Welcome to Hooter’s Driving School, specializing in female instructors. Thank you for visiting us.

Let me introduce myself - my name is Tracy Gannon and I am the owner of Hooter's Driving School. There is also a second fantastic instructor at Hooter's - Clair Leadbeater.


We're all about FUN - it's not rocket science, it's just how it's explained - let me put it another way - we totally teach in a blonde sense (and that's not been derogatory to blondes cause I am one!)

Hooter’s Driving School is based in Fairfield, Stockton. The areas we cover are TS1 to TS5, TS7 & TS8 and TS15 all the way through to TS23 - so basically the majority of Teesside - Stockton, Yarm, Eaglescliffe, Thornaby, Ingleby Barwick, Norton, Billingham and parts of Middlesbrough.


Since the closure of Thornaby test centre we now only take our practical tests to Middlesbrough.

The DSA state that a 17 year old learner driver needs, on average, 45 hours of tuition with an instructor plus 20 hours, minimum, of private practice, to be test standard. If a learner does not get private practice then that 20 hours would need to be added to the 45 hours of tuition with an instructor. The older you are the more hours you are likely to require. This tuition needs to be regular and consistent. Every learner is different - some need more hours, some need less - it also depends on your commitment to your lessons. Lessons frequently missed will set you back, therefore it will take you longer to be test ready and ultimately cost you more in the long run. 

It is very beneficial if you have the opportunity to get private practice with a parent, partner etc.  They must be over 21, had their own driving licence for more than 3 years and of course you must be insured to drive the vehicle. 

'Practice makes Perfect'

You will have good days and bad days with your driving, initially more bad than good. When you start having more good days, more regularly, you know you are test ready. You should be driving almost independently, with little or no instruction, a month before your test and driving well - consistently! If you are still making mistakes - you are not ready!

We cannot guarantee you will pass your test but we can guarantee you will be up to test standard when taking a test on our recommendation.  Our aim is to get you passed your test FIRST time as lets face it, no one likes to fail, so we have an incentive - check out the Hooter's Offerings page and click on the sub page - Hooter's FREE Pass Plus - for details.

Thanks for checking out Hooter's today, we hope to hear from you soon!

Mama Hooter x