Orbit Features
Everything an independent driving instructor needs.
Online booking, card payments, diary management, pupil records, Making Tax Digital records, and DVSA Standards Check tools, all in one platform built specifically for UK ADIs.
Online booking
Your own branded booking page where pupils book and pay themselves, 24/7. Embeddable widget, automatic reminders, waiting list, cancellation enforcement.
Learn more →Find new pupils
Learners near you find your profile through Orbit’s instructor search and town pages, then book and pay. No monthly fee: £30 once per new pupil who books you through Orbit.
Learn more →Card payments
Stripe-powered card payments taken at booking. No more chasing unpaid lessons. Automatic deduction from block booking credits.
Learn more →Diary and calendar
Full lesson diary with drag-to-reschedule, recurring slots, block bookings, and gap slots. Subscribe from Google Calendar or Apple Calendar to see your lessons there too.
Learn more →Pupil management
Full pupil records with lesson history, progress tracking, test dates, contact details, and notes. Map each lesson to the DVSA competency syllabus.
Learn more →Pupil portal
Pupils get their own portal to see upcoming lessons, progress, lesson notes, payment history, and book more lessons, in any browser or the Orbit Android app.
Learn more →Financials and expenses
Track lesson income, mileage, fuel, and business expenses in one place. Full income statement and expense reports for tax season.
Learn more →Accounting for instructors
Bookkeeping that does itself: lesson income recorded at the moment of payment, instructor expense categories, mileage against lessons, and a live tax estimate all year round.
Learn more →HMRC Making Tax Digital
Built on HMRC’s Making Tax Digital for Income Tax API, with your quarterly figures totalled from your lesson income and expenses. We are completing HMRC’s software recognition process; live submissions open once HMRC approves Orbit.
Learn more →Standards Check tools
DVSA syllabus coverage tracking, lesson notes mapped to the 17 competencies, and prep tools to help you walk into your Standards Check with documented evidence.
Learn more →Teaching aids
Draw lesson diagrams on roundabout, junction and parking templates and send them to your pupil, plus 30+ ready-made diagrams for every manoeuvre and road scenario.
Learn more →Driving school tools
Multi-instructor diaries, associate management, consolidated reporting, and shared pupil records. Grow from solo ADI to school of 10.
Learn more →Every feature, free for instructors
No subscription, no trial, no card needed. See what Orbit can do for your driving instruction business.
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