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Set lesson availability
Choose the hours, postcodes and lesson types you want learners to book.
Interactive example Try a postcode to preview the learner booking flow
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Alex Morgan Driving
3 learner spaces left
Manual lessons · Guildford & Woking
★★★★★ 4.9 from 46 learnersFirst, check lesson coverage
Where will your lessons start?
Available in GU1
Tuesday 18 June, 4:30pm
90-minute manual lesson with Alex
£57Pay to secure
Stripe-secured payments
SMS lesson reminders
GU1–GU4 covered
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Example booking confirmation
This is what a learner would see
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The problem Higher Gear fixes
Every missed call is a missed learner.
A learner finds you on Google between lessons. They call. You are teaching, so you cannot answer. By the time you call back, they have booked with somebody else.
Higher Gear gives them a clear next step before they leave.11:424G ▰
Missed call
Unknown mobile number
Higher Gear sent your booking linkBookings without the back-and-forth
Set it once. Let learners book.
You stay in control of your diary, prices and lesson areas. Higher Gear handles the repetitive bits.
alexmorgandriving.co.uk/book
Share your booking page
Put it on Google, WhatsApp, Facebook or your own Higher Gear website.
Lesson secured£57.00Paid by card
Get paid bookings
Learners pick a real slot and pay before it reaches your diary.
Your working day, in one place
Know what is booked, paid and worth chasing.
Not an enterprise control centre. Just the answers an instructor needs before the first lesson of the day.
- ✓ Today’s lessons and learner notes
- ✓ Outstanding balances and reminders
- ✓ Last-minute gaps ready to refill
- ✓ Profit per teaching hour
Good morning, AlexMonday 17 June
Today£2855 lessons
Needs collecting£762 learners
Profit per hour£31.40Up this month
2:00pm cancellation tomorrow
6 learners are a good match for this slot.
09:00Jamie LewisRoundabouts · GU1£57 paid
11:00Sofia MalikMock test · GU2£76 paid
14:00Available slot2 hours · GuildfordFill gap
Simple enough to book from the sofa
A clear learner journey, from postcode to paid.
No enquiry black hole. No waiting for a callback. Learners and parents see exactly what happens next.
1 · CoverageEnter your postcode
→
GU1 4AB ✓ Covered
2 · AvailabilityChoose a real lesson
→
Tue 18 Jun4:30pm · 90 mins
3 · PaymentPay to secure
£57.00Card payment
Control without the admin drag
The trade-offs are real. Higher Gear is built around them.
Online booking should not mean accepting every learner blindly, trusting a fragile diary, or paying for a tool you do not need when your book is full.
Screen learners before you commit
Use booking requests, approval mode and learner intake questions to check provisional licence status, previous experience, support needs and parent expectations before a booking becomes part of your week.
Protect travel time between lessons
Availability should respect postcode coverage, blocked time, daily caps and travel buffers, so a slick booking page does not turn into a diary that is impossible to drive.
Still useful when your book is full
Switch from lead capture to waitlist, referrals, premium positioning and cancellation-gap filling, so demand is organised instead of becoming another pile of messages.
More than a diary
Protect the money you should be earning.
Block lesson top-ups
Prompt learners to buy more lesson credits before their balance runs out.
Cancellation protection
Apply your late cancellation policy while keeping goodwill waivers under your control.
Lesson reminders
Reduce forgotten lessons with automatic reminders sent before learners set off.
Arrears control
See who owes what, send reminders and stop unpaid balances quietly growing.
Postcode performance
See which lesson areas bring in the most learners and the least dead mileage.
Profit per hour
Understand what each teaching hour earns after fuel, mileage and cancellations.
Clear platform economics
Keep your existing payment arrangements.
Use card checkout when it helps, or record bank transfers and other arrangements manually. The platform fee is visible before you commit.
Core platform
20p/teaching hour
Pay for completed instruction hours rather than carrying a fixed monthly subscription.
- Booking page and postcode coverage
- Diary protection and route warnings
- Learner progress and lesson notes
- Portable school records
Payment choice
Optionalcard checkout
Keep using bank transfer or another arrangement for existing learners. Record it in the same diary.
- Card processor fees shown separately
- Payer and parent details
- Manual payment records
- No forced learner portal
Built to leave
Yoursby default
Export learners, bookings, payments and progress whenever you need a copy or change provider.
- Full JSON export
- Spreadsheet-friendly CSV
- Status page and health check
- Manual diary override
Straight answers
Questions instructors ask us.
Can learners book lessons without calling me?
Yes. They enter their postcode, choose from the availability you have released and pay to secure the lesson.
Can I screen new learners before accepting them?
Yes. Higher Gear supports enquiry and booking-request flows, and the V2 booking model includes approval mode and intake questions for licence status, previous experience and support needs.
What if my diary is complicated?
You should only release slots you actually want booked. Higher Gear's booking model is built around postcode coverage, lesson duration, daily capacity, blocked time and travel buffers so online booking stays realistic.
Is this useful if I am already fully booked?
Yes, but the value changes. Instead of chasing new learners, Higher Gear helps you manage a waitlist, look more professional, protect pricing power, refill cancellations and organise demand.
Can I control which postcodes I cover?
Yes. Your booking page only offers lessons to learners inside the postcode areas you choose.
What happens when a learner cancels?
You control your cancellation window and fee. Higher Gear can then offer the vacant slot to suitable learners.
Can Higher Gear build my instructor website?
Yes. Publish on a Higher Gear subdomain first, then connect or order a custom domain when you are ready.
Does it work for a small driving school?
Yes. Driving school mode adds multiple instructors, shared learners, revenue attribution and utilisation reporting.
Your next learner is already looking
Give them somewhere to book.
Create your Higher Gear page, set your lesson areas and start taking paid bookings.