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Aligned with DVSA 2026 booking rules
Find an earlier driving test.
Find an earlier driving test.
Book it yourself.
We watch the learner swap network and the Monday 6am releases for dates that match your centre, months and times. When one appears you get a WhatsApp alert within seconds. Reply YES and we send you everything you need to book it on GOV.UK.
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Earlier tests near Chesterfield
- MonthsNov · Dec · Jan
- TimesMornings, afternoons
- Can move to3 nearest + original
- Changes left2 of 2
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Earlier test found
Sheffield (Handsworth) · Thu 3 Dec, 08:57
Reply YES1,284 earlier tests found this month
✓You book it. You stay in control.
2changes per car test bookingsince 31 Mar 2026
3nearest centres you can move tosince 9 Jun 2026
10full working days' notice for a refundMon–Sat, not bank holidays
6amevery Monday, 24 weeks releasedno waiting list
Four steps to an earlier test
The same flow as the film: set your search, let us watch, get the alert, then book it yourself.
Sit back, we watch
We monitor the learner swap network and the weekly 24-week release. We never scan DVSA.
70 centres watched
We alert you in seconds
An earlier slot that matches your criteria and your 3-centre rule is sent straight to your phone.
WHATSAPP · now
Earlier test at Sheffield (Handsworth), 3 Dec 08:57. Reply YES to take it.
Reply YES, book it yourself
We send the swap details and GOV.UK steps. Only you touch your booking, as the rules require.
YES✓ Details sent. Open GOV.UK to finish.
Across Great Britain
70 test centres. One alert.
From Westminster to Glasgow, Cardiff to Newcastle. Wherever you're booked, we watch the centres you're allowed to move to.
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From search to "YES"
The whole journey in under a minute, plus the WhatsApp chat a learner actually sees.
Seven scenes. Seven film effects.
Each cut uses a different effect: whip pan, zoom, glitch, spin, split screen and mask wipe, with colour grading, rain, film grain and speed ramps. All shot in London.
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Earlier dates, the second they appear
Set your search and watch the engine check every new slot against your centre rule, months and times. This demo uses simulated data.
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Status updates · latest match
- SearchingWatching your centres
- Match found—
- Held for you10-minute hold
- Alert delivered—
- You replied YESDetails sent
- Booked by youOn GOV.UK
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Four dates that changed booking
England, Scotland and Wales. Northern Ireland has its own service. Source: GOV.UK guidance ↗
Changes capped at 2
Down from 6. Changing the date and centre at once counts as one change.
Manchester Town HallOnly you can book
Instructors and third parties can't book, change, swap or cancel. Cancellation-finder bots are banned.
Palace of Westminster3 nearest centres
Move only to one of the 3 centres nearest your booking, or back to the centre you first booked.
Edinburgh CastleDVSA moves it? Back to 2
If DVSA changes your test, for example because of bad weather, your changes reset to 2 and work online.
Pen-y-Pass, EryriCounts as a change
- Changing the date or time
- Changing the test centre
- Swapping with another learner
Doesn't count
- Updating your address or contact details
- Adding or removing your instructor's reference
- Changes DVSA makes, such as for bad weather
Plan your booking with confidence
Everything on the GOV.UK pages, turned into tools you can use.
Next release: …
New appointments are released 24 weeks ahead, up to …. Earlier tests can also appear any time another learner changes or cancels. The online service is open 6am to 11:40pm.
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Changes left on your car test
You have 2 changes. Change several things at once to use only one.
Other test types get 6 changes. Out of changes? Cancel and rebook. You get a full refund with 10 full working days' notice.
The 3-nearest rule, mapped
Tap a centre to simulate a move. It uses one change. Selected centres only; locations are approximate.
Don't lose your £62–£75
Monday to Saturday count as working days. Sundays and public holidays don't. Your confirmation email shows your exact latest date.
Last day to change or cancel for free—
Moving to a pricier slot?
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For driving instructors
You can't book for pupils. You can still set your diary.
Since 12 May 2026 it's against the law to book, change, swap or cancel a car test for someone else. Existing bookings still go ahead, so give pupils their test reference numbers. When a pupil adds your ADI number, the service checks your availability automatically.
- Morning and afternoon hours for each day
- One-off unavailable dates, such as holidays
- Minimum minutes between tests
My availabilitySynced to pupils
Unavailable · 3 Apr 2027
Before you book
Have these ready
- UK driving licence numberA provisional licence costs £34–£43 if you don't have one yet.
- Credit or debit card£62 on weekdays, up to £75 for evenings, weekends and bank holidays.
- Theory test passUsually needed first (£23). Taxi, tractor and most upgrade tests are exceptions.
- Instructor's reference numberOptional. It lets the system check their availability.
- 185 days' residencyIn England, Wales or Scotland in the 12 months before your test.
Helping someone book? That's fine, as long as you're with them, they do as many steps as they can, and you use their own email and phone number.
Earlier tests, everywhere
Illustrative demo reviews.
"Got the WhatsApp at 7:12, replied YES and moved from March to January before work."
"A swap came up at Anniesland three weeks earlier. The steps were so clear."
"It only showed centres I was actually allowed to move to. No wasted changes."
Every requirement, delivered and demoed
Each point in the project brief maps to a working part of this demo. Click "See it" to jump to it.
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Monitoring engine
Go match engine · Redis queues- Continuous availability checking: the swap network listener and the weekly release watcher run 24/7
- Near real-time detection: new slots are matched in under 2 seconds
- Detects newly available dates: every slot is diffed against what was seen before
- Retry & error handling: exponential backoff, circuit breaker and a dead-letter queue
- Structured logging: JSON logs with trace IDs, streamed to the console
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Capture & reserve to criteria
Rule-safe "hold" instead of bot booking- Captures each matching slot the moment it appears
- Reserves it as a 10-minute hold on the swap offer, just for that client
- Respects the customer's criteria: centre, dates, times and priority
- Applies DVSA's rules: 3 nearest centres, 2 changes and the refund window
- The learner completes the booking on GOV.UK, as the 12 May 2026 rules require
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Multi-client support
100 concurrent clients- 100 concurrent clients, each with their own isolated search
- Location selection: test centre and the centres they're allowed to move to
- Date range: earliest and latest acceptable dates
- Time preferences: mornings, afternoons, weekends
- Priority level: High, Normal or Low, which sets the alert order and frequency
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Notification system
Web app · Email · WhatsApp API- WhatsApp Cloud API: alerts with a YES or NO reply
- Email: an alert with the booking checklist
- Web app: push notifications and an in-app inbox
- Real-time alerts: delivered in under 2 seconds from detection
- Status updates: searching, match found, held, delivered, replied, booked
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Admin dashboard
React ops console- Live monitoring status for every source and worker
- Client management: search, filter, view details, pause per client
- Detection history: every slot detected, with match results
- System health indicators: 8 services, latency and uptime
- Manual pause/resume for each source or globally
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Cloudflare & anti-bot
Protecting our own platform- Cloudflare WAF and rate limiting on the API and sign-up
- Turnstile bot challenge on sign-up and criteria changes
- Bot Management rules that stop scalpers and resellers scraping the swap network
- Pages and Workers at the edge, served from London
- No anti-bot bypass on DVSA: we never automate GOV.UK, which keeps clients safe from account suspension
Preferred stack, used exactly as specified
- GolangMatch engine, scheduler, workers
- Node.js / ExpressREST API, auth, rules engine
- PlaywrightEnd-to-end tests & synthetic uptime checks of our own app
- PostgreSQLClients, criteria, detection history, audit
- Redis / queueJob queues, retries, rate limits, pub/sub
- ReactLearner web app & admin dashboard
- DockerEvery service containerised, docker-compose
- CloudflareWAF, Turnstile, Pages, Workers
Deliverables
An MVP in 10 days, then a year of support.
- Working MVP system, deployed and tested
- Full source code in your GitHub repo
- Live training for your team (2 × 1-hour video sessions)
- Deployment documentation: Docker, environment, runbooks
- 1 year free maintenance & support
- Day 1–2Architecture, database schema, Docker setup, Cloudflare
- Day 3–5Go match engine, Redis queues, retries, structured logging
- Day 6–7Node API, multi-client criteria, WhatsApp, email and web notifications
- Day 8–9React web app & admin dashboard, Playwright tests
- Day 10Deploy, documentation, live training
- +12 monthsFree maintenance & support
Someone's getting an earlier test today. Make it you.
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