326 June 2018 39195 13089 1365 July 2018 39269 13118 1645 August 2018 39285 13141 1353 September 2018 39344 13190 1126 This is part of our series to make data more visible. Want to know any more stats or figures? We'd be happy to look into it for you, get in touch through our contact page Want to get an earlier driving test? Find Test Cancellations