Real DVSA pass rates. Real route knowledge. Real prices, in writing. No 98% claims with no sample size, no hidden hourly rate — every number we publish, we can back up.
£35
per hour
25+
learner reviews
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area guides
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test centres
Principal Instructor
Fahim Nazir
DVSA-approved · Heaton, Thornbury, Halifax specialist
The Onyx difference
Onyx is built around them.
We publish the DVSA pass rate for every test centre we teach at, with the number of tests behind it, the period it covers and the table it came from. No round-number claims, and no passing a test centre statistic off as our own.
Heaton 56.1% across 8,354 tests, comfortably above the 50.0% national. Thornbury 47.8% and Halifax 45.0%, both below it. DVSA table DRT122A, 2025-26. An eleven-point spread between centres is exactly why we drill route-specific prep. Passing is a route problem, not a luck problem.
Pricing in writing, in advance. £50 for a two-hour first lesson, £35/hour pay-as-you-go, £330 for ten, £620 for twenty. Per-hour rate shown on every option. No quote forms, no surprise add-ons.
Where we teach
If you're in Bradford, you're covered. Nine areas have detailed guides; the rest are taught with the same standards and instructor team.
Detailed area guides
Driving lessons in BD1 cover the city centre, Forster Square, Little Germany and the Broadway. Heavy one-way systems and bus lanes make BD1 a great place to build confidence in tight urban driving.
Tests at heaton
BD3 driving lessons cover Barkerend, Bradford Moor, Undercliffe and Thornbury — strong area for new drivers learning real-world residential and busy through-route conditions.
Tests at thornbury
BD5 covers Little Horton, West Bowling and Marshfields. Mixed residential and arterial roads ideal for building observation and junction skills before test.
Tests at heaton
Our home territory. BD7 covers Great Horton, Lidget Green and University of Bradford. Lessons typically start here and branch out across the city.
Tests at heaton
BD8 driving lessons cover Manningham, Girlington and Lister Park. Mixed dense residential and main arterial routes — a strong test-prep area for Heaton candidates.
Tests at heaton
BD9 covers Heaton, Frizinghall and the Bradford Royal Infirmary area. Home of the Heaton test centre — pupils based here get the most familiarity with test routes.
Tests at heaton
BD10 covers Idle, Eccleshill, Apperley Bridge and Greengates. Mix of suburban and country lanes — excellent area for varied driving experience.
Tests at thornbury
Shipley driving lessons (BD17/BD18) — Saltaire World Heritage Site nearby, complex one-way systems and the Otley Road, ideal for confidence-building.
Tests at heaton
Bingley (BD16) — including Cottingley, Crossflatts and Eldwick. The bypass and Five Rise Locks area provide a great mix of dual-carriageway and residential practice.
Tests at heaton
Also covered
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The data nobody else publishes
Pass rates differ meaningfully between Bradford's three test centres — Heaton sits just above the national average, Thornbury and Halifax sit below. We publish each, with sources, so you can prepare for the actual test you'll sit.
Heaton
BD9 5AS
56.1%
Local pass rate · DVSA 2025-26
Heaton routes typically run through Toller Lane, Duckworth Lane and Heaton Woods. The hill-start near Akroyd Place catches out tired candidates — practice handbrake transitions there before test day.
Thornbury
BD3 7AY
47.8%
Local pass rate · DVSA 2025-26
Thornbury routes cover the Leeds Old Road corridor, Pollard Lane, and the residential roads around Thornbury Park. Multi-lane roundabouts on the A647 are the most-failed feature here.
Halifax
HX1 1XZ
45%
Local pass rate · DVSA 2025-26
Halifax test routes include Skircoat, King Cross and the steep hills around the centre — strong clutch control essential. Halifax is closer than people realise for Bradford-based pupils, though at 45.0% its pass rate is the lowest of the three centres we teach for, and more than eleven points below Heaton.
Sources
DVSA table DRT122A, published June 2026, 2025-26 (April 2025 to March 2026). DVSA publishes annually. No "98%" with no sample size. Ever.
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Meet your instructor
Onyx launched founder-led with Fahim. Every future instructor will be interviewed personally by him before joining — same standard, no compromises.
Black Renault Clio · Manual
Fahim has taught learner drivers across Bradford since December 2016 — nearly a decade of test routes, hill starts, and helping nervous learners turn into confident drivers. He holds the DVSA's top Grade A instructor rating, a tier reached by a small fraction of UK ADIs. He teaches in a dual-controlled black Renault Clio, switching between English, Urdu, Punjabi and Mirpuri as the lesson needs — sometimes mid-roundabout, when a learner panics in one language and recovers in another. Patient, methodical, and honest about what each pupil needs to work on, not what they want to hear. Just real route knowledge, the right kind of repetition, and being properly prepared on test day. If you're testing at Heaton, Thornbury or Halifax, Fahim has driven those routes hundreds of times. He'll show you where the observation faults get logged, which hills catch out tired learners, and exactly what the examiner is watching for at every junction. That's the whole point of Onyx.
Pricing on the wall
The Bradford going rate is £30–£41 an hour. We sit at the median and publish it — no quote forms, no contact-us-for-pricing, no surprise add-ons.
First lesson
Two hours, not one. Long enough for Fahim to see what you can actually do and build you a plan, instead of spending the first lesson working out where you're up to. No commitment afterwards — carry on pay-as-you-go or take a block, your call.
Pay as you go
Pay per lesson at the end. Cash or bank transfer — no card needed upfront.
£35 per hour
Block of 10
Ten hours at a lower rate, taken at whatever pace suits you.
£33 per hour · save £20
Block of 20
Roughly half the hours an average learner needs, at our lowest rate.
£31 per hour · save £80
Intensive
The same 20 hours, compressed into two weeks with Fahim's diary held for you.
£35 per hour · standard rate
The block of 20 is £31 an hour because you take those hours whenever suits you over the following months. The intensive is £35 an hour — our normal rate, not a markup — because Fahim clears two weeks of his diary for you, and blocks that he cannot sell to anyone else. You're not paying extra per hour; you're giving up the bulk discount in exchange for speed, a mock test and help getting a practical booked.
Refer a friend
Send someone our way and you both get an hour free once they've had their first paid lesson. No cap, no small print.
All-in price · car, fuel and insurance included · No surprise fees
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"I would like to thank Fahim for his excellent instruction. From the first lesson to the very last lesson he was very helpful, patient and always guided me through the difficult areas. All the best!"
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