Driving Lesson and Test Progress Log

Who this is for

A learner's whole course on two tables. Each lesson takes the date, the hours, who taught it and what was covered, and the cost works itself out from the rate you were charged. The second table holds the tests booked, taken and paid for.

Learner drivers paying by the hour and keeping their own count, parents funding lessons who want to see where the money went, and anyone supervising private practice alongside paid lessons.

What this helps you track

• Every lesson, with the date, the hours and who gave it
• What was covered each time, so the next lesson starts from somewhere
• What each lesson cost and what has been paid
• The hours behind the wheel so far, paid and private
• Tests booked and taken, with the fees and the result

How to use it

1. Write the learner's name, the licence number and the instructor or school at the top, with the currency you are paying in.
2. Add a row after each lesson: the date, the hours, the instructor, and a line on what was covered while you still remember it.
3. Write the rate you were actually charged in the rate column; the cost is worked out from hours times rate in the browser and the workbook.
4. Tick paid as each lesson is settled, so a disputed invoice can be checked against the rows.
5. Log private practice as a lesson with a rate of nothing and the supervising driver's name, so the hours total is the real one.
6. Use the second table for every test booked, with the fee, the result and what to work on next.

Formats

• Printable PDF (A4 and US Letter)
• Fillable PDF with form fields
• Fill in online, saved in your browser
• Excel / Google Sheets workbook

The printable is laid out inside a box that fits both A4 and US Letter, so the two files are identical and neither one is scaled. The fillable PDF has real form fields. The workbook uses plain formulas only — SUM, IF, COUNTIF and the like — so it opens in Excel, LibreOffice and Google Sheets without anything breaking, and every calculated cell is grey so you can see which figures it worked out.

How to print

Download the A4 or US Letter file to match the paper in your printer, open it in a PDF reader and print at 100% — not "fit to page", which shrinks the writing space. Both files leave a 14 mm margin, which clears the unprintable edge on home printers. To print the online version with your entries in it, use the Print this sheet button, which prints only the sheet and none of the page around it. More on printing.

Questions

How many hours does it take to learn?

The sheet does not say and nobody sensibly can — it depends on the learner, how often they drive and where. What it does is count the hours you have actually done, which is the only number that means anything.

Can I log private practice?

Yes. Put the supervising driver in the instructor column and leave the rate blank or at nothing. The hours total then covers everything behind the wheel, while the cost total stays true to what you paid.

What should go in the covered column?

Whatever you would want to read before the next lesson: the manoeuvre, the road type, what went well and what did not. A line is enough, but a blank row is a lesson you cannot learn from.

Does it replace the instructor's record?

No. Instructors keep their own notes to their own syllabus. This is the learner's copy, which survives a change of instructor and shows what has been paid.