Bala, North Wales
Driving instructor jobs near Bala test centre
DriveBooked introduces learner drivers to independent instructors. If you are an ADI or a PDI teaching manual or automatic, you can list Bala DVSA test centre as an area you cover — and choose which introductions you accept.
What joining costs
Free to join. No placement fee. Tuition paid directly to you.
Joining is free
There is no membership charge, no franchise, no monthly fee and no charge for holding a DriveBooked profile.
No placement fee
You never pay DriveBooked for an introduction. The learner pays DriveBooked a booking fee for the search; that fee is not deducted from you.
Tuition at £45 per hour
Tuition is arranged between you and the pupil and paid directly to you at £45 per hour. DriveBooked takes no commission from your tuition.
About Bala test centre
- Address
- Unit 4, Penllyn Workshops, Bala, North Wales, LL23 7SP
- Region
- North Wales
- Country
- Wales
- Postcode area
- LL
- DVSA test types at this centre
- car
Listing this centre means you are willing to take pupils who will sit their practical test here. Selecting one centre never implies that you cover the surrounding towns — you choose each centre separately.
Who we accept
- ADIs — fully qualified Approved Driving Instructors on the DVSA register.
- PDIs — trainee instructors holding a valid trainee licence, provided the licence conditions are met.
- Manual and automatic — teach either, or both. Pupils are only introduced to you for the transmission you teach.
- Independent or school-employed — full time or part time, your own car with dual controls and valid tuition insurance.
Every application is checked before any pupil introduction is made: badge, licence, insurance and vehicle evidence must all be provided.
Towns that sit around Bala
Pupils testing at this centre commonly travel from these places. Distances are straight-line from the centre.
- Bala
How it works day to day
Covering Bala from your own diary
You set what you cover and when, and you decide on every introduction individually.
Getting verified
- Photo identity document, checked against your application details.
- Your ADI badge, or your PDI trainee licence with its conditions, checked against the DVSA register.
- Valid driving licence, and tuition insurance covering paid instruction.
- Vehicle details, including dual controls and a current MOT where applicable.
Nothing is published and no introduction is made until a person at DriveBooked has approved that evidence. Documents are stored privately and are never shown to learners.
Setting your coverage
- Pick Bala and any other DVSA car test centres you are happy to teach towards — each centre is selected separately.
- Set the transmission you teach: manual, automatic, or both.
- Say whether you take hourly pupils, intensive courses, or both.
- Keep your weekly availability current so introductions match your real diary.
You can change any of this at any time from your dashboard, and pause entirely when you are full.
How opportunities reach you
When a learner pays for a search that matches a centre you cover, your transmission and your availability, the opportunity appears in your dashboard and you are notified by email if you have that turned on. You see the area, the test centre, the transmission, the hours or course requested and the timing — not the learner's name, address, phone number or email.
Declining costs you nothing and does not affect future introductions. If nobody accepts within the search period, the learner is offered a refund or a continued search.
After you accept
The learner's contact details are released only once you accept, and only to you. From that point you arrange lessons, timings and the pickup arrangement directly with the pupil, and they pay you £45 per hour for tuition. DriveBooked takes no commission from that tuition and does not sit between you and your pupil once the introduction is complete.
We do not publish learner numbers, waiting lists or demand figures for this area. Any site that promises you a guaranteed number of pupils is guessing.
What covering Bala actually involves
- Only one town is mapped to Bala — Bala. Coverage here is concentrated, so a tight radius still works.
- The neighbouring centres are further out — the closest is Oswestry at roughly 24 miles. Adding it means real travelling time, so only list it if you would genuinely take the work.
- Pupils in Wales can ask for their practical test to be conducted in Welsh. If you teach in Welsh, say so in your profile — we pass that preference through with the introduction.
- Bala sits in the LL postcode area of North Wales, which is what we match your coverage against alongside the centres you select.
Learner looking for lessons instead? See the learner page for Bala.
Apply to cover Bala
The application takes a few minutes. Bala is preselected for you and you can add or remove any other DVSA test centre before submitting. Joining is free, you pay no placement fee, and tuition is always paid directly to you.
Start your application