Your pupils' test dates are in the wrong order
One of yours is ready now and waiting until February. Another has February and is not ready. DVSA will swap those two tests over the phone. The catch has always been that the two learners have to find each other first. This is the noticeboard where that happens.
- Free. For you and for them. No commission, no listing fee, nothing to sell
- We never touch a booking. The pupil rings DVSA themselves
- Every match is checked against all four DVSA swap rules before it is shown
- Signing up takes a minute, with an email and no password. Every car test centre in England, Scotland and Wales
The swap that is sitting in your diary
ExampleWhy it is worth two minutes
The two problems it solves are the two that land in your diary.
The pupil who is ready and waiting
Weeks of maintenance lessons that hold a standard rather than raise it. Moving the test forward turns those hours back into teaching, and puts the pass on your board sooner.
The pupil who needs longer
Cancelling costs the fee and the slot. Moving the test back instead keeps both, and keeps them off a test they are not ready for. Better than an attempt made to avoid wasting the booking.
You cannot do it for them any more
Since 12 May 2026 nobody but the candidate may manage a DVSA booking. Not an instructor, not a school, not an app. What is left is handing the pupil something they can use themselves, which is what this is.
Nothing to sign, nothing to sell
No commission, no referral scheme, no agreement. We never see or touch a booking, and the only thing two learners exchange is a booking reference, once they have both agreed. A pupil for whom it does not work has spent two minutes.
What you can do, and what you must not
The boundary moved in May 2026 and it is worth having exactly right.
Fine
- Telling a pupil that test swaps exist and are allowed
- Sending them the message, the link, or this page
- Sitting with them while they list their own slot
- Talking through whether a match is right for their readiness
- Reminding them the call must be at least 10 full working days before the earlier of the two tests
- Telling your local WhatsApp or Facebook group of instructors about it
Not allowed
- Logging into DVSA as the pupil, or with their details
- Ringing DVSA to move a test that is not yours
- Holding, booking or "managing" a pupil's test for them
- Listing a pupil's slot here in their name without them
- Handling their booking reference on their behalf
We are not an agency and not a booking service. We do not have a DVSA login, we do not hold slots, and we cannot get anyone a cancellation. All this site does is introduce two learners whose tests would suit each other better the other way round, and check the four rules before it does.
What actually happens
From your pupil's side, start to finish.
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They list the slot they hold
Centre, date, time, test type, changes left, then what they would rather have. Two minutes on a phone, no card, no payment.
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We check the four rules before showing anything
Both need a change left; both tests must be at least 10 full working days away; same price tier; and the two centres must be on DVSA's published move list for each other. A match that fails any of them is never shown, so nobody wastes the call.
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They agree, then swap references
Only after both press accept does either see the other's booking reference. Before that, neither has anything.
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One of them rings DVSA
0300 200 1122, option 1, Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. DVSA verifies both learners, takes both consents and makes the swap on the line. No confirmation email arrives. The next reminder carries the new date.
Worth knowing before you recommend it: the list is new and still filling, so a pupil who signs up today may not see a match today. What they get is an email when a learner who could swap with them joins, and a reminder if a match is about to close with nobody asking. Worth saying in the same message.
Something to send a pupil
You already have a thread with every one of them. Two short messages, one for each side of a swap, written to be forwarded rather than explained.
For a pupil who needs more time
Not ready for your test date? DVSA will swap it with a learner who wants yours, over the phone, for free. Driving Test Hero finds that learner and checks the rules first. The call has to be you, though: I'm not allowed to make it for you. https://drivingtesthero.co.uk/sign-up?dir=later
For a pupil who is ready and waiting
Ready before your test date? DVSA will swap it with a learner who wants yours, over the phone, for free. Driving Test Hero finds that learner and checks the rules first. The call has to be you, though: I'm not allowed to make it for you. https://drivingtesthero.co.uk/sign-up?dir=earlier
Questions instructors actually ask
Do you take a cut, or will you start charging?
No cut, and nothing to pay. If money ever enters the picture it will come from test centre sponsorship or advertising rather than from charging learners, because charging learners would thin out the one thing the board needs, which is people on both sides.
If sponsoring your local centre page is something for later, here is how it will work. It is not worth anybody's money yet, and we will keep saying so until it is.
Can you get my pupils cancellations?
No, and treat anyone who says they can with suspicion. Since 12 May 2026 learners are not allowed to use services that scan the booking service for appointments, and DVSA can suspend a pupil's online access or cancel their booking over it. A swap is a different thing: two learners who already hold tests trade with each other, which DVSA permits and carries out over the phone.
What if my pupil swaps into a centre they have never driven?
A real risk, and your call rather than ours. Every centre page here carries the official DVSA pass rate, how it ranks nationally and regionally, the driving distance to the centres it can swap with, and route videos where they exist. Ten minutes with the pupil before they accept a match at an unfamiliar centre is time well spent.
Is it safe? Who sees my pupil's details?
Listings show a first name and initial, the centre, date and time. No surname, no phone number, no email, no address. The booking reference is revealed only after both learners have accepted, and only to each other. Nobody has to meet anybody.
My pupil has already used both changes.
Then a swap is not possible. DVSA needs at least one change remaining on each booking and a swap spends one. We check it before showing a match, so nobody is sent on a wasted call.
Can I list slots for all my pupils in one go?
No, deliberately. Each learner has to list their own and agree their own match, because since 12 May 2026 only the candidate may manage their booking. A bulk instructor tool would be building the exact thing DVSA has told everyone to stop doing.
Tell one pupil this week
That is the whole ask. The list only works with people on both sides of it, and the side it is shortest of is the pupil who is not ready yet. Most instructors have one.