Signing Up Your School
Visit https://app.drivingschooloffice.co.uk/SignUp in your browser to start signing up your school.
If you need help signing up please email us at signup@drivingschooloffice.co.uk.
The layout of the sign up process is different for the Desktop & Mobile interfaces, but the functionality remains the same.
Step 1 - Verification
This first step is required to ensure you are a genuine sign up and that you have provided a valid email address:
Once you have entered a valid email address and hit 'Send Code' please check your inbox for an email containing a verification code. This email should be sent from 'noreply@drivingschooloffice.co.uk'.
Sometimes this email does get through to your inbox, some common reasons are detailed below:
- The email has been placed in your Spam folder - please check and mark the email as 'Not Spam'.
- Your email provider operates a safe sender or white-list scheme - in this case you should add 'noreply@drivingschooloffice.co.uk' to the 'Safe' list and hit 'Send Code' again.
- You are using an AOL email account - AOL operate a very strict spam policy which may result in genuine email from us not reaching your inbox. Please consider using another email provider.
Once you have the verification code, enter it into the code box and hit 'Verify and Send'. If your code is valid you will be taken to step 2.
Step 2 - Start
The step allows you to enter a promotion code. From time-to-time we will run marketing campaigns and issue time-limited promotion codes allowing you to take advantage of reduced subscription rates. Any code you entered will be checked before you proceed to the next step.
Use the 'Continue' button to proceed to the next step.
Step 3 - Your School
This step focuses on gathering necessary details about your school and it's primary administrator:
School Details
Basic school details:
- School Name - the name of your school.
- Where Did You Hear About Us - please let us know where you heard about Driving School Office.
- Expansion Plans - Let us know if you have any plans to expand. This helps us to tailor our services to your current & future needs.
Administrator Details
Details of your school's primary administrator, this usually yourself or the person who you would consider manages the driving school. This account will created alongside the school and a welcome email sent to the provided email address:
- First Name - the school administrator's first name.
- Surname - the school administrator's surname.
- Log In email Address - the school administrator's email address. Please make sure you have access to this email address.
- Password - the school administrator's password, please remember this so you can log in in future. For the best security we require your password consist of a mixture of uppercase, lowercase, numbers & symbols. You should also change your password periodically, at least every 3 months.
- How Do You run Your School - Let us know how you run your school. This helps us to tailor our services to your current & future needs. If you indicate that you teach & run your school your admin account will be placed into the School Admin & Instructor roles by default. Otherwise you will simply be a School Admin.
And Finally
Your school's location will affect how lessons are shown on your instructor's diaries:
- Send Text Message Receipt - will send a text message containing school welcome information to the mobile number specified in the box below.
- Mobile to Receive Receipt - mobile number.
Your Location
Your school's location will affect how lessons are shown on your instructor's diaries:
- Country - changing this will populate the timezone with suitable time zones.
- Time Zone - choose yours.
If you cannot find your location in the drop down then unfortunately we do not offer our services in your region and cannot provide support, please contact us signup@drivingschooloffice.co.uk to let us know you are interested in our product.
Use the 'Continue' button to proceed to the next step.
Step 4 - Your Subscription
This step focuses on choosing your subscription plan, enabling text messaging and optionally entering payment details:
Estimate Subscription Costs
Choose your subscription plan:
- Number of Instructors - to get an accurate estimate of your school's regular subscription costs enter the number of instructors you have here. This will dynamically update the Cost Illustration based on your chosen payment schedule.
- Plan & Payment Schedule - you can choose your billing frequency here. Prices are per active instructor and adjusted for quarterly & annual savings.
- Cost Illustration - estimated subscription cost, based on the Number of Instructors and your chosen payment schedule.
Text Message Notifications
Enabling text messaging:
- Enable Text Message Notifications - toggle this options if you wish to activate our premium text message notification service. If you are on a free trial you will not be charged for text messages until your trial ends.
Payment Details
You can sign up for our free trial without providing any payment details. However we would encourage you to provide these details now so that your service can continue uninterrupted after the trial has ended. Please note that your payment card will be billed automatically after the free trial has ended.
If you are a VAT registered business based in the UK, and you choose to provide us with payment details, you will need to enter your VAT number. This is a legal requirement.
Use the 'Continue' button to proceed to the final step.
Step 5 - Finish
Once you agree to our terms and conditions use the 'Create School' button. Your school will be created and we will automatically log you in.
An up to date copy of our terms & conditions can be accessed here: Terms of Service.
An up to date copy of our privacy policy can be accessed here: Privacy Policy.