How the ranking works
The default sort order “Recommended” ranks driving schools by their value-for-money score. We don't show the score as a rating — it only sets the order, and the formula behind it is fully public. There is no paid component: driving schools cannot buy their position.
Advertising, if there is any, only appears in separate slots marked “Ad”. It never appears within the recommendation, never changes a value-for-money score and never appears on another driving school's profile. A driving school's Premium package has no influence on the order either.
If you enter your address or postcode, distance counts too: price 50 % · distance 30 % · services 20 %. If you only search for a city, there is no reference point — then it is price 60 % · services 40 %.
Distance
30 %Straight-line distance from your address, or the centre of your postcode, to the driving school. Up to 1 km counts in full, then steadily less, and from 20 km not at all. A fixed scale rather than a ranking: if every school is 2–3 km away, they are practically equally close. We don't store your address.
Price
50 %The total cost for category B — basic fee + 25 driving lessons + 12 special drives + exam presentation fee + €155 examination fees — compared with the driving schools in your city: we count how many schools are more expensive. A ranking rather than a gap, so that individual outliers don't distort the scale.
Services
20 %How many of these 21 points the driving school's website mentions — compared with the other schools in your city. All points count equally. A higher price can stand for more service; that is why the services are part of the score.
A comparison, not a rating
Price and services are compared within your city. So the score doesn't say how good the training is — we can't measure that — but how price, services and distance compare with the other schools. That's why we don't show it as a number or colour, only as an order.
No price, no score
Only schools that publish their prices, and whose website we have analysed, get a value-for-money score. We don't estimate anything. Driving schools without a score come after those with one in the recommendation — sorted there by proximity, availability and data quality. All of them stay listed.
Driving schools that aren't taking new learners right now appear at the end of the list — but they stay visible.
Also:
- You can choose any sort order — you don't have to follow our recommendation.
- “Official profile” only means: the driving school maintains its details itself. It is not a quality rating and doesn't change the order.
- Reviews don't feed into the ranking. We don't store Google stars. If that changes, it will say so here.
- Every number shows its source: official, confirmed by the driving school, unconfirmed or from user reports.
- All driving schools are listed, even without a membership.