What is the ADI Standards Check Test?
We have the knowledge and experience to accurately assess your performance and not only ensure that you pass your next check test but also raise your grade.
Training can take the format of role play or an observed lesson; in this case you will receive a full debrief and a written report.
The amount of training you will need depends upon several factors, these can only be correctly determined after the first session.
Check test preparation and advice can be for either the ADI check test or the Fleet Register check test.
What happens at the ADI CHECK TEST
A Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency examiner will watch you give a normal driving lesson to your pupil.
The examiner will look for evidence that you meet the national standards for driver and rider training.
What you’ll be marked on
You’ll be marked on 17 areas of competence that are grouped into 3 categories:
* lesson planning
* risk management
* teaching and learning skills
The 17 areas of competence are listed in the ADI standards check report form, which the examiner will fill in during your check.
You’ll get a score from 0 to 3 for each of the 17 competencies, which are added up to work out your grade. After you give the lesson, the examiner will discuss your performance and give you your grade. This will take about 15 minutes.
You can take your trainer or mentor with you, but they can’t take part in the lesson.
Are there any lessons you shouldn’t do on your standards check?
The DVSA released some guidance known as the Standard Operating Procedures for examiners in 2021 as a result of Covid-19. The standards check and part 3 have now been shortened to 45 approximately 45 minutes from 1 hour.
In the interests of health and safety, you should conduct a lesson where the car is generally moving most of the time. Therefore, you shouldn’t conduct a controls lesson, moving off and stopping or a lesson where the car isn’t moving much.
The requirements to pass: A/B or FAIL
Grade A: High overall standard of instruction. Minimum of 43 marks is required to achieve this. The maximum mark is 51.
Grade B: Sufficient competence level achieved in order to remain teaching. 31-42 marks required.
FAIL: Unsatisfactory performance. Anything between 0-30 marks.
Our best general advice is to ensure the lesson you conduct is safe. It sound very simple, but look back on how many lessons you have conducted in the past where control has been lost and hasn’t been recovered very well. Some learners are extremely challenging and are unpredicatable at the beginning of their learning. If you can’t keep the lesson safe, then you won’t pass the risk management section of the marking sheet.
The minimum score required for the risk management section is 8. If you score 7 or below in this section, you will fail your standards check.
View the top 5 reasons for failing a Standards Check.