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Dave Pickfords Driving Academy review

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Telford · Service area: Telford, Cannock

Dave Pickfords Driving Academy in short

Dave Pickfords Driving Academy is a small driving school working from Wade Road in Wrockwardine Wood, near the Telford test centre, offering lessons and Pass Plus courses across Telford and Cannock. The school is presented through a directory listing and a live Google listing, with no own website on the record.

Customer reviews are weak: below four stars on Google from only a handful of ratings. This review cannot recommend on that basis, and the deeper problem is registration: no DVSA approval is stated on the pages opened, so the school fails our registration requirement. No prices or insurance details are published either. In our judgement Dave Pickfords reads as a pointer for the next round rather than a pick for this one.

The listing sketches a local operation: lessons through the week across six days, with phone numbers as the contact route and the Wade Road base sitting about a mile from the Telford test centre. The stated patch runs from Telford into Cannock, and Pass Plus sits alongside standard lessons for licence holders wanting further sessions. In our judgement that is a sensible local shape, though with no open price list every figure still rests on a phone call.

On customer evidence, the file holds a single source: the Google listing alone, with no second platform to confirm or challenge what it shows. The directory listing carries description and hours but no reviews of its own. With only a handful of voices behind the headline, this review treats it as an early signal rather than a settled picture of the teaching.

Dave Pickfords Driving Academy reviews and ratings on other sites

Every public rating we hold for Dave Pickfords Driving Academy, with the source, scale, count and the date we read it. These are customers' ratings, not ours.
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Google3.7 out of 53

Our verdict

Our judgement: Dave Pickfords reads as a small local school near the Telford test routes, but the record is thin on every front [1] [2]. It fails our registration requirement because no DVSA ADI approval is stated, the review record sits at 3.7 from three ratings, and no prices are published [1] [2].

Score summary

We researched this provider but have not scored it, because it did not meet one of our eligibility requirements.

G3 · The listing describes lessons and Pass Plus courses [1] but states no DVSA ADI approval, so this requirement fails.

Industry qualifications

Can't be sourced. We looked at the issuing registers, the business's own website and platforms such as Checkatrade and Which? Trusted Traders and found no scheme membership or registration to record.

Strengths

  • You get a local school a mile from the Telford test centre offering lessons and Pass Plus courses across Telford and Cannock, open six days a week [1].

Limitations

  • No DVSA ADI approval is stated on the pages opened, so the school fails our registration requirement [1].

  • The Google record is weak at 3.7 from 3 reviews, and no prices or insurance details are published [2] [1].

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Questions about Dave Pickfords Driving Academy

Is Dave Pickfords Driving Academy any good?

Not on this evidence: below four stars on Google from a handful of ratings, with no DVSA approval stated anywhere on the record. The listing describes lessons and Pass Plus near the Telford test centre, but the gaps remain. Choose a ranked school for now, and check back next round.

Is Dave Pickfords DVSA approved?

No approval can be sourced: the listing describes lessons and Pass Plus courses but states no DVSA ADI approval, so the school fails our registration requirement. That is why it sits outside the ranked table. Ask for the instructor ADI number and check it on the official GOV.UK finder before considering any lessons.

How much does Dave Pickfords charge?

The listing calls its lessons affordable but publishes no prices, rates or VAT position. With no website and no price list, any figure comes by phone only. Ask for the hourly rate, lesson length and cancellation terms in writing, and compare against the priced schools in this round. Mention whether you want standard lessons or Pass Plus when you call, so the figure you get matches the job.

Where does Dave Pickfords teach?

The school works from Wade Road in Wrockwardine Wood, near the Telford test centre, describing lessons across Telford and Cannock. Send your postcode when you enquire to confirm coverage. Confirm the pick-up arrangement and the hourly rate in writing before the first lesson. Lessons near the test centre suit learners who want to practise local routes before the day.

How is Dave Pickfords ranked?

It is not ranked: it fails our registration requirement because no DVSA approval is stated, so it sits in the researched-but-not-assessed group. The thin, weak review record keeps it there. If the school sends its approval detail through the Claim a listing link, the next round can reassess it. Nothing else about the school changes that position.

What do the reviews say about Dave Pickfords?

Only the Google listing speaks: a below-four-star headline over a handful of ratings, with no second review platform on the record to confirm or challenge it. That is too thin a base to show a pattern in the teaching. Read the few reviews in full yourself, then read a ranked school's record alongside them before deciding.

How does Dave Pickfords compare with the ranked schools in this round?

The ranked schools all state instructor approval, which Dave Pickfords does not, and that single difference decides its place outside the table. Its Wade Road base near the test centre and its Telford and Cannock patch match the ranked schools for locality. On the record as it stands, the ranked schools offer the surer footing.

Others assessed for this trade

  1. Tier 1 Driving School67.4 / 100Ranked 1. Best for Telford automatic specialist with intensives and a spotless review record.
  2. LDC Driving School - Dave Langridge66.7 / 100Ranked 2. Best for LD System lessons with upfront course prices.
  3. JT School of Motoring65.4 / 100Ranked 3. Best for family-run lessons with a satisfaction guarantee.
  4. Alan Ritchings Driver Trainer63.9 / 100Ranked 4. Best for nervous learners wanting manual lessons in Telford.

Sources

  1. DrivingSchoolsLocator listing — Dave Pickfords Driving Academy (lessons, Pass Plus, address, hours) Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  2. Google Maps listing — Dave Pickfords Driving Academy, Telford (3.7 from 3 reviews) Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  3. GOV.UK — find driving schools, lessons and instructors (DVSA register notes) Retrieved 4 September 2026.

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