Sound familiar?
You didn't become an ADI to spend Sunday evenings on spreadsheets.
Unpaid lessons drain your income
No-shows and late cancellations eat into your earnings. Cash payments and "I'll pay next time" make it worse. Pay-at-booking fixes this.
Admin takes up too much of your time
Texting pupils, chasing payments, updating spreadsheets, invoicing, filing mileage. You're running a one-person business with zero back-office. The admin never stops.
Making Tax Digital is here
Sole traders with qualifying income over £50,000 have had to send quarterly updates since April 2026. The threshold drops to £30,000 in April 2027 and £20,000 in April 2028, and penalty points for late updates start in 2027-28.
Only on Orbit
Four things no other ADI app gives you.
Instructor marketplace
Learners search by postcode and book you directly. They land on your page, pick a slot, and pay. There is a one-time introduction fee when a marketplace pupil completes their first booking — after that, the pupil is yours and you manage the relationship however you want.
List your availability and let pupils book directly through your own branded page.
HMRC Making Tax Digital
Built on HMRC's Making Tax Digital for Income Tax API. Every lesson payment and every expense you log totals into your quarterly update, so there's no spreadsheet and no retyping figures. Live submissions open once HMRC approves Orbit.
Your quarterly figures are ready before the deadline, not the night before.
Lead selling & buying
Fully booked and turning pupils away? Sell those enquiries to instructors in your area and earn from leads you'd otherwise ignore. Short on pupils? Buy verified, local leads.
Turn your waiting list into revenue instead of dead enquiries.
AI lesson debriefs
Record a 30-second voice note after each lesson. AI turns it into a structured debrief your pupil receives instantly - what went well, what to practise, and where they sit on the DVSA syllabus.
Pupils get professional debriefs. You spend 30 seconds, not 10 minutes.
Before & after
Your week without Orbit vs. with it.
Every row is a real task ADIs do every week. One column is how you're probably doing it now. The other is how it works on Orbit.
The full toolkit
Everything else you need, built in.
Smart scheduling
Set your working hours, buffer times, and travel radius. Pupils only see slots that actually work for you. No double-bookings, no back-and-forth texts.
Pay-at-booking via Stripe
Pupils pay when they book. Card on file. No cash, no "I forgot my wallet", no chasing bank transfers after the lesson.
Pupil portal
Each pupil gets their own portal: upcoming lessons, debriefs, progress, payments. They rebook themselves. You stop being a receptionist.
DVSA syllabus tracking
Track every pupil against the official DVSA driver's record. See exactly which topics they've covered and when they're genuinely test-ready.
Automated lesson reminders
Email reminders go out before every lesson, plus push notifications for pupils who switch them on. No-shows drop. Your diary runs to plan. You never send another "don't forget" text.
Full financial audit trail
Every payment, refund, and cancellation fee - recorded in an immutable log. When HMRC asks, you have every receipt from day one.
Automatic cancellation fees
Late cancellation? The fee charges automatically via the pupil's saved card. No awkward conversation, no lost income, no confrontation.
Works like a native app
Install from your browser - no app store. Push notifications, fast loading, works on any device. Your phone, your tablet, your laptop.
Built for you
Whether you teach solo or run a school.
Independent ADIs
You're the instructor, the accountant, the receptionist, and the debt collector. Orbit takes over everything except the teaching. From first enquiry to quarterly tax records - one app, no workarounds.
- Prepaid lessons eliminate chasing
- Tax records kept without an accountant
- Marketplace fills your empty slots
- AI debriefs save 10 minutes per lesson
Driving schools
Manage every instructor under one roof. School-wide reporting, shared availability, and a single dashboard that shows you who's busy, who has capacity, and how revenue is tracking.
- Enterprise pricing from £8/seat
- School-wide pupil and revenue reporting
- Centralised booking across all instructors
- Making Tax Digital records for each instructor
Stop losing money to unpaid lessons.
Set up in 3 minutes. Your first pupil can book and pay today. Free for instructors · no card needed · every feature included.
Switching from another app? We'll help you migrate your pupil data.